Achievements • Reports have provided more than 200 recommendations for judicial reform, many of which have been implemented; • Institutional reforms have included the creation of a judicial training institute, judicial inspection unit, criminal defence resource centre, and probation service; • Legislative reforms have included new procedural and substantive criminal codes, a juvenile justice code, a law on the execution of criminal sanctions, and the issuance of justice circulars; • Participation of a greater number of ethnic minorities as justice-system officials, the staffing of international judges and prosecutors in politically sensitive cases, and improved practices related to the appointment of defence counsel; • The LSMS has issued 15 public reports, 7 semi-public reports, and more than 30 monthly reports analysing the justice system and providing recommendations for remedial actions. The LSMS has delivered the reports to judges, prosecutors, and other legal professionals. This has resulted in improved performance and increased professionalism by judges, prosecutors, and lawyers, and other legal professionals. Of Note Despite the positive institutional developments noted above, the LSMS continues to monitor significant deficiencies in the administration of justice in individual cases. With the anticipated transition in the status of Kosovo from UN administration, the LSMS will face the programmatic challenge of establishing a productive and co-operative working relationship with the new governmental institutions so that it may continue to play an effective role in reform processes. In the last few years, the LSMS has already begun to implement new working methods with national legal actors. Such methods include the issuance of semi-public monthly monitoring reports to courts, public prosecutors, and advocates, providing monitoring results, as well as regular meetings with local judges and prosecutors to discuss findings. Trial-Monitoring: A Reference Manual for Practitioners 133