In the course of the project implementation, nine meetings were organized at the level of “Working Groups” (WG) with the aim of identifying common challenges faced in the respective national processes of judicial reforms in order to exchange experiences and lessons learned both from the region and from the wider Council of Europe area as well as to discuss possible approaches and ways to address them in line with relevant European standards.

Working group participants included representatives from judiciaries, ministries of justice, prosecutor offices, bar associations and civil society from the six EaP countries. Discussions were facilitated by international experts.

The following reports were produced by the international experts and endorsed by the project participants:

First round of meetings of the three Working Groups for Regional Dialogue on Judicial Reform in EaP Countries, Tbilisi, Georgia, 7-11 December 2015 

Expert Report on the outcomes of the Working Group’s meeting on:

  • Judicial ethics and disciplinary liability of judges ENG - RUS
    By: Justice Duro Sessa
  • Expert Report on the outcomes of the Working Group’s meeting on:
    E-justice: ENG - RUS
    By: Francesco Contini
  • Expert Report on the outcomes of the Working Group’s meeting on:
    Legal aid ENG - RUS
    By: Avrom Sherr

Second round of meetings of the three Working Groups for Regional Dialogue on Judicial Reform in EaP Countries, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, 28 June 2016

  • Expert Report on the outcomes of the Working Group’s meeting on:
    Judges’ career ENG - RUS
    By: Anne Sanders
  • Expert Report on the outcomes of the Working Group’s meeting on:
    High courts ENG - RUS
    By: Marjolein van Roosmalen
  • Expert Report on the outcomes of the Working Group’s meeting on:
    Equality of arms ENG - RUS
    By: Rytis Jokubauskas 

Third round of meetings of the three Working Groups for Regional Dialogue on Judicial Reform in EaP Countries, Strasbourg, France, 19 and 26 September 2016

  • Expert Report on the outcomes of the Working Group’s meeting on:
    Judicial reform processes ENG - RUS
    By: Diana Kovatcheva
  • Expert Report on the outcomes of the Working Group’s meeting on:
    Alternative dispute resolution mechanisms ENG - RUS
    By: Maria Oliveira
  • Expert Report on the outcomes of the Working Group’s meeting on:
    Judges independence ENG - RUS
    By: Gerhard Reissner

Conference on “Enhancing women’s access to justice in Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries”