At its 1127th meeting of 24 November 2011, the Committee of Ministers adopted the terms of reference of the CCJE for 2012 and 2013. These terms of reference contain also the adoption, in 2013, of an opinion (No. 16) on the relationship between judges and lawyers and the concrete means to improve the efficiency and quality of judicial proceedings. The draft opinion has been submitted for adoption at the 14th plenary meeting of the CCJE, in November 2013.

Working party

The working party in charge of drafting the opinion has held 2 meetings:  from 24 to 26 April in Strasbourg and from 5 to 7 June 2013 in Roma (Italy).

The composition of the Working group was as follows:

Members

  • M. Gerhard Reissner (Austria)
  • M. Bart Van Lierop (The Netherlands)
  • M. Orlando Afonso (Portugal)
  • Lord Justice Richard Aikens (United Kingdom)
  • Mme Aneta Arnaudovska (the "Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)
  • Mme Nina Betetto (Slovenia)
  • M. Bernard Corboz (Switzerland)
  • M. Nils Engstad (Norway)
  • M. Johannes Riedel (Germany)
  • M. Cobo Saenz (Spain)
  • M. Duro Sessa (Croatia)
  • M. Virgilijus Valancius (Lithuania)
  • M. Jean Claude Wiwinius (Luxembourg)

Substitute: M. Raffaele Sabato (Italy)

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