Magistracy, which rejected the notification of the People's Advocate. In motivating the decision on the rejection of the notification, the Judicial Inspection invoked only the omissions of the clerk, who subsequently resigned and left the judiciary, and the facts elucidated could not be put under the responsibility of the judge. Considering that the decision to reject is unfounded, the People's Advocate filed an appeal12 that is under examination. Analyzing the 65 reports prepared during the year 2019 by the Judicial Inspection of the SCM, on the basis of which disciplinary procedures were initiated regarding the judges, the People's Advocate found that disciplinary sanctions were applied in 13 cases: 6 sanctions in the form of a warning, 6 sanctions in the form of reprimand and one sanction in the form of dismissal. Most of the sanctions were applied as a result of the violation, for reasons attributable to judges, of the deadlines for fulfilling the procedural actions, including the deadlines for drafting judgments and transmitting the copies to the participants in the trial, because they directly affected the rights of participants in the process. Enforcement of court decisions is still a problem. The plaintiffs in most cases invoked the non-informing (non-disclosure) of the participants of the enforcement proceedings, by the bailiffs, about the measures taken and the procedural documents drawn up. Thus, most often, the participants of the enforcement proceedings do not know the reason for the triggering of the enforcement proceedings. Consequently, the debtor does not fall within 15 days when he/she can voluntarily pay the adjudicated amount, and he/she has to pay other enforcement expenses related to the enforcement proceedings and the bailiff's fee. Not every time the participants of the enforcement proceedings manage to challenge the acts of the bailiff in court because of bureaucratic actions of the bailiffs. Delaying the execution of court decisions on the collection of alimony, as in previous years, remains a problem, because of the debtor's absence from home, the debtor being abroad and the debtor's lack of financial resources, alimony payer. As mentioned above, in the previous report, the People's Advocate recommended continuing efforts to reform the justice system to ensure its accessibility, independence, efficiency, transparency and integrity. The new policy document for ensuring the continuity of the reform in the justice sector was not adopted either in 2019. In April 2019, a draft strategy for the development 12 To the Appeals Examination Panel of the Disciplinary Board of the Superior Council of Magistracy. 9

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