The recording of video and audio materials at trials could, on the one hand, replace traditional minute-keeping, reducing the time required for preparing decisions by a large degree, and on the other hand, it could guarantee the accurate documentation of trials at any time when necessary.

Programme

I. Means and measures of crisis communication

• Tracey Turner-Tretz – Press officer, European Court of Human Rights
• Kornél Bőhm – Head of section of Crisis Communications at Hungarian Public Relations Association (MPRSZ)

II. Publicity in cases concerning remote audition

• Villem Lapimaa – Judge, Tallinn Court of Appeal

In order to collect and utilise and also to accomplish specific objectives, the President of the National Office for the Judiciary (hereinafter: NOJ) sets up working groups to carry out particular tasks.

With activities encompassing analysis, consultancy, proposals, opinions and preparation for decision-making, these working groups are there to help the President of NOJ in discharging duties set out in Section 76 of the Act CLXI of 2011 on the organisation and administration of courts.

The decisions of various courts and authorities resolving legal disputes as well as certain claims based on certain documents must be enforced by way of judicial enforcement proceedings, a nonlitigous proceeding, The rules of court execution proceedings are laid down in Act LII of 1994 (hereinafter: Judicial Enforcement Act).

Judicial enforcement proceedings are of two stages, namely ordering and implementation of enforcement.

Enforcement proceedings are instituted at the request of the party requesting enforcement.

The objective of criminal proceedings are to make a decision about the criminal responsibility of a person who committed a crime. In Hungary only a court can establish guilt/criminality and impose a sentence on a person.

In case of a suspicion that a crime was committed, the proceedings are started either ex officio or by bringing a charge against somebody. Such charge may be brought by either the victim of the crime, or anybody becoming aware of such crime. The report must be made to the police.

In order to reduce the length of procedures, the legislator has started to make electronic liaising optional or mandatory for specific parties and their representatives in certain court procedures. This means that the parties may or must liaise with the courts by electronic means, without using paper-based submissions, within the framework of the legislation.

Since 2013 the parties have an opportunity in the bigger Hungarian courts to use mediation procedure in connection with the pending civil, and non-judicial proceedings. The mediation is a mode of dispute resolution, in which the parties can make an agreement, settle the case and resolve their conflict with the assistance of the mediator, who is a third party obliged to strict confidence. The last 3 years prove that more and more citizens resort to the court mediation services. According to the statistics most of the court mediation proceedings end with the agreement of the parties.

Answers to questionnaire

I. Judicial brand

1. How much emphasis do you put on creating judicial brand in your country?

2. How much do you create judicial brand consciously in your country? How much were you aware to create and improve judicial brand in the last years?

3. What kind of tools do you use for having uniform image?

4. In what ways do you give instructions for creating uniform image in the organisational units?

Fundamentals of the system of appointment and application of court leaders

The appointment of court leaders is for 6 years, except in the case of appointment as president of a chamber for an indefinite term. Court leader offices can only be held by judges appointed for an indefinite term.