Law Rule Index: First Denmark, Albania, region countries

The wording report published in The Guardian reflects respect for rule of law in practice, while each of the countries involved in this report has interviewed 1,000 people.

The questionnaire is met by legal experts and activists in the field of human rights protection, while through it the rule of law is intended to be measured, based on the experiences and perceptions of the wide public and experts within the country.

Catagorisations are based on eight factors: government power restrictions, lack of corruption, open government, fundamental rights, order and security, regulatory implementation, civil justice and criminal justice.

In global anxiety, Denmark ranks first, while Venezuela ranks in the last place.

Among the countries in the region, Romania ranks better than all other states, positioning in 29th place, while Slovenia and Croatia later rank.

Bulgaria and Bosnia share the 55th and 56th positions in the ranking, and immediately after that, Macedonia comes to 57th place. Albania ranks 68th, while last year it was 72nd. Serbia, meanwhile, ranks 76th.

Kosovo and Montenegro are not included in polls.

Romania performed relatively well after the result met with controversial law reforms é, which, according to activists, would limit the rule of law in the country and progress made so far in curbing corruption.

Venezuela came last, down from Afghanistan, due to the poor situation of rule of law, hyperinflation, manipulated courts, a violent prison system and a killing rate of 56-73 people a day, making it the most violent country in Latin America.

Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland ranked top on a global scale thanks to the very efficient justice systems dealing with violations.

In Eastern Europe, Poland had the fastest annual decline due to a relatively successful <x0 system that quickly moved in the wrong direction, with a downward trend in categories such as government restrictions, open government, fundamental rights and criminal justice”.

The results of some countries were influenced by the gap in results in various areas.

For Albania, the main problem is corruption, which seems to have significantly affected the overall outcome.

Basic human rights are reported to have fallen to almost two thirds of the 113 surveyed countries amid concerns about a worldwide increase of authoritarian nationalism and a withdrawal from international legal obligations.

The Guardian quoted Professor Samuel Moyn from Yale University as saying: “among many states, these fundamental rights are falling prey to a rejection of a global economy”.

The global range of populism, authoritarian nationalism and general withdrawal from international legal obligations are trends that, if not controlled, pose an existential threat to rule of law. Prevention of violations of the rule of law and human rights is always better than treating them after the event”, Murray Hunt of the Bingham Centre for Rule of the Law told the newspaper.