 Concret
tools for the Courts
The Working group on quality of
justice of the CEPEJ (GT-QUAL) will meet on 24 and 25
May in Strasbourg. On this occasion, it will take stock
on the implementation of the court coaching programmes
for the organisation of satisfaction surveys and pursue
its work in view of the adoption of guidelines for the
reform of the judicial map. The GT-QUAL is also working
on the definition of justice quality indicators.
Draft agenda
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 Preparation
of the next evaluation report of European judicial
systems
The members of the CEPEJ working group on evaluation of
judicial systems (CEPEJ-GT-EVAL) held their meeting in Strasbourg
on 10 and 11 May 2012. They pursued, with the scientific
experts, the analysis of quantitative and qualitative
data collected in the framework of the 2010-2012
evaluation cycle of judicial systems. They also
assisted to the meeting of national correspondents,
entrusted with collecting statistical data of the 46
States participating in the evaluation exercise. The
report should be adopted by the CEPEJ at ist plenary
meeting in July and published in the framework of the
Conference of Ministers of Justice of the Council of
Europe in Vienna (Austria) on 20 September 2012.
Agenda of the meeting of the working group on
evaluation of European judicial systems
Agenda of the meeting of national correspondents
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 Call
for applications for the European Crystal Scales of
Justice Prize for innovative practices contributing to
the efficiency and quality of civil justice
In 2012,
the Council of Europe together with the European
Commission is organising the 6th edition of
the "Crystal Scales of Justice" Prize. The aim of the
prize is to identify and promote innovative practices in
civil justice, aimed to improve the efficiency and
quality of the functioning of the justice system,
procedures, and court organisation. The 2012 competition
is open to courts, associations and legal professionals,
prosecutor's offices, non-governmental organisations, or
any other entity responsible for justice affairs in the
Member States of the Council of Europe or the European
Union. Applications must meet the eligibility criteria
as specified in the Rules of the Prize and be submitted
to the European Commission or the Council of Europe by
30 June 2012.
More information
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 Call
for events - European Day of civil Justice - 2012
On the initiative of the Council of Europe and the
European Commission, the European Day of civil Justice is
celebrated every year on 25 October. Judicial
institutions of the Council of Europe's members States
are invited to actively participate in the celebration
of this day, by organising events for a wide public (in
particular youth) and judicial professionals. The
programmes of the various events are published as soon
as they are transmitted to the CEPEJ Secretariat.
Judicial institutions of the member States are requested
to inform Annette.Sattel@coe.int about their programme.
More information
Report - inventory of events organised in 2011 and
Press review
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 Public
and Private Justice Seminar and Conference
This year, the theme of the Seminar organised by the
Inter-University Centre of Dubrovnik in Dubrovnik (Croatia),
from 28 May to 1 June 2012, will be devoted to "Appeals
and their impact on efficiency and fairness of civil
justice".
Introduction to the Seminar and Conference
Link to the programme
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Access
to judges: which improvements for which effectivity ?
The University of Franche-Comté will publish in 2012 a
book issued from a collective research, under the
direction of Virginie Donier and Béatrice Lapérou, on
"Access to judges: which improvements for which
effectivity ?". The book deals with the material and
procedural dimensions of access to judges in the
national and international legal systems and thus allows
to draw up a prospective balance sheet of the
improvements concerning the right of access to judges.
Map of the book
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 A programme
to organise court satisfaction surveys
CEPEJ offers to the volunteer courts of member states a
programme to support them in organising user
satisfaction surveys, based on the Handbook adopted in September
2010. The courts interested are invited
to contact the CEPEJ Secretariat:
stephane.leyenberger@coe.int.
Handbook:
CEPEJ Studies No. 14
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A training programme on judicial time management
is available for the Courts
The District Court of
Prague (Czech Republic), Queen's Bench Division of the
High Court of Justice (BBD) and the Central London Civil
Justice Centre (CLCJC) (United Kingdom), Tbilisi Appeals
Court (Georgia), First Instance Court of Turin (Italy),
First instance Court of Nedre Romerike (Norway) and the
Judicial district Dorneck-Thierstein (Switzerland) have
tested the implementation of the tools developped by the
SATURN Centre for judicial time management of the CEPEJ,
in conformity with the methodology implemented by
experts the CEPEJ's experts. This pilot exercise allowed
concrete implementation of the CEPEJ tools, thus
enabling the improvement of time management in courts.
As regards this experience, the CEPEJ proposes to the
courts that wish to participate, to support them in the
enforcement of these measures, through a training
programme: an expert from the CEPEJ will be available
to go to the Court in question, for one or two days and
to discuss with judicial staff and non-judge staff in
order to facilitate the use of the CEPEJ tools.
Interested Courts are invited to contact the Secretariat
of the CEPEJ:
stephane.leyenberger@coe.int.
Implementing the Saturn management tools in courts - A
guide
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