On 17 February 2025, the Artificial Intelligence Advisory Board (AIAB) met to finalise the Report on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the judiciary. The findings presented in the report are based on the analysis of the information provided through the CEPEJ’s Resource Centre on Cyberjustice and AI.
Selected key findings of the report:
- To date, 125 tools, aiming at improving judicial efficiency and accessibility, primarily from Europe, have been identified and listed in the CEPEJ Resource Centre on Cyberjustice and AI.
- AI systems, particularly those based on machine learning and natural language processing, are becoming increasingly important in courts, with generative AI seeing a notable rise in use within the justice sector.
- Current AI systems have significant limitations and require human oversight; there are no fully autonomous AI systems capable of operating independently within courts.
- Cyberjustice tools are designed to be user-friendly for legal professionals, requiring minimal technical expertise.
- Many tools are not publicly accessible but are part of the internal Information Technology (IT) systems used by courts or other public institutions, not exempting them from transparency and accountability requirements.
This report will be published annually, providing an overview of the previous year's developments and emerging issues of cyberjustice tools in the field of justice.
The Resource Centre was created in 2023 to monitor the integration of modern digital technologies, in particular AI systems into justice systems and allow their evaluation. Being a publicly accessible resource, it aims to identify key technologies that could be used to improve the efficiency, transparency and accessibility of justice and to encourage the consideration of human rights in the development and responsible, ethical and effective use of these tools.
The AIAB provides expert advice on AI related issues in the judicial environment. It was established in 2022 to support the CEPEJ in monitoring the actual emergence of AI applications in the justice sector and to implement related strategies as well as to contribute to the reflection on the use of AI in justice systems with respect to fundamental rights. The AIAB is a key element of the Roadmap to ensure an appropriate follow-up of the “European Ethical Charter on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in judicial systems and their environment”, adopted in 2018.
