The Consultative Council of European Judges prepares opinions for the attention of the Committee of Ministers
The opinions given by the CCJE take account of existing national situations.
This work is carried out on the basis of the replies by delegations to the questionnaires proposed by the CCJE.

The preliminary works of the CCJE are based on the following thema:

• Disciplinary liability of judges - Opinion No. 27
• Moving forward: use of modern technologies in the judiciary - Opinion No. 26
• The freedom of expression of judges - Opinion No. 25
• The evolution of the Councils for the Judiciary and their role for independent and impartial judicial systems - Opinion No. 24
• The role of judicial associations of judges in supporting the judicial independence - Opinion No. 23
• The role of judicial assistants - Opinion No. 22
• Preventing corruption among judges - Opinion No. 21
• The role of courts with respect to uniform application of the law - Opinion No. 20 
• The role of Court Presidents - Opinion No. 19
• The independence of the judiciary and its relationships with the other powers in a modern democratic state - Opinion No. 18
• The evaluation of judges’ work, the quality of justice and respect for judicial independence - Opinion No. 17
• The relationship between judges and lawyers - Opinion No. 16
• Specialisation of judges - Opinion No. 15
• Justice and information technologies (IT) - Opinion No. 14  
• Magna Carta of European Judges
• The role of judges in the enforcement of judicial decisions in their relations with the other state functions and other players - Opinion No. 13
• Relations between judges and prosecutors in a democratic society - Opinion No. 12
• Quality of judicial decisions - Opinion No. 11
• The councils for the judiciary in the service of society - Opinion No. 10
• The role of judges in the protection of the rule of law and human rights in the context of terrorism - Opinion No. 8 and The role of national judges in ensuring an effective application of international and European law - Opinion No. 9
• Justice and society - Opinion No. 7
• Fair trial with a reasonable time - Opinion No. 6
• Training of judges - Opinion No. 4
• Ethics and liability of judges - Opinion No. 3 
• Independence of the judiciary and irremovability of judges and funding and management of courts and funding of courts - Opinions Nos. 1 and 2