The European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice
Strasbourg, 9 November 2010
CEPEJ/ODJ(2010)2Prov
EUROPEAN COMMISSION FOR THE EFFICIENCY OF JUSTICE (CEPEJ)
Thursday 9 December (9.00) – Friday 10 December 2010 (18.00)
Strasbourg - Agora Building (Room G02)
IMPORTANT
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1. Opening of the meeting
2. Adoption of the agenda
Working document
CEPEJ/ODJ(2010)2
3. Information by the President of the CEPEJ and the Secretariat
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4. Study session – "Going beyond the CEPEJ's report – some conclusions to be drawn" (9 December – 9.30) § A study on comparable member states, prepared by Jean-Paul JEAN (France) § Some conclusions on divorce cases, by Frans Van der DOELEN (the Netherlands) § Comparing the court workload in civil matters, by Frans Van der DOELEN § What can be said on clearance rate and disposition time?, by Adis HODZIC (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Georg STAWA (Austria) § An analysis of the criminal case flow in European courts, prepared by Beata GRUSZCZYŃSKA (Poland) § Some lessons on training of judges and prosecutors, by Elsa GARCIA MALTRAS de BLAS (Spain) Working documents
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5. Recent developments in the judicial field in the Council of Europe Member states
Delegations are invited, if they so wish, to inform the CEPEJ on recent significant developments in their countries in the judicial field since July 2008, where appropriate.
6. Evaluation of European judicial systems
(i) Report on “European judicial systems – Edition 2010”
§ Tour de table: communication on and use of the Report in the member states
All delegations are invited to inform the CEPEJ on the actions taken in their countries to inform on the CEPEJ’s Report and, where appropriate, on the use made of the Report by the political and judicial authorities.
§ Preparation of in-depth studies
(ii) Preparation of the 2010 – 2012 evaluation cycle
Rapporteur: Georg STAWA, Member of the CEPEJ's Bureau and GT-EVAL
§ Discussion of the revised Evaluation scheme and Explanatory Note with a view to its adoption
§ Calendar of the 2010 – 2012 evaluation cycle
Working documents
Report on European judicial systems – Edition 2010
CEPEJ(2010)8
Draft revised Evaluation Scheme
CEPEJ(2010)11Prov
Draft revised Explanatory note
CEPEJ(2010)12Prov
(iii) Implementation of the pilot peer evaluation co-operation process
Rapporteur: Elsa GARCIA MALTRAS de BLAS, Member of the CEPEJ's Bureau en GT-EVAL
Working document
Report of the peer evaluation visits to Malta, the Russian Federation and Norway (together with Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Sweden)
CEPEJ-GT-EVAL(2010)5
7. Quality of justice (CEPEJ-GT-QUAL)
Rapporteur: François PAYCHÈRE, Chairman of the CEPEJ-GT-QUAL
(i) Implementation of the Handbook on the realisation of the Court user satisfaction survey in the Council of Europe member states
Working document
Handbook on the realisation of the Court user satisfaction survey in the Council of Europe Member states
CEPEJ(2010)5
(ii) Report on "Contractualisation of judicial processes in Europe" prepared by Julien Lhuillier
Working document
Report "Contractualisation of judicial processes in Europe"
CEPEJ (2010)10Prov
Reference document
Report of the 8th meeting of the CEPEJ-GT-QUAL
CEPEJ-GT-QUAL(2010)7
8. SATURN Centre on judicial time management: designing tools for setting up the European Observatory of judicial timeframes
Rapporteur: Jacques BÜHLER, Chair of the Steering group
(i) Qualitative approach: court "coaching" programme on judicial time management
(ii) Quantitative approach
Working documents
SATURN Guidelines for judicial time management
CEPEJ(2008)8Rev
Report of the 8th meeting of the SATURN Steering group
CEPEJ-SATURN(2010)7
9. CEPEJ Network of Pilot Courts
Rapporteur: John STACEY, Vice-President of the CEPEJ
Reference documents
Report of the 5th plenary meeting of the Network of pilot courts
CEPEJ(2010)7
Composition of the Network of Pilot-courts
10. Targeted co-operation of the CEPEJ with Member states
(i) Montenegro: Analysis of rationalisation of the court network
Working documents
Report: Comments on the analysis of rationalisation of the court network
CEPEJ-COOP(2010)2
(English only)
(ii) Requests for 2011
Members of the CEPEJ are requested to prepare for the meeting, if need be, proposals of concrete activities in the light of the specific needs of their state in 2011.
11. Integration of the Lisbon Network within the CEPEJ's activity programme
12. The role of the CEPEJ in the follow-up of the Interlaken Conference concerning the future of the European Court of Human Rights (18/19 February 2010)
Working document
Interlaken Declaration
13. Discussion of the draft Activity programme of the CEPEJ for 2011 in view of its adoption
Rapporteur: Laurent THYES (Luxembourg)
Working document
Draft Activity programme of CEPEJ for 2011
CEPEJ(2010)9Prov
Reference document
Mid term activity programme
CEPEJ(2009)4
14. Relations between the CEPEJ and the other bodies of the Council of Europe
(i) Consultative Council of European Judges (CCJE)
(ii) Consultative Council of European Prosecutors (CCPE)
(iii) European Committee on Legal Cooperation (CDCJ)
(iv) European Committee on Crime Problems (CDPC)
(v) Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH)
15. Co-operation with the European Union
(i) Last developments within the European Union in the judicial field
Rapporteurs: Dietger GEERAERT (Belgium) and Gabor SZEPLAKI-NAGY (Hungary) on behalf of the outgoing and incoming presidencies of the European Union
(ii) European Day of Justice and Crystal Scales of Justice (Secretariat)
16. Observers to the CEPEJ
Organisations who have been granted observer status with the CEPEJ are entitled, if they wish, to make an oral presentation of their current activities relevant to the CEPEJ and/or submit a written information to the Secretariat which could be distributed during the meeting.
17. Election of the Bureau
The mandate of the Bureau comes to an end. The outgoing President, Mr Fausto de SANTIS (Italy), cannot be re-elected. The candidatures for the Presidency, Vice-Presidency and membership (2 seats) of the Bureau can be indicated to the Secretariat before 9 December in the evening. The Secretariat recalls that Resolution Res(2005)47 of the Committee of Ministers stresses that Bureau members must be appointed "in accordance with an equitable distribution of posts, taking into account in particular, geographical distribution, gender balance and, where relevant, legal systems".
18. Any other business
General reference documents
Report of the 15th plenary meeting of the CEPEJ
CEPEJ(2010)5
Report of the 16th meeting of the Bureau
CEPEJ-BU(2010)2