Council of Europe

• Council of Europe
• Human Rights and Rule of Law
• The European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice

Strasbourg, 11 June 2012

CEPEJ/ODJ(2012)1 Prov

EUROPEAN COMMISSION FOR THE EFFICIENCY OF JUSTICE (CEPEJ)

19^th plenary meeting - draft agenda

Thursday, 5 July 2012 (9 am) – Friday, 6 July 2012 (6 pm)

Strasbourg – Agora Building : Room G01

IMPORTANT

DOCUMENTS OF THE DRAFT AGENDA CAN BE FOUND ON THE RESTRICTED CEPEJ WEBSITE: www.coe.int/cepej

Documents preceded by the following diagram will be submitted for examination by the CEPEJ in view of their adoption

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1. Opening of the meeting

Tribute to Fausto DE SANTIS, by John STACEY, President of the CEPEJ

2. Adoption of the agenda

3. Information by the President of the CEPEJ and the Secretariat

4. 2011 Activity Report of the CEPEJ: discussion in view of its adoption

Working document

Draft 2011 Activity Report of the CEPEJ
CEPEJ(2012)4Prov

5. Evaluation of judicial systems

Rapporteur: Jean-Paul JEAN, Chair of the CEPEJ-GT-EVAL (France)

i. Report “European judicial systems – Edition 2012” : examination of the report in view of its adoption
§ Discussion of the report, chapter by chapter
§ Definition of the concrete modalities for finalising and adopting the report
§ Communication strategy

Working document
Draft report “ European judicial systems – Edition 2012
CEPEJ(2012)5Prov
(it appears by chapter on the restricted website)

ii. Co-operation process through a peer evaluation
§ Visit to Azerbaijan (29 - 31 May 2012)
§ Organisation of the next visits

iii. Preparation of a report for the European Commission on the impact of the functioning of judicial systems on the economy

· Exchange of views with the scientific experts: Eric DUBOIS, Christel SCHURRER et Marco VELICOGNA

6. Information on the on-going work of the CEPEJ-GT-QUAL and the court coaching programme on satisfaction surveys

7. Information on the on-going work of the SATURN Centre and the court coaching programme on judicial time management

Rapporteur: Jacques BÜHLER (Switzerland) and Secretariat

8. Co-operation between the CEPEJ and the other bodies of the Council of Europe

§ Consultative Council of European Judges (CCJE)
§ Consultative Council of European Prosecutors (CCPE)
§ European Committee on Legal Cooperation (CDCJ)
§ European Committee on Crime Problems (CDPC)
§ Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH)

9. CEPEJ’s participation in the Council of Europe’s programme for the “neighbourhood policy” (Morocco, Tunisia and Jordan)

Working documents

Neighbourhood policy – Information document

Joint Programme of the Council of Europe and the European Union to “reinforce the democratic reform in the countries of Southern neighbourhood “

10. Other co-operation with the European Union

i. Last developments within the European Union in the judicial field
Rapporteurs: Klaus RUGAARD (Denmark) and Efi PAPADOPOULOU (Cyprus) on behalf of the outgoing and incoming presidencies of the European Union

ii. Crystal Scales of Justice and European Day of Justice

11. Appointment of a special rapporteur on gender issues

Working document
“Gender equality rapporteurs and their role”
Information note prepared by the Gender Equality team

12. 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.

Request from the Council of the Notariats of the European Union (CNUE) to become observer

13. Preparation of the ceremonies of the 10^th anniversary of the CEPEJ (6 - 7 December 2012)

14. Any other business

General reference documents
Report of the 18^th plenary meeting of the CEPEJ
CEPEJ(2011)10

Report of the 19^th meeting of the Bureau
CEPEJ-BU(2012)1

CEPEJ Activity Programme 2012 - 2013
CEPEJ(2011)6