Strengthened capacities of the Constitutional Court to assess the constitutionality and legality of adopted normative acts and protect fundamental rights

The specific objective of this project is to strengthen the capacities and efficiency of the Constitutional Court (CC) to control the constitutionality and legality of adopted normative acts and the protection of fundamental rights.

The project provides technical assistance and advice to the CC to improve its professional and administrative capacities, administrative autonomy, independence, efficiency and transparency, as well as to improve the protection of the freedoms and rights of the individuals and the citizens in front of the CC. In particular, the project seeks to improve the managerial capacity of the court, enhance the human resources and strategic budgetary planning, help drafting on internal acts for improvement on the performance management in the court, organise trainings on the strategic planning, research, analysis and monitoring for the staff etc.

In the field of protection of the fundamental rights of the citizens, the project prepares assessment of the overall current legal framework for protection of freedoms and rights in the country, analyse the needs and drafting amendments to the Rules of Procedure in the part on the procedure for protection of freedoms and rights; prepare trainings, manuals and guidelines for application of the legal acts and standards developed by the ECHR for protection of freedoms and rights of the citizens before the CC, prepare a Manual for protection of freedoms and rights before the CC etc. In addition, the project supports the extension of the review by the CC for the fundamental rights as included in the 1991 Constitution. It contributes to increasing the operational capacity of the CC through trainings to stakeholders on how to use this increased practice for protection of the citizens’ fundamental rights.

In a wider context, the project supports the Beneficiary country to ensure rule of law in the country and protection of the individual human rights.