Due to the special circumstances related to the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries have had to adopt emergency measures regarding the functioning of their judicial systems and to allow their courts to remain operational, as far as possible.
In these exceptional circumstances, the CEPEJ has set up a blog for the member States, which aims at sharing and comparing experiences and practices in the field of emergency organisation of court operations and thus helping member States to better design emergency measures and respond adequately to current challenges:
https://www.coe.int/en/web/cepej/compilation-comments.
Some of these measures, which must comply with the rule of law and the fundamental principles of the European Convention on Human Rights, concern remote communication through the provision of audio and video equipment, the definition and management of urgent cases, teleworking of judicial staff, the provision of health protection equipment in courts, the extension of time limits for pending cases, the postponement of imprisonment, etc.