The performance index of rule of law institutions in Kosovo (RoLPIK) is a
monitoring mechanism designed to assess the performance of institutions, with a particular focus on the justice system in Kosovo. RoLPIK serves as an open access platform, accessible to the general public, where each year the performance of the justice system institutions in Kosovo is analyzed and reflected over years. This index contains indicators that provide data
about the perceptions and experiences of Kosovo citizens with the rule of law institutions, as well as structural data that provide the reasons that condition efficient and independent functioning of these institutions.

The fifth edition aims to analyze the data of the civil perception from the survey conducted in September 2019, as well as to measure the performance of the justice system during 2018, by comparing these data with those from previous years. With citizens’ perception it is meant the
impression of the citizens of a country about certain institutions, in this specific case of the institutions that have been created to implement legal norms, therefore this indicator is considered very important in the assessment of the state authorities’ performance. In this regard, it should be
mentioned that the justice system in Kosovo has been constantly characterized by various initiatives and reforms that have largely resulted in legislative changes, creation of new mechanisms or their abolition, as well as the rearrangement of competences within several institutions.
The latter have been characterized as changes that have failed to address
the problems at their core, such as the serious shortcoming the justice system has in ensuring justice, independence, impartiality from political actors and the lack of professionalism prevalent in these institutions.

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