According to the American Bar Association report, out of 633 judges, 561 (88.7%) are Macedonians and 41 (6.5%) were Albanians. The report states that “across the judiciary as a whole, ethnic Macedonians and Vlachs are overrepresented, and the other ethnic communities are underrepresented. However, the situation varies from court to court. In the Supreme Court, for example, 6 of the 22 presently sitting judges (27.2%) are ethnic Albanians, as are 5 of 19 judges (26.3%) in the Gostivar Basic Court, and 4 of 17 judges (23.5%) in the Kicevo Basic Court—close to their percentage in the population at large. In some courts, particularly in western Macedonia, there are even higher percentages of ethnic Albanian judges. For example, 11 of 28 judges (39.3%) in the Tetovo Basic Court and 3 of 5 judges (60%) in the Debar Basic Court are ethnic Albanians. Nevertheless, to achieve the Constitution’s goal of fair representation of citizens of all communities, more needs to be done.”¹

No information available on judiciary reform.

No information available on judiciary reform.

Significant progress was reported but quota had not been reached. No information available on ethnic composition of public administration for 2010.

No further developments observed.

Significant progress was reported but quota had not been reached. No information available on ethnic composition of public administration for 2009.

Significant progress was reported but quota had not been reached. No information available on ethnic composition of public administration for 2008.

No further information is available. However, it was said that Macedonia must have a concrete police force, judicial system and public administration reforms to be considered for the EU membership.²

“In the period of 2002 till 2006, the representation of the ethnic communities in the public administration increased notably (see data below). This process was accompanied by great resistance within the Macedonian majority. However, the results of this policy are visible: in less than four years, the level of equal representation of the minority groups in the state institutions has risen from the poor 2% to 16.3%. Between December 2002 and December 2005, the number of Albanians employed in the public administration increased from 8,164 to 11,290. According to the analyses of the Sector for Implementation of the Framework Agreement, on average 19 representatives of the minority groups commenced working in the public administration per week or four persons per day. Furthermore, “the percentage of Albanian civil servants has [since] risen in the police from only two to 16 percent, in the Ministry for Defense from two to 14 percent and in the Ministry for Economy from less than five to 24 percent.”³

No report available on civil administration reform but the reform process taken in 2003 was underway.

Reform in civil administration was hampered by the economic reforms. On November 15, 2004, prime minister Kostov resigned by “accusing the Albanians of having hampered the process of economic reforms and of “worrying only about holding posts in the public administration,” a guarantee given to ethnic minorities by the 2001 peace agreement.”⁴