Back 39th plenary meeting of the CEPEJ

39th plenary meeting of the CEPEJ

During the 39th plenary meeting of the CEPEJ, held on 6 and 7 December in Strasbourg, the Working group on the evaluation of judicial systems (CEPEJ-GT-EVAL) presented to CEPEJ members the Report on the evaluation of European judicial systems of the CEPEJ (cycle 2022), published on 5th of October. The CEPEJ has also adopted the Scheme for the evaluating systems for the 2024 cycle (2022 data) which will be open to the CEPEJ national correspondents next spring.

The Working Groups on Cyberjustice and Artificial Intelligence (CEPEJ-GT-CYBERJUST) and on Quality of Justice (CEPEJ-GT-QUAL) presented 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 CEPEJ members insisted on the importance of this work at the core of the current justice reforms.

The CEPEJ also adopted the Guidelines on gender diversity in the recruitment and promotion of judges as well as a Guide in promoting administrative mediation.

A methodology for fighting backlogs will be prepared in 2023, in particular to be used in the framework of CEPEJ bilateral cooperation programs. This concrete tool to improve efficiency of justice has been initiated by the SATURN working group on judicial time management (CEPEJ-SATURN) and will be developed in close cooperation between all the CEPEJ Working Groups.

The winning team of the second edition of the Junior Crystal Balance Prize (2022) from the University of Pisa who defended the French project, winner of the Crystal Scales of Justice Prize "Simplified filing of complaints in hospital for victims of domestic violence" 2021, presented its project.

The CEPEJ elected the members of its Bureau for the period 2023 – 2024: Francesco DEPASQUALE (Malta) was elected President of the CEPEJ, Ivan CRNČEC (Croatia) Vice President, and Sonja DJEMNI-WAGNER (France) and Seçkin KOÇER (Türkiye) members of the Bureau.

 

Guidelines on gender equality in the recruitment and promotion of judges

Promoting mediation to resolve administrative disputes in Council of Europe member states

Concept note on the preparation of a backlog reduction tool

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Following the adoption of the Resolution CM/Res(2022)2 on the cessation of the membership of the Russian Federation to the Council of Europe, the Committee of Ministers decided, in the context of the procedure launched under Article 8 of the Statute of the Council of Europe, that the Russian Federation ceases to be a member of the Council of Europe, as from 16 March 2022.

 

Presentation of the CEPEJ

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

The CEPEJ also contributes with specific expertise to debates about the functioning of the justice system in order to provide a forum for discussion and proposals and bring the users closer to their justice system. (Read more)

 

 

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