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Launch of the "Junior Crystal Scales of Justice" Prize - Master of Law students, join and take part in an international competition!
The Crystal Scales of Justice prize of the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ), a body of the Council of Europe, rewards initiatives aimed at improving the efficiency and quality of justice in Europe. The Junior Edition of the Crystal Scales of Justice Prize, organized every...
Non-Judge staff of all Albanian first instance courts trained by the CEPEJ on judicial time management
A series of trainings on judicial time management tools organised by the CEPEJ in cooperation with the High Judicial Council of Albania for non-judge staff was completed with the last training in Korca on 1 December 2023. These trainings took place in the framework of the reorganization of courts...
Dashboard Eastern Partnership: Publication of the results of the second cycle of data collection
The CEPEJ has released the results of the second cycle of the “Dashboard for the Eastern Partnership/EaP”, containing 2021 data for Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine. A comparative first part allows for the identification of regional trends concerning 12 indicators...
Dashboard Western Balkans: Publication of the results of the fourth cycle of data collection
The CEPEJ has released the results of the fourth cycle of the "Dashboard for the Western Balkans," containing 2022 data for Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Kosovo*. A comparative first section allows for the identification of regional trends concerning 12...
Judicial e-auctions in the focus of the 2023 Annual meeting of the CEPEJ European Cyberjustice Network
On 23 November 2023, the CEPEJ's European Cyberjustice Network (ECN) held its annual meeting to exchange on emerging issues in cyberjustice and to present and discuss the “Guide on judicial e-auctions”, adopted by the CEPEJ at its June plenary meeting. This year’s keynote was given by Mireille...
The 41st CEPEJ Plenary meeting will be held on 4 and 5 December in Strasbourg
Among the many work examined by the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) at its 41st plenary meeting (4-5 December 2023): 2024-2025 activity programme, artificial intelligence in the field of justice, online ADR. At its 41st plenary meeting to be held in Strasbourg on 4 and 5...
Dashboard Western Balkans: regional workshop to improve on case flow data and procedure efficiency
A regional workshop, focusing on the "Results of data collection on the management of judicial case flows and the use of these data to improve efficiency," was organised in Budapest on 21 November 2023, with the support of the joint European Union and Council of Europe action "Towards a better...
CEPEJ needs assessment visits to the prosecution services in Albania
CEPEJ experts conducted on 21-22 November 2023 a first needs assessment visit to identify potential areas of support to the prosecution system in Albania, specifically following the implementation of the new legislative framework, in particular, new responsibilities and obligations of the...
Enhancing Judicial Data Management in Georgia: training and preparation of a methodology for statisticians
From November 17 to 19, 2023, the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) organised a training session for court statisticians involved in data collection in Georgian courts. This training was an occasion to present all the issues involved in data collection (ways to harmonize,...
Second CEPEJ workshop on judicial communication for judges responsible for press relations in Albania
Albanian judges responsible for press relations attended on 16-17 November a workshop on judicial communication, focusing on freedom of expression and means of communication of magistrates and court staff. On this occasion, the standards of the Council of Europe and in particular the relevant...
Justice Dashboard Eastern Partnership: Steering Committee Meeting
The third meeting of the Steering Committee of the Action "Support for a better evaluation of the result of judicial reform efforts in the Eastern Partnership" ("Justice Dashboard EaP") took place on 13 November 2023 via videoconference. It brought together representatives of the European...
ECN Seminar #6/2023 – Digitalisation and Artificial Intelligence in Criminal Justice
Digitalisation of Justice is ongoing, and the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems is increasing in the judicial environment. Numerous examples can be found in civil law. But how does it look in the administration of justice in the criminal field? What is the status of digitalisation? What...
Second visit of CEPEJ experts to the pilot courts in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Following the first coaching session at the Sokolac first instance Court this summer, two other pilot courts in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Brčko District Court (first instance) and the Cazin Municipal Court (first instance) benefited, from 8 to 9 November 2023, of a first coaching session. The...
CEPEJ supports the modernisation of courts in Moldova, in particular of human resource policies, evaluation of court performance, and a results-oriented management
Two working groups were launched on 30 October 2023 in the framework of the Project “Support to further modernisation of court management in the Republic of Moldova”. One working group will develop recommendations for a balanced distribution of the workload among courts and judges, with a view to...
CEPEJ visit to improve the training framework on mediation in Azerbaijan
The visit of experts of the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ), which took place from 25 to 27 October 2023, in Baku, focused on improving the mediation training framework in Azerbaijan. It started with consultations on the opportunity of setting up standards for training...
Training of Court presidents and heads of Prosecutors' offices in Kosovo*
On 26 and 27 October 2023, the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) organised a training session for some thirty participants (representatives of the Kosovo Judicial Council (KJC), presidents of courts, representatives of the Kosovo Prosecutors' Council (KPC) and of the...
Celebration of the European Day of Justice around October 25
Every year on 25 October, on the European Day of Justice, events for European citizens, students and justice professionals are organised across Europe. The CEPEJ invites judicial institutions, associations and public services to inform it of events which will be organised in their country within...
9th meeting of the CEPEJ working group on cyberjustice and artificial intelligence (CEPEJ-GT-CYBERJUST)
On 19 and 20 October 2023, the CEPEJ working group on cyberjustice and artificial intelligence (CEPEJ-GT-CYBERJUST) met in Lisbon on invitation of the Ministry of Justice of Portugal. The Ministry presented their “Practical Guide to Access to Justice (GPJ)”, an initiative to use generative AI in...
The 17th meeting of the network of the CEPEJ national correspondents
The 17th meeting of the CEPEJ Network of National Correspondents, responsible for collecting the data necessary to prepare the Evaluation report on European judicial systems, was held in Strasbourg on 18 October. This meeting, organised in the form of workshops, was an opportunity to share...
45th MEETING OF THE CEPEJ WORKING GROUP ON THE EVALUATION OF JUDICIAL SYSTEMS
The CEPEJ Working Group on the evaluation of judicial systems (CEPEJ-GT-EVAL) held its 45th meeting in Strasbourg on 17 and 19 October. At this meeting, the Group discussed preparations of the 2024 evaluation cycle, based on 2022 data, focusing on the structure of the next Evaluation report on...
Participation of the CEPEJ in a symposium of the French Court of Cassation
The CEPEJ had the opportunity to present its work on case weighting at the symposium on the workload of judges held in Paris on 13 October 2023. Case weighting aims to assess the approximate time needed for a judge to process different cases. Case weighting systems are primarily established to...
35th meeting of the CEPEJ Working Group on the Quality of Justice
The Working Group on the Quality of Justice (CEPEJ-GT-QUAL) met in Venice, Italy, on 12 and 13 October 2023. Discussions focused on the operationalisation of the principles of the Ethical Charter on the use of artificial intelligence in judicial systems with a view to the drafting of a document...
A Cypriot initiative dedicated to children and entitled «Kids in Court Game (KiCGame)» has won the Cristal Scales of Justice Prize
The 2023 European "Crystal Scales of Justice" Prize, organised by the Council of Europe in order to reward innovative judicial practices within European judicial institutions, was awarded on 4 October 2023 in Paris (France) to the Cyprus Judicial Training School and “Hope For Children” CRC Policy...
35th meeting of the Working Group on judicial time management
The Working Group on judicial time management (CEPEJ-SATURN) will meet in Strasbourg, France, on 5 and 6 October 2023. The meeting’s discussions will focus on a report on case-weighting in public prosecution services with a view to its possible adoption. The report is based on the analysis of...
The collection of statistical data according to the CEPEJ methodology at the heart of a meeting in Kosovo*
As part of a coordinated effort between the cooperation projects “Dashboard Western Balkans" and “Strengthening the Quality and Efficiency of Justice in Kosovo (KoSEJ III)”, meetings were conducted with key figures, including Mr. Genc Nimoni, Chief of Cabinet of the Minister of Justice, and Ms....
Support to data collection in the framework of CEPEJ Evaluation of judicial systems in the Republic of Moldova
The CEPEJ organised between 27 and 28 September 2023 a data collection support visit in Chisinau (the Republic of Moldova) within the regular biennial CEPEJ evaluation and the Joint Programme "Support for a better evaluation of the result of judicial reform efforts in the Eastern Partnership”...
Second visit of CEPEJ experts to pilot courts within the court coaching programme in Georgia
The court coaching programme of European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) continues from 25 to 28 September 2023 with the 2nd visit to the Supreme Court of Georgia and the Rustavi Municipal Court, as well as with the 1st visit to two other pilot courts: the Zugdidi District Court...
Publication of two specific studies on the professions of enforcement agents and judicial experts
As every two years, two Specific Studies on Enforcement Agents and on Judicial Experts have been published on the CEPEJ website and on the special CEPEJ-STAT page. These studies have been prepared respectively by the International Union of Judicial Officers (UIHJ) and the European Expertise and...
Towards a better application of the CEPEJ Ethical Charter on Artificial Intelligence
The CEPEJ’s Artificial Intelligence Advisory Board (AIAB) convened on 21 September for its 5th meeting to discuss the draft “Assessment Tool”, operationalising the “European ethical Charter on the use of AI in judicial systems and their environment”. The forthcoming tool will provide clear and...
Pilot project on primary legal aid in Latvia: training for providers
In the framework of the project “Strengthening access to justice in Latvia through fostering mediation and legal aid services (Phase II),” funded by the EU via the Technical Support Instrument of the European Union and implemented by the Council of Europe, in cooperation with the European...
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