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The CEPEJ participates in an exchange workshop on pilot projects
The European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) has been invited to participate in an Exchange Workshop - organized by the Ministry of Justice of Tunisia, the UNDP and OHCHR - on pilot projects in support of judiciary and penitentiary institutions. The objective of the workshop was...
The second set of the “2017 CEPEJ trainings” took place in Monastir on 4 and 5 July
The European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) organized, in cooperation with the Ministry of Justice of Tunisia, three capacity-building workshops, primarily intended for judges of the pilot courts of Gabes, Kairouan, Nabeul, Sidi Bouzid, Tunis and Zaghouan. The workshops focused...
Study visit in Strasbourg for a delegation from Sidi Bouzid First Instance Court
On 29 and 30 June 2017 the Strasbourg Court (Tribunal de Grande Instance) hosted a delegation of judges and officers of the registrar from Sidi Bouzid First Instance Court for a study visit. The visit allowed the members of the Tunisian delegation to examine and exchange views on modern methods...
Trainings for CEPEJ pilot courts in Tunisia
The European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) organised a series of capacity-building workshops in Tunis and in Gabes from 28 to 31 March 2017 for judges and clerks of pilot courts of Kairouan, Nabeul, Tunis, Zaghouan, Gabes and Sidi Bouzid. Representatives from the Ministry of...
The Presidents of Nabeul and Zaghouan First Instance Courts attended the 21st meeting of the Steering Group of the SATURN Centre for judicial time management
After the meeting, they participated in a work session on judicial scoreboards, specifically organized for them and facilitated by the Secretary to the Steering Group of the SATURN Centre, Mr Yannick Meneceur, and by the CEPEJ Statistician, Ms Lidija Naumovska. Agenda (SATURN meeting)
The Consul of Tunisia in Strasbourg receives a delegation of the CEPEJ Secretariat
On 17 February 2017 the Consul and the Vice Consul of Tunisia in Strasbourg received, at the Consulate of Tunisia in Strasbourg, a delegation of the CEPEJ Secretariat headed by the Co-Secretary to the CEPEJ. The objective of the meeting was to review the state of cooperation between the CEPEJ and...
Two Tunisian magistrates attended the 21st meeting of the CEPEJ Working Group on the Quality of Justice (GT-QUAL)
A Tunisian delegation composed of the President of Gabes First Instance Court and the Attorney General’s Prosecutor at Tunis Court of Appeal attended the 21st meeting of the GT-QUAL on 9 and 10 February 2017 in Strasbourg. During the meeting the Working Group discussed, inter alia, the courts’...
“Know, understand, use and disseminate the CEPEJ tools” training
Three Tunisian judges attended a training session organized by the CEPEJ on 8 and 9 December 2016 in Strasbourg. The event was organized to train possible future experts for CEPEJ co-operation projects. On this occasion, the participants familiarized with the CEPEJ tools related to the quality of...
A delegation from Tunisia attended the 28th plenary meeting of the CEPEJ
The 28th plenary meeting of the CEPEJ took place on 6 and 7 December 2016 in Strasbourg. On this occasion, the CEPEJ measured the impact of the 2016 report “European judicial systems” (CEPEJ Studies No. 23), which has been published in October 2016, and launched the new 2016-2018 evaluation...
Two representatives of the Tunisian Ministry of Justice attended the "Cyberjustice Europe 2016" conference in Strasbourg on 5 December 2016
With the publication of a thematic report on the use of information technology in European courts, the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) has taken a step towards a systematic and in-depth understanding of the impact of digitalisation on the role and functioning of justice...
CEPEJ Tunisian pilot courts attended the second meeting of the bilateral Steering Committee “South Programme 2 – Tunisia” on 22 November 2016 in Tunis
Second bilateral Steering Committee with Tunisia, 22 November 2016, operational conclusions (French only) Agenda (French only) List of participants (French only)
The Minister of Justice of Tunisia meets with a delegation of the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice
On 4 November 2016 the new Minister of Justice, Mr Ghazi Jeribi, met with a delegation of the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) in Tunis. This meeting provided an opportunity for the CEPEJ delegation, to make an assessment of the projects implemented under the joint...
A representative of Gabes First Instance Court (one of the CEPEJ pilot courts in Tunisia) attended the 20th meeting of the Steering Group of the SATURN Centre for judicial time management (CEPEJ-SATURN), and the 11th plenary meeting of the CEPEJ Network of pilot courts in Strasbourg, on 20-22 September 2016.
Agenda of the meeting of the SATURN Centre for judicial timeframes management Agenda of the meeting of the Network of pilot courts
First visit of the CEPEJ to Sidi Bouzid and to Gabes
A CEPEJ team of experts visited Tunisia from 11 to 13 July 2016. The main objective of the mission was to make a first visit in four new pilot courts in Sidi Bouzid and Gabes, to understand their functioning, interact with judicial professionals and clerks about possible improvements, and to...
A delegation from Tunisia participated in the 27th plenary meeting of the CEPEJ in Strasbourg on 30 June and 1st July 2016
Meeting report
A delegation from Tunisia attended the 19th meeting of the Steering Group of the SATURN Centre for judicial time management on 21 and 22 April 2016 in Strasbourg
The Steering Group worked, among other things, on the orientations for the 2014 study on judicial timeframes in 2nd and 3rd instance courts, as well as on the update of Recommendation Rec(86)12 concerning the measures to prevent and reduce the excessive workload in the courts. The Group also...
A Tunisian delegation comprising the Presidents of the First Instance Courts of Nabeul, Sidi Bouzid and Zaghouan (three CEPEJ pilot courts in Tunisia) participated in the 19th meeting of the CEPEJ Working Group on the quality of justice that took place on 15-16 March 2016, and in a Workshop on « Conducting satisfaction surveys aimed at court users » on 17 March 2016 in Strasbourg.
Agenda of the meeting of the CEPEJ-GT-QUAL Agenda of the workshop on « Conducting satisfaction surveys aimed at court users”
The CEPEJ meets the Minister of Justice of Tunisia
The Minister of Justice of Tunisia, Mr Amor Mansour, met with a delegation of the CEPEJ on 7 March 2016, in Tunis. The meeting focused on the progress of the CEPEJ co-operation projects, which started three years ago in several “pilot courts” located in different areas of the country. The...
South Programme II: Meetings of the bilateral Steering Committees for Tunisia and Morocco
The meetings of the bilateral Steering Committee of South Programme II took place in Tunis on 26 November 2015 in respect of Tunisia and in Rabat on 30 November 2015 in respect of Morocco. For each country, a workshop on justice reform highlighting the status of the 2015 cooperation has been...
A team of CEPEJ experts visited Tunisia from 9 to 11 November 2015 and met with representatives of the Tunisian now 10 pilot courts
A presentation workshop on the CEPEJ tools and progress on the development of its activities has been organised for the Tunisian pilot courts and other justice auditors. During this session, the Inspector General, Mr Mahmoud Kaabache, expressed his support to the cooperation activities of the...
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