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The news (19/11/2009)


5th CEPEJ Newsletter (19/11/2009)

The 5th CEPEJ Newsletter is available. Its main file focuses on the quality and processing of judicial data in the member States. You can subscribe, free of charge to the Newsletter.


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

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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.

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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.

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European Day of Civil Justice

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