Cyprus and the Rule of Law

1. RULE OF LAW
KEY FACTS AND FIGURES
CyprusandtheRuleofLaw

2. 17/27
11/27
EU ranking
EU ranking
WJPRuleofLawIndex2022
FreedomintheWorld2022
0,68/1
93/100
Score
Score
Data sources:
Freedom House
World Justice Project

3. Perceptionsofjudicialindependence
Judges’ rating of judicial independence
9,5/10
5,4/10
38%
Lawyers’ rating of judicial independence
of people rated judicial independence as ‘fairly’ or very bad’
Data sources:
ENCJ 2019
ENCJ 2022
Eurobarometer 2022

4. Problematic
Leading decisions unimplemented
Leading cases pending from last decade
EU average of leading cases pending from
last decade
10
71%
38%
EIN/DRI assessment
of implementation
record with CoE data 2021
EuropeanCourtofHuman
RightsRulings

5. MediaFreedomandPluralism
Data source:
RSF World Press
Freedom Index 2022
22/27
EU RANKING
65/180
GLOBAL RANKING

6. Data source:
TI Corruption
Perception Index 2022
Corruption
21/27
EU RANKING
51/180
GLOBAL RANKING