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Luxembourg's Ministry of Justice has confirmed the adoption of a multi-year recruitment programme for the judiciary.
"A well-functioning justice system is an essential condition for us to continue to maintain confidence in our rule of law, in a just society and in security among the citizens of our country. Today, we have taken an essential step to ensure that justice can work more quickly and more efficiently," stated Luxembourg's Minister of Justice, Elisabeth Margue, after the adoption of Bill No. 8299A by the Chamber of Deputies (Luxembourg's parliament) recently.
The new law provides for an "ambitious" multi-year recruitment programme for the judiciary and the creation of additional judicial attaché positions, constituting a first substantial reinforcement of the staff of the various courts and public prosecutor's offices. A total of 94 magistrate positions and 20 justice attaché positions will be created for the judicial periods from 2024/2025 to 2026/2027.
A second step to remedy the staff shortage consists of Bill No. 8299B, currently under discussion in the parliamentary justice committee, which provides for the creation of a reserve pool of 100 magistrate positions. This pool, managed by the National Council for Justice, can be used to meet the specific needs of judicial and administrative services.
In total, it is therefore planned to create around 200 new magistrate positions. According to the ministry, this demonstrates the government's "commitment to mobilising the necessary means to guarantee the proper functioning of our judicial system in the medium and long term".
