The ENCJ Executive Board published a statement expressing concerns over Romania's IT governance reform in the judiciary, which aims to centralize the hosting and administration of judicial databases under the Ministry of Justice.

The Board stresses that Councils for the Judiciary should have a decision-making power both in terms of the management of the databases of the judiciary, as well as on the applications that are used within the judiciary. The Board emphasises that IT reform processes in the judiciary should be carried out with the consent of the Councils for the Judiciary, when within their mandate and in line with their role as guarantors of the independence of the judiciary.

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