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 I am now the third president of the CEPEJ and I
am honoured to follow the likes of Eberhard Desch
and Fausto de Santis as they have both set such high
standards.
As a result of their work the
CEPEJ has developed a worldwide reputation for
evaluating judicial systems and for the development
of management tools, best practice and guidelines to
improve the quality and efficiency of justice. These
documents should help judges, administrators, legal
professionals and politicians develop effective and
efficient judicial systems for the citizens of
Europe to support the principles of democracy and
the rule of law.
The Evaluation Report deserves a
special mention as it has gone from strength to
strength. I can recall the early days, only to
clearly, when the first reports were produced and
comments were made regarding the quality of the
data. But as the reputation of the CEPEJ has grown
member states have improved the quality and range of
data available and it has become a document that no
Ministry of Justice policy official or legal
academic can do without. But I believe we can do
more. Up to now the work we produce has been
disseminated to the member states for them to
implement our recommendations when and where
possible, but they are often faced with many
practical difficulties.
I hope, with the help of my
colleagues in the Bureau, Secretariat and the
National Experts we can actively help individual
member states resolve those difficulties and move
forward. This initiative can only accelerate the
pace of change and realise the benefits of our work.
Our observer organisations also have a role to play
in achieving these ambitions as they often have
objectives in common with the CEPEJ and I look
forward to working with them over the term of my
office.
John Stacey, President of the CEPEJ
Interview of John Stacey by the (IUJO) International
Union of Judicial Officers (December 2010)
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John
Stacey 
Georg
Stawa
Irakli
Adeishvili Member of the Bureau (Georgia) since 1st January 2011