Council of Europe European Commission for the efficiency of justice (CEPEJ)

39th plenary meeting of the CEPEJ

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During the 39th plenary meeting of the CEPEJ which will be held in Strasbourg on 6 and 7 December, the Working group on the evaluation of judicial systems (CEPEJ-GT-EVAL) will present the Report on the evaluation of European judicial systems of the CEPEJ (cycle 2022), published on 5^th October. The Group will also present, with a view to its adoption by the members of the CEPEJ, the draft Sheme for the evaluating systems for the 2024 cycle in (2022 data) which will be open to the national correspondents of the CEPEJ next spring.

The Working Group on Cyberjustice and Artificial Intelligence (CEPEJ-GT-CYBERJUST) and the Working Group on Quality of Justice (CEPEJ-GT-QUAL) will present the work of the Artificial Intelligence Advisory Board(AIAB) ), recently set up to support the CEPEJ on the technical aspects of artificial intelligence and cyberjustice, and in particular the development of the resource center on artificial intelligence (AI) and cyberjustice, as well as the operationalization of the ethical charter of the CEPEJ on AI in judicial systems.

The Working Group on the Quality of justice (CEPEJ-GT-QUAL) will present for adoption by the CEPEJ plenary the draft "guidelines on gender diversity in the recruitment and promotion of judges" as well as the draft guide to promoting administrative mediation.

The SATURN working group on judicial time management (CEPEJ-SATURN) will present its ongoing work on the weighting in public prosecution services and on the methodology for fighting backlogs. He will present for adoption by the CEPEJ plenary the draft Revised Time Management Checklist on judicial accompanied by an explanatory note. The first version was adopted in 2005 and since then has enjoyed great success within European judicial systems.

The Working Group on Cyberjustice and Artificial Intelligence (CEPEJ-GT-CYBERJUST) will present its work on the "ICT Index" or E-auctions.

During the meeting, the winning team of the second edition of the Junior Crystal Balance Award (2022) from the University of Pisa will present their project.

Elections to the Bureau of the CEPEJ will also take place, in particular to designate the President of the CEPEJ for the years 2023 and 2024.

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In setting up the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) at the end of 2002, at the initiative of the European ministers of Justice who met in London (2000), the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe wanted to establish an innovative body for improving the quality and efficiency of the European judicial systems and strengthening the court users’ confidence in such systems.

The CEPEJ develops concrete measures and tools aimed at policy makers and judicial practitioners in order to:

Analyse the functioning of judicial systems and orientate public policies of justice
Have a better knowledge of judicial timeframes and optimize judicial time management
Promote the quality of the public service of justice
Facilitate the implementation of European standards in the field of justice
Support member states in their reforms on court organisations

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