The CEPEJ rewards the Judicial Institute for Scotland with the 2015 Crystal Scales of Justice Prize

Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina), 23.10.2015

The Judicial Institute for Scotland has just been awarded for an initiative entitled "The Judicial HUB". The 2015 European Crystal Scales of Justice prize, organised by the Council of Europe, rewarding innovative judicial practices applied by European judicial institutions, has been awarded on 23 October 2015 in Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina),  on the occasion of the main event of the European Day of Justice, in presence of: Mr Igor CRNADAK, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe; Mr Josip GRUBEŠA, Minister of Justice of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Mr Mato JOZIC, Minister of Justice of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Mr Anton KASIPOVIC, Minister of Justice of the Serbian Republic Georg STAWA, President of the CEPEJ; the jury members of the Crystal Scales of Justice Prize; and the representatives of the four shortlisted initiatives.

The Judicial HUB proposes a virtual environment for training and communication for all actors of the judicial system in Scotland, in the respect of the rules concerning IT security.

Three special mentions have been awarded by equal merit to the following three projects: 

• Court Administration of the Republic of Latvia, for the project "Recording of court hearings with technical means";
• Dutch Legal Aid Board (The Netherlands), for the project "Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) for Relational Disputes";
• High Judicial Council of Serbia, for the project "Model Court Guideline for the Basic and Higher Courts in the Republic of Serbia".
• Programme of the event

Motivation of the jury:

from the President of the Crystal Scales of Justice Prize - Fabio Bartolomeo - CEPEJ member (Italy)

from jury member Dragomir Vukoje - CEPEJ member (Bosnia and Herzegovina)