World Bank2012-03-192012-03-192011-06-08https://hdl.handle.net/10986/2758The Joint Country Support Strategy for the Kyrgyz Republic (2007-2010) (JCSS), extended in 2008 to cover the period 2009-2011, identified the weak and inefficient Kyrgyz legal and judicial system as contributing to a poor business environment and weak governance. As a result, JCSS partners identified 'comprehensive judicial reform' as a program focus and a goal of the JCSS which was enlarged to include independence for the judicial budget. As part of the JCSS, the World Bank program included the preparation of a 'judicial reform study'. In order to implement this program, the World Bank and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) agreed to fund this judicial system diagnostic conducted by a World Bank diagnostic team complemented by international experts in specific sectors. The diagnostic's objective is to provide an analysis of the institutional and operational issues and obstacles that constrain the functioning of Kyrgyzstan's legal and judicial system. The diagnostic provides recommendations for overcoming key constraints both at the policy and the implementation levels.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO LEGAL INFORMATIONADRADVOCACYALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTIONARBITRATIONARBITRATION ACTARBITRATION CASESARBITRATION RULESARBITRATORSARRESTATTORNEYSBAILIFFSBANKRUPTCYBRIBERYBUDGET LAWBUSINESS DISPUTESCASE BACKLOGSCASE MANAGEMENTCIVIL DISPUTESCIVIL PROCEDURECLAIMCOMMERCIAL CONTRACTSCOMMERCIAL DISPUTESCOMPENSATIONCOMPLEX CASESCONSTITUTIONAL COURTCONSTITUTIONAL LAWCONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATIONCORRUPTIONCOURTCOURT BUILDINGSCOURT DECISIONSCOURT HEARINGCOURT OPERATIONSCOURT PROCEDURESCOURT PROCEEDINGSCOURT RECORDSCOURT RULECOURT RULESCOURTHOUSESCOURTSCRIMINALCRIMINAL CASESCRIMINALSDETENTIONDISCRIMINATIONDISMISSALDISMISSALSDISPUTEDISPUTE RESOLUTIONDIVORCEELECTIONSHUMAN RIGHTSINDEPENDENT JUDICIARYINSTITUTION BUILDINGINTERNATIONAL ARBITRATIONSINTERNATIONAL BUSINESSINTERNATIONAL COURT OF ARBITRATIONINTERNATIONAL LAWJUDGEJUDGESJUDICIAL ACCOUNTABILITYJUDICIAL AUTHORITIESJUDICIAL ETHICSJUDICIAL INDEPENDENCEJUDICIAL INSTITUTIONSJUDICIAL PERFORMANCEJUDICIAL POWERSJUDICIAL PROCESSJUDICIAL REFORMJUDICIAL REFORMSJUDICIAL SECTORJUDICIAL SELECTIONJUDICIAL SERVICESJUDICIAL STATISTICSJUDICIAL SYSTEMJUDICIAL SYSTEMSJUDICIAL TRAININGJUDICIARYJURISDICTIONJUSTICELAW ENFORCEMENTLAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIESLAWSLAWYERSLEGAL AIDLEGAL ASSISTANCELEGAL EDUCATIONLEGAL ENTITIESLEGAL LITERACYLEGAL OPINIONSLEGAL PROFESSIONLEGAL PROFESSIONALSLEGAL PROFESSIONSLEGAL REFORMLEGAL RELATIONSHIPSLEGAL REPRESENTATIONLEGAL RIGHTSLEGAL STATUSLEGAL SYSTEMLEGISLATIONMEDIATIONMEDIATORSNOTARYPOLICEPROCEDURAL RULESPROPERTY RIGHTSPROSECUTORSRESIDENCERESIGNATIONRULE OF LAWRULESSANCTIONSANCTIONSSELECTION OF JUDGESTRIALSUTILITIESWILLWITNESSWorld Bank10.1596/2758