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Acknowledgements

The EU Accession Monitoring Program of the Open Society Institute would like to acknowledge the contribution of the following individuals in researching and drafting our monitoring reports. Final responsibility for the content of the reports rests with the Program.

Bulgaria	Alexander Arabadjiev	Former Member of the Constitutional Court of Bulgaria
Czech Republic	Lucie Atkins	Central European University
Estonia	Jaan Ginter	University of Tartu
Hungary	Zoltan Fleck	ELTE Eotvos Lorant University of Sciences
Latvia	Anita Usacka	Constitutional Court of Latvia
Lithuania	Linas Sesickas	Bernotas & Dominas GLIMSTEDT
Poland	Hanna Suchocka	Member of Parliament
Romania	Horatiu Dumitru	Musat & Asociatii
Romania	Monica Macovei	Romanian Helsinki Committee
Slovakia	Jan Hrubala	Center for Enviromental and Public Advocacy
Slovenia	Ales Zalar	Slovenian Judges Association

We would like to thank the following individuals for their review and critique of earlier drafts of these reports:

Aija Branta, Bill Burke-White, Venelin Ganev, Zdenek Hraba, Daiga Iljanova, Matjaz Jager, Peter Kresak, Ants Kull, Ieva Morica, Wiktor Osiatynski, Peep Pruks, Cornelio Sommaruga, Balazs Toth, Renate Weber, Marek Zubik

The Constitutional and Legal Policy Institute also made a significant contribution to the reports.

Advisory Board Members: Judicial Independence
Giuseppe Di Federico	University of Bologna
Lech Garlicki	Constitutional Tribunal of Poland
Ernst Markel	Supreme Court of Austria; European Association of Judges
Andras Sajo	Central European University
Stefan Trechsel	University of Zurich

OSI also held roundtable meetings in many candidate States to invite expert critique and commentary on the draft reports from representatives of the governments, the Commission Delegations, and civil society. Lists of participants from these meetings are available from the EU Accession Monitoring program <euaccession@osi.hu>.

The EU Accession Monitoring Program

Rachel Guglielmo	Program Director
Karoly Bard	Legal Consultant
Henrikas Mickevicius	Legal Consultant
Timothy Waters	Legal Consultant
James A. Goldston	Deputy Director, Open Society Institute
Andrea Gurubi Watterson	Program Assistant

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