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The Prize "Crystal Scales of
Justice"
Since 2005, the Council of Europe and the European Commission are
organising a competition to discover and highlight innovative and efficient
practices used in European courts for court organisation or for
the conduct of civil proceedings (for instance initiatives
devised by a court president, a registry, a Bar) and deserving
to be drawn to the attention of policy-makers and the judicial
community so as to improve the operation of the public system of
justice.
The Prize is alternaltively awarded in civil and criminal
matters by a Jury of European legal professionals.
The last edition of the prize in civil matters was organised in 2008. The next
edition of this prize will be held in 2010.
For the first time
in 2009, the prize of
the Crystal Scales
of Criminal Justice and three
special distinctions have been awarded during the plenary session
of the Justice Forum, which took place on 4 and 5 June 2009 in Brussels.
The Prize winner
The 4
honored projects
Programme
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