The CEPEJ Working Group on the Evaluation of Judicial Systems (CEPEJ-GT-EVAL) will hold its 53rd meeting in Strasbourg (France) on 8 and 9 September 2026 to finalise preparations for the next Evaluation Report on European Judicial Systems, which is due to be published in December 2026, following its adoption by the CEPEJ at its 47th plenary meeting.

This will be the first report published in an electronic and interactive format and will, from now on on an annual basis, an analysis of European trends in the field of justice, as well as more detailed country profiles comprising a brief analysis of the situation of each national judicial system and the relevant indicators enabling the country to be compared with other Council of Europe member states, based on 2025 data.  This Report forms part of the implementation of the reform of the CEPEJ’s evaluation cycles and aims to provide European public decision-makers with the most recent, reliable and relevant statistical data on judicial systems.

The Group will also examine the draft questionnaire for the next evaluation cycle (2027, based on 2026 data), which will be launched in autumn 2026, and will discuss the preparation of the first thematic report, to be drawn up and published in 2027, which will focus on the impact and challenges of digitalisation and artificial intelligence on judicial systems.

Also on the agenda for this meeting will be the development of new indicators on the quality of justice and the measurement of workload, in cooperation with the Working Groups on the Quality of Justice (CEPEJ-GT-QUAL) and on the Effectiveness of Judicial Procedures (CEPEJ-GT-EFF), as well as cooperation with the European Commission on regional assessments of European Union countries (‘Justice Scoreboard’), the Western Balkans (‘Dashboard Western Balkans’) and the Eastern Partnership (‘Justice Dashboard EaP’).

Link to the draft agenda to be provided shortly