Opinion n°14 on justice and information technologies (IT)
At its 1075th meeting of 20 January 2010, the Committee of Ministers adopted the terms of reference of the CCJE for 2010 and 2011. These terms of reference contain also the adoption, in 2011, of an opinion (No. 14) on the non-materialisation of the judicial process. The opinion has been adopted at the 12th plenary meeting of the CCJE on 9 November 2011.
In the framework of this theme, CCJE analysed the role of judges in the non-materialised process as well as the advantages and disadvantages ofr him and the court users of such a tendency.
Working party
The working party in charge of drafting the opinion has hold two meetings in Strasbourg, from 28 to 30 March and from 15 to 17 June 2011. Its composition wa as follows:
Members
- Ms Aneta ARNAUDOVSKA ("former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia")
- Ms Nina BETTETO (Slovenia)
- Mr José Francisco COBO SÀENZ (Spain)
- Mr Niels ENGSTAD (Norway)
- Mr Alain LACABARATS (France)
- Ms Irena PIOTROWSKA (Poland)
- Mr Duro SESSA (Croatia)
- Mr Virgilijus VALANČIUS (Lithuania)
- Mr Bart VAN LIEROP (the Netherlands)
Substitute member
- Mr Jean-Claude WIWINIUS (Luxembourg)
Useful documents
- CEPEJ report on the dematerialization of judicial procedures and the use of information and communication technologies in Court - Portugal (June 2009)
- Working group on quality of justice (CEPEJ-GT-QUAL) - 5th meeting, 18 – 19 May 2009 - Meeting report
- E-Justice: Information and Communication Technologies in the Court System (Open University of Catalonia, Spain) / Information Science Reference
- Non-materialisation of procedures: « a cultural revolution is necessary », Extract from JCP / La Semaine Juridique – General edition Nr 8 - 20 February 2008 (in French)
- Questionnaire to member States on non-materialisation of the judicial process
- Compilation of replies to the questionnaire