Lessons from Albania’s Judicial Vetting for Transitional Societies

INDICATOR	PRE-VETTING (2014–2017)	VETTING PERIOD (2018–2024)	CHANGE
Avg. approved judges	372	333.7	–10.3%
Avg. vacancies	33	74.2	+124.8%
Avg. pending cases	39,339	109,073	+177.2%
Avg. clearance rate	0.97	0.95	–2.1%
Avg. Disposition Time (Days)	129.7	167.6	+29.2%
Avg. workload per judge	427.7	898.6	+110.1%
Judges per 100k population	13.25	10.5	–20.8%
Pending Cases (2024)	40,932	127,687	+212.0%

[i] Source: Annual Reports of HJC 2018–2024; Annual Statistics of the Ministry of Justice, 2014–2023.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36745/ijca.793 | Journal eISSN: 2156-7964

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Published on: Jul 28, 2026

Published by: International Association for Court Administration

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Keywords:

Transitional justice,

judicial accountability,

judicial operational capacity,

transitional vetting,

judicial independence,

transparency,

public trust,

judicial reforms,

transitional democracies

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