Conditions met for publication of disciplinary decisions

The Project has provided professional support in drawing up a Bylaw on the omission and replacement (anonymization and use of pseudonyms) of data in the decisions issued by the High Judicial Council, which was adopted in the Council’s session.

Using the techniques of anonymization and use of pseudonyms, the said Bylaw allows for all the published decisions to contain available data for tracking the course of disciplinary proceedings, while all personal data and any other information which might help reveal the identity of the judge remain protected.

The adoption of the Bylaw has created normative preconditions for the publication of not only disciplinary but all other decisions issued by the Council, prior to their publication. In order for disciplinary decisions to be published, it is necessary to protect the identity of the judges tried in disciplinary proceedings, as well as any other personal data concerning individuals mentioned in such decisions.