On 17 March 2022, the two working groups on quality of justice (CEPEJ GT-QUAL) and on cyberjustice and artificial intelligence (CEPEJ-GT-CYBERJUST) will meet in Pisa (Italy), in the framework of the Italian Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. The meeting, organised with the support of the University of Pisa, will aim to explore synergies between the work of the two groups, in particular on the setting up of an online resource centre gathering tools using artificial intelligence in judicial systems as well as good practices in cyberjustice. The two working groups will detail their respective work programmes, as derived from their terms of reference adopted by the CEPEJ last December, striving to avoid duplication and to ensure good coordination of work on related matters. The Italian authorities, who will participate in this meeting, will in particular present some Italian initiatives concerning the digitisation of justice. On 18 March 2022, the two working groups will meet separately.
Quality of justice
Joint meeting of the CEPEJ working groups on quality of justice (CEPEJ GT-QUAL) and on cyberjustice and artificial intelligence (CEPEJ-GT-CYBERJUST) on digitisation of justice and the use of artificial intelligence
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The Working Group on quality of justice (CEPEJ-GT-QUAL) is instructed to develop means of analyse and evaluation of the work done inside the courts with a view to improving, in the member states, quality of the public service delivered by the justice system, in particular vis-à-vis the expectations of the justice practitioners and the users, according to criteria of performance and efficiency meeting a large consensus.
In order to fulfil its tasks, the CEPEJ-GT-QUAL must in particular, while observing the principle of independence of judges:
Collect necessary information on evaluation systems of the quality of judicial work existing in the member states;
Improve tools, indicators and means for measuring the quality of judicial work;
Draft concrete solutions for the policy makers and for the courts, allowing to remedy dysfunctions in the judicial activity and balance the obligations of the work of judges and its workload with the obligation to provide a justice of quality for the users.
Since 2020 the CEPEJ-GT-QUAL integrated in its mandate the promotion of mediation as a follow up to the work previously conducted by the CEPEJ-GT-MED and continued to develop tools in this area, which can be found on the mediation webpage.
About the working group
Tools from Working Group
- Guidelines for Quality Interpreting in Judicial Proceedings (06/2026)
- Checklist for promoting access to justice (12/2025)
- Guidelines on the quality of jurisdictional debate in civil and administrative matters (8/2025) [other language: Greek]
- Guidelines on the evaluation of the quality of work of judges (12/2024)
- Assessment Tool for the operationalisation of the European Ethical Charter on the use of artificial intelligence in judicial Systems and their environment (12/2023)
- Guidelines on gender equality in the recruitment and promotion of judges (12/2022)
- For a better integration of the user in the judicial systems: Guidelines and comparative studies on the centrality of the user in legal proceedings in civil matters and on the simplification and clarification of language with users (06/2021)
- Breaking up judges’ isolation - Guidelines to improve the judge's skills and competences, strengthen knowledge sharing and collaboration, and move beyond a culture of judicial isolation (12/2019)
- Toolkit for the implementation of the Guidelines on Cyberjustice (06/2019)
- European Ethical Charter on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Judicial Systems and their environment (12/2018)
- Guide on communication with the media and the public for courts and prosecuting authorities (12/2018)
- Guidelines on how to drive change towards Cyberjustice (12/2016)
- Structural measures adopted by some Council of Europe member states to improve the functioning of civil and administrative justice in addition to the effective domestic remedies required by Article 13 of the ECHR - Good practice guide (12/2016)
- Measuring the quality of justice (12/2016)
- Handbook for conducting satisfaction surveys aimed at Court users in the Council of Europe's member States (12/2016)
- Guidelines on the organisation and accessibility of court premises (12/2014)
- Guidelines on the role of court-appointed experts in judicial proceedings of Council of Europe’s Member States (12/2014)
- Checklist for court coaching in the framework of customer satisfaction surveys among cour users (12/2013)
- Questionnaire on the role of experts in judicial systems of the Council of Europe member States (12/2013)
- Guidelines on the creation of judicial maps to support access to justice within a quality judicial system (06/2013)
- Questionnaire for collecting information on the organisation and accessibility of Court premises (04/2013)
- Checklist for promoting the quality of justice and the courts (07/2008)
CEPEJ Studies
- Study on ensuring gender equality in the recruitment and promotion of judges (03/2021)
- Comparative study of the reforms of the judicial maps in Europe - Sciences Po Strasbourg Consulting and update concerning Portugal and Croatia (2013)
- Study on the situation of the contractualisation and judicial process in Europe - CEPEJ Studies No. 16 (12/2010)
- Report on conducting satisfaction surveys of court users in Council of Europe member States - CEPEJ Studies No. 15 (09/2010)
- Study on "Quality management in courts and in the judicial organisations in 8 Council of Europe member States" (09/2010)
- Other useful documents
Other useful documents
- Tools prepared by the Working Group on the quality of justice (CEPEJ-GT-QUAL), by François Paychère, President of the CEPEJ-GT-QUAL (in French) (02/2015)
- Euromed Justice II: "Quality of Justice" - Luxemburg, 15-17 June 2010: Evaluating the quality of justice - CEPEJ's work - French only
- Célérité et qualité de la Justice : la gestion du temps dans le procès (French only - Author: Jean-Claude Magendie, President of the "TGI de Paris" - Source: Ministry of Justice - France)
- Final report on the working group on evaluation of judges (Source: ENCJ - by Jean-Paul Sudre, Conseil Supérieur de la Magistrature - France)
- Acts of the 7th plenary meeting of the Lisbon Network
- Charte Marianne pour les services publics (French only - Source : Secrétariat d'Etat à la réforme de l'Etat - France)
- Judiciary is quality (Source: Committee for the Evaluation of the Modernisation of the Dutch Judiciary, December 2006)
- La qualité des décisions de justice (French only - Proceedings of the Poitiers Colloquy - 8-9 March 2007)
Working Group meeting reports
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202640th meeting 13-14 April 2026, Copenhagen (Denmark)
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202539th meeting 20-22 October 2025, Valleta (Malta) and online 38th meeting 27-28 March 2025, Strasbourg (France)
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202437th meeting 14 - 15 October 2024, Lisbon (Portugal) 36th meeting 21-22 March 2024, Strasbourg (France)
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202335th meeting 12-13 October 2023, Venice, (Italy) 34th meeting 27-28 February 2023, Strasbourg (France)
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