Digital transformation of judicial institutions in the context of European standards of international communication

Božić Pantelija (Pravni fakultet Univerziteta Sinergija, Bjeljina, Bosna i Hercegovina), pantelijasb@gmail.com

The digital transformation of judicial institutions represents one of the most significant processes in the contemporary development of the European legal area, given that the application of information and communication technologies substantially affects the efficiency, transparency, and accessibility of justice. This paper analyses the European standards for digital communication in the judiciary, with particular emphasis on the development of e‑justice systems within the member states of the European Union and on the degree of harmonisation of the judicial system of Bosnia and Herzegovina with contemporary European trends in judicial digitalisation. Special attention is devoted to the normative and institutional framework of the European Union, standards for electronic data exchange, personal data protection, and cybersecurity issues in digital justice. The paper points out that the digitalisation of judicial institutions no longer represents a matter of technical modernisation exclusively, but rather constitutes one of the key prerequisites for efficient international judicial cooperation and the functioning of the modern concept of the rule of law. The analysis demonstrates that a certain level of progress has been achieved in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the field of e‑ justice. Further normative, institutional, and technical reforms remain necessary to achieve full compliance with European standards.

Keywords: judicial digitalisation, e‑justice, European standards, electronic communication, Bosnia and Herzegovina