Internationale rechtliche Zusammenarbeit der Bundesrepublik Deutschland

Witness protection in criminal proceedings

Kosovo At the end of September, experts from Germany and Kosovo met in Pristina to discuss current legal challenges and solutions relating to witness protection, leniency programmes and juvenile criminal proceedings. During the intensive discussions, ...

19th German-Ukrainian Colloquium on Administrative Procedure

Ukraine Four Ukrainian administrative judges at the Higher Administrative Court in Koblenz, the Administrative Court in Mainz, and both the Minister of Justice and the State Parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate were shown great solidarity and respect: de...

Deepening German-Uzbek judicial cooperation

Usbekistan Ms Anette Kramme, Parliamentary State Secretary at the BMJV and also President of the Board of Trustees of IRZ, and Alexandra Albrecht, General Director of the IRZ, were part of a German delegation that was received by the Minister of Justic...

Genocide denial also jeopardises the future

Bosnien und Herzegowina "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it" (George Santayana, Spanish philosopher, writer and literary critic). That is why, in 2021, the then High Representative Valentin Inzko declared the denial of genoci...

Advice on combating corruption with new partners

Kazakhstan A new anti-corruption law is currently being intensively debated in the Majlis, the lower house of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The political debates continue to highlight the need for further support from IRZ in this area o...

A successful weekend at the BMJV!

IRZ Numerous interested citizens exchanged ideas with us last weekend at the Federal Government's open house at the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection: while we reported on our legal policy cooperation with our partner countries, peopl...

Effective protection of fundamental rights in Albania

Albanien In addition to the fundamental guarantee of the right of access to justice, which is also enshrined in Article 46 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, reliable case law by the constitutional courts, based, among other things, on the case law ...

Catalysts of law

Bosnien und Herzegowina The length of court proceedings is one of the key challenges facing many constitutional states. That is why the EU urges the Western Balkan candidate countries to speed up their court proceedings in its country reports. However...