Strasbourg, 29 October 2008

EUROPEAN NETWORK FOR THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION BETWEEN PERSONS AND ENTITIES RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TRAINING OF JUDGES AND PUBLIC PROSECUTORS

(LISBON NETWORK)

10^th PLENARY MEETING

Palais de l’Europe (Room 10), Strasbourg, 30 - 31 (morning) October 2008

TRAINING OF JUDGES AND PROSECUTORS IN MEDIA AND THE JUDICIARY

PROGRAMME

Thursday, 30 October 2008

9h30: Opening of the meeting

- Stéphane LEYENBERGER, Deputy Head of Justice Division, Directorate General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs, Council of Europe

- Iryna VOYTYUK, Director of the Academy of Judges, Chair of the Bureau of the Lisbon Network

9h50: First Session

Information by the Chair and the Secretariat

Request for observer member status within the Lisbon Network from the Institute of Judicial Studies of Lebanon

Reference document:
- Letter from the Lebanese authorities Document RL(2008)2

10h30: Tour de Table on

a) the development of judicial training in the Council of Europe member States and information by the Secretariat on current co-operation in the field of judicial training,

b) follow - up by the training institutions of the Lisbon Network’s recommendations on how to train the magistrate for his/her interaction with the parties (adopted at the eighth plenary meeting of the Network, Strasbourg, 16-17 October 2006)

11h15: Break

11h30: Tour de Table (resumed)

12h15: Lunch Break

Second Session

13h45: Study Session

Theme: “Training of Judges and Prosecutors in Media and the Judiciary”

Reference document:
- CCJE’s Opinion 7 (2005) on Justice and society

Sub-theme 1: “Training of Judges and Prosecutors in Media and the Judiciary – relationship and co-operation”

"Presentation based on the history leading up to the creation of a Judicial Communications Office (JCO) for England and Wales in 2005; the day-today functions of the JCO; and special press and web support the JCO provided to Lord Justice Scott Baker in his capacity as Coroner for the recent Inquests in investigating the deaths of Diana Princess of Wales and Mr Dodi al Fayed."

Rapporteur: Mr Mike Wicksteed, Head of Judicial Communications for England and Wales, Judicial Communications Office, London, UK

Reference document:
- Document RL(2008)3

14h15: General discussion

14h40: Sub-theme 1: “Training of Judges and Prosecutors in Media and the Judiciary – relationship and co-operation” - continuation

Presentation based on an in-depth analysis of the issues and practices observed in relations between the judiciary and the press during the “11-M” trial concerning the 2004 Madrid bombings.

Rapporteur: Mr Carlos BERBELL BUENO, Communication Adviser to the Presidency, General Council for the Judiciary of Spain, Madrid (Spain)

Reference document:
Document RL(2008)5

15h10: General discussion

15h30: Break

15h45: Sub-theme 1: “Training of Judges and Prosecutors in Media and the Judiciary – relationship and co-operation” - continuation

Rapporteur: Mr Philippe MORANDINI, 1^st Substitute to the Prosecutor of the King, Prosecutor’s Office of Dinant (Belgium)

Presentation based on the specificities of case Dutroux and the relations with media.

Reference document:
Document RL(2008)7 (French only)

16h10: General discussion

16h40: Sub-theme 2: “The role of the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights and, in particular, Article 10 of the Convention”

Presentation based on media cover of court activity in the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights.

Rapporteur : Mr Frédéric GRAS, Barrister at the Paris Bar (France)

Reference document:
- Document RL(2008)4

17h10: General discussion

17h30: End of the day one

Friday 31 October 2008

9h30: Third Session

Communication on the activities of the Consultative Council of European Prosecutors (CCPE), the Consultative Council of European Judges (CCJE) and the European Commission on the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ)

10h00: Presentation of a draft document on the Minimum Corpus of the Council of Europe standards and general discussion

Reference document:
- Document RL-BU(2008)2

10h45: Co-operation between the Council of Europe and the European Judicial Training Network (EJTN)

a) Communication by the Secretariat

b) Communication by Mr Victor Hall, Secretary General of the European Judicial Training Network (EJTN)

Reference document:
- Information document on cooperation modalities between the Lisbon Network and the European Judicial Training Network (EJTN)
Document RL (2008)1

11h00: Break

11h15: Communication strategy of the Lisbon Network

11h30: Partial renewal of the Bureau of the Lisbon Network

12h00: Any other business

Background documents:
- Report of the 9^th plenary meeting of the Lisbon Network
(Strasbourg, 16-17 October 2007) - Document RL(2007)1

- Report of the seventh meeting of the Bureau of the Lisbon Network
(Strasbourg, 14 March 2008) - Document RL-BU(2008)1

- Network to support judicial training in the Council of Europe member states
- Document RL(2006)1