Actions taken by Romania’s High Court criticized under EC’s Rule of Law report

20 July 2026 Lower courts have continued to close corruption cases and annul convictions, including in high-level ones, following rulings by the High Court of Cassation and Justice (ICCJ) on the statute of limitations, according to the Rule of Law report 2026 published by the European Commission on July 17. On the day before, the Court of Justice of the EU concluded that the 2022 ICCJ’s ruling mentioned by the EC in its report “generated a systemic risk of impunity for fraud,” according to G4media.ro. Romania’s High Court came under the EC's criticism once again in relation to its decision to dismantle the committee set up by the government for evaluating the justice laws. “A reflection on various concerns related to the judiciary in public debates has been put on hold following a decision