THE SOCIAL COMPONENT OF THE COMMUNITY JUSTICE REFORM

                                Emilian M. Dobrescu, Romanian Academy
                            Tiberiu-Viorel Popescu, Institute for Legal Research


ABSTRACT: The European Convention on Human Rights established an unprecedented system of
protection of individual rights and freedoms applicable in the present, in almost all European
countries.
The creation of a Permanent Court in 1988, was motivated essentially by the increasing the number of
individual complaints the settlement of which was not possible under the old procedure. The number of
individual complaints continued to increase on an accelerated rhythm and therefore the number of
cases in which settlement was required has increased considerably.
The growing number of individual applications impose Community Justice System permanent reform
and consideration of issues raised in the findings of this paper.

Keywords: community justice reform, European citizenship, European Court of Human Rights.

JEL Codes: H80, J18, K10.