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5th CEPEJ Newsletter
(19/11/2009)
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5th CEPEJ Newsletter is available. Its main file
focuses on the quality and processing of judicial data
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14th plenary meeting of the CEPEJ
(12/11/2009)
The 14th plenary meeting of the CEPEJ will be
held in Strasbourg, from 9 to 10 December 2009. This
meeting will start with a study session on the theme
“Measuring the performance of judicial systems and
courts. Several documents relating to the quality of
justice and to execution of justice decisions will be
discuted in view of their adoption by the CEPEJ. A new
middle term activity programme for the CEPEJ as well as
the activity programme for 2010 are at the agenda. Draft agenda
6th meeting of the Working group for the quality of justice
(GT-QUAL) (09/11/2009)
The
following items are on the agenda: study on quality
systems in Europe, contractualisation of judicial
process between judges and the parties, finalisation of
the draft Handbook on measurement of court users'
satisfaction
and preparation of the Study session (9 December 2009)
on assessing the quality of court organisation and court
work
Guidelines and quality
standards; meeting of the CEPEJ-GT-EXE
(13/10/2009)
The CEPEJ working group on Execution met
on 15 and 16 October in Strasbourg in view of the preparation
of the draft guidelines and quality standards on
enforcement aimed to ensure an effective implementation
of Recommendation (2003) 17.
Launching by the CEPEJ of the scheme for evaluating
judicial systems – 2008-2010 cycle
(08/10/2009)
At their 1067th meeting, after an exchange of
views with Mr John Stacey, Deputy chair of the European
Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ), the
Minister Deputies approved the
2008 activity report and
the revised scheme for evaluating judicial systems –
2008-2010 cycle and
Explanatory Note. The network of CEPEJ National
correspondents will have until 31 December 2009 to
collect judicial data in their country and transmit it
through the electronic form. Data will then be collected
and analysed by the experts. The next evaluation report
on judicial systems will be published midd-2010.
European Day of Civil Justice (EDCJ)
(07/10/2009)
The European Day of Civil Justice is celebrated around
the 25 October 2009. It aims to promote the work of the
European Commission and of the Council of Europe in the
field of civil justice, through simulation of procedures
and information sessions. Open to european citizens,
students and people who work in the field of justice,
and punctuated by interventions from personalities from
the judicial world. The Council of Europe asked
representatives from the European Commission for the
Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) for information about
their projects in their respective countries. The
Secretariat of the CEPEJ will participate in one of the
main events, organised by the Ministry of Justice of
Bade-Württemberg in Fribourg (Germany), on 10 November
2009.