Recent publications

• P. Albers (2016), Rule of law and reforming the judiciary (lecture at Catholic University of Lviv) (link)
• P. Albers (2016), Court performance management and quality policies, USAID FAIR Justice Ukraine
• P. Albers (2015), report on the institutional assessment of the general organization structure of the High Judicial Council of Palestine (draft)
• P. Albers (2015), Best practice guide implementing court excellence in Moldova, USAID ROLISP Moldova
• P. Albers (2015), Evaluation report pilots on court excellence in Moldova, USAID ROLISP
• P. Albers (2015), Improving the regular judicial performance evaluation in Ukraine (part I and II), USAID FAIR Justice
• P. Albers (2015), Improving the initial performance evaluation of judges in Ukraine, USAID FAIR Justice
• P. Albers (2015), New quality standards for public prosecutors (link)
• World Bank (2015), Serbia Judicial Functional Review (link)
• P. Albers (2014), Court performance monitoring and evaluation in Kazakhstan: lessons learned from international practice
• P. albers, P. Beauvais, , J.F. Bonhert, M. Bose, P. Langbroek, A. Renier and T. Wahl (2013), Towards a common evaluation framework to assess mutual trust in the field of EU judicial cooperation in criminal matters, The Hague (link)
  
• P. Albers (2013), Balancing between trust, confidence, quality and performance of the judiciary in Serbia.
• P. Albers (2013), Judicial Performance Evaluation in Mongolia
• P. Albers (2013) contributor to the ILAC report Rule of Law assessment Libya (link)
• P. Albers (2012), Chapter about mediation in The Netherlands. In: De Palo and Trevor, EU mediation: law and practice (Oxford University Press).
• Best practices guide backlog reduction and prevention measures for courts in Serbia (2012) (link).
• P. Albers (2012), Models for time management of court procedures and managing backlog of court cases (report for the High Judicial Council of the Palestine's territories).
• P. Albers and T. Roediger (2011), Strengthening the institutional capacity of the judiciary in Bahrain. (link coverpage)
• P. Albers (2011), Differences in legal cultures in Europe (Dutch). Presentation European Day of Civil Justice (October) Hogeschool Zuyd Maastricht (link)
• P. Albers (2011), New Developments in court quality systems and court performance policies (link)
• P. Albers (2011), Manual court performance measurement and management Serbia (link)
• ABA Rule of Law Initiative Middle East and North Africa region (2011), manual for justice sector benchmarks (link coverpage)
• P. Albers (2010), Connecting court quality hotspots in Europe: from quality initiatives to excellent courts. Preview article for: Law in Transition online (European Bank for Development and Reconstruction. Spring 2011. (link)
• P. Albers (2010), Connecting quality hotspots: from judicial quality to quality measures and systems. (link)
• P. Albers (2010), Book review Technology for Justice: Dory Reiling (for the Computer Law Journal (in Dutch). (link)
• P. Albers (2010) The assessment on judicial monitoring and court quality of the judiciary of Kazakhstan. (link)
• P. Albers (2010), Towards excellent courts: the development of the international framework of court excellence. (link)
• P. Albers (2010), Speech project launch justice sector reform projects World Bank, (Croatia) (link)
• P. Albers (2010), The evaluation of the performance of the judiciary of Bahrain (ABA Rule of Law Initiative).

Older publications

• P. Albers (1996), Met recht herzien... een onderzoek naar de beleidsvoorbereiding en implementatie van de eerste en tweede fase van de Herziening Rechterlijke Organisatie (dissertation in Dutch), Tilburg University Press (link)
• P. Albers, V.J.J.M. Bekkers, P.H.A. Frissen, M. Thaens (1992), Decentralizing go­vernmental agencies, political responsibility and informatization, KUB, Tilburg (paper presented ad working group `informatization in public administration' EGPA 1992 (Pisa) and IASA 1992 (Vienna).
• P. Albers (2000), The Dutch Judicial System: past, present and future. Paper for presentations of international delegations (Paper presented at a international conference of the Spanish Judicial Council, Madrid 2001).
• P. Albers (2000), Evaluation programme ”administration of justice in the 21st century‘: modernization of the administration of justice in the Netherlands. Paper presented at the EGPA-conference (European Group of Public Administration) Glasgow 2000.
• P. Albers (2001), Supervision of the Judiciary and the Role of the Judge in the Development of Quality Criteria. In: Trema (4a), pp. 16-19.
• P. Albers (2001). Modernising the Dutch Courts; new court proceedings and the introduction of a Quality system for the Judiciary. Paper presented at a multilateral meeting on —reducing delays in civil proceedings“ organised by the Council of Europe (Madrid, July 2001).
• P. Albers, Dominique Jacques, Reiner Voss, Peter Kolfertz, Mario Jelułiş and Jasna Rodes (2001), Support to the Judiciary in legal advice, court system and case handling in Croatia, Berlioz Consulting (Paris).
• P. Albers (2002), Dutch experiences with the evaluation of judicial systems. Paper presented at a multilateral meeting of the Council of Europe (Urbino, September 2002).
• P. Albers (2003), Evaluating judicial systems: ”a balance between variety and generalisation". Expert paper written for the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) Council of Europe (CEPEJ 2003)12.
• W. Voermans en P. Albers (2003), Councils for the Judiciary in EU countries, Leiden.
• Council of Europe (2004): European Judicial systems: facts and figures, Strasbourg.
• P. Albers (2004), The role of the CEPEJ in promoting the Efficiency of Justice. Paper presented at the seminar —improving human rights instruments and the efficiency of justice“ (Dutch chairmanship Council of Europe April 2004, The Hague).
• P. Albers (2004), Combating delays in judicial proceedings in the Netherlands, paper presented at an expert meeting in Zagreb Croatia (country assistance meeting Croatia and Slovenia Council of Europe).
• P. Albers (2004), Changes in the Dutch Judicial System, paper presented at a meeting of the Hungarian Judicial Council (Budapest, September 2004).
• P. Albers (2005), Towards a regular evaluation of judicial systems, speech at the Council of Europe CEPEJ Conference (The Hague, May 2005).
• P. Albers (2005), Comparative evaluation of judicial systems: the Council of Europe (CEPEJ) experiences˙ paper presented at the Law and Society Conference (Las Vegas, June 2005).
• Council of Europe (2006), European judicial systems: edition 2006, Strasbourg. (link)
• P. Albers (2007), How to measure the rule of law: a comparison of three studies. Conference paper Rule of law conference (Hague Institute for Internationalisation and Law, November 2007).
• P.Albers (2008), Mapping Legal Europe. Article in: the European lawyer (issue 74, Jan. 2008), London. (link)
• P. Albers (2008), Integrity of judges and prosecutors: fundamental principles and facts, Strasbourg (published as a chapter in the Council of Europe Octopus conference book ”Corruption and Democracy”, Strasbourg Council of Europe publishers).
• P. Albers (2008), Judicial systems in Europe compared, (published as a chapter in Van Rhee C.H. and Uzelac A. (eds) Civil Justice between efficiency and quality: From Ius Commune to the CEPEJ (Intersentia, Antwerp, Oxford, Portland). (link)
• P. Albers (2008), Best practices on the prevention of unreasonable length of proceedings: experiences of the CEPEJ, paper presented at a UNIDEM conference Venice Commission Council of Europe, Trieste Italy.
• P. Albers (2008), Quality of courts and the judiciary: European experiences and global developments, paper for seminar “public and private justice”(Dubrovnik Croatia, May 2008). (link)
• CEPEJ 2008, European Judicial systems 2008: efficiency and quality of justice, Strasbourg Council of Europe publishers. (link)
• P. Albers (2008), Rechtstelsels in Europa tegen de meetlat gelegd, (Dutch) article in Tijdschrift voor de Civiele Rechtspleging (Edition 16, No. 4), Boom Juridische Uitgevers.(link)
• P. Albers(2009), The assessment of court quality: hype or not? Article in the Hague Journal on the Rule of Law (Cambridge University Press) (link)
• P. Albers (2009), Efficiency and quality under pressure: lessons learned from Europe (speech conference Costs of justice organized by the University of Oxford July 2009.(link)
• P. Albers (2009), Twenty years of court quality systems (speech conference of the 10th anniversary of the court quality system Court of Appeal Rovaniemi (Finland, November 2009).
• P. Albers (2009), European judicial systems: a matter of taste or tradition? Article in Civil Law Cultures in Europe (Ministry of Justice of the Netherlands). (link)