Conference "Artificial intelligence at the service of the judiciary"
27 September / Septembris 2018
Ministry of Justice, Brivibas blvd 36, entrance from Terbatas street, Riga (Latvia)
This conference gathered together representatives from academia, justice professionals, judicial institutions from different European countries and the Republic of Latvia to explore how artificial intelligence can be used to support the work of legal professionals and the courts and guarantee a better quality of justice.
It underlined the principles and values which should guide the application of artificial intelligence in judicial systems.
Konferencē pārstāvji no akadēmiskajām aprindām, tiesu institūcijām (no dažādām Eiropas valstīm un Latvijas Republikas), kā arī tieslietu speciālisti tiks aicināti diskutēt par tehnoloģiju jautājumiem, lai izpētītu, kā mākslīgais intelekts var tikt izmantots, lai atbalstītu juridisko profesiju pārstāvju un tiesu darbu, kā arī garantētu labāku tiesvedības kvalitāti.
Uzmanība tiks vērsta principiem un vērtībām, kurām vajadzētu vadīt mākslīgā intelekta izmantošanu tiesu sistēmās.
09h00 - 09h30
Opening of the conference / Konferences atklāšana
Georg STAWA, President of the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ)
9h30 – 11h00
First Panel : Examples of artificial intelligence (AI) applications to support the work of the judiciary / Mākslīgā intelekta cizmantošanas piemēri atbalstot tiesu varu
Moderated by Stéphane LEYENBERGER
Head of the Division for the Independence and the Efficiency of Justice, Secretary of the CEPEJ, Council of Europe
AI : which uses for judges and legal professionals ? A historical overview
Giuseppe CONTISSA, Professor in legal Informatics at LUISS University of Rome, Italy
Biography
Presentation made at the Conference
Supervised AI for court management
Adis HODZIC, Senior Adviser for Statistics, Secretariat of the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Biography
Presentation made at the Conference
Latvia: State of art: Where are we, where do we want to go?
Jānis RUSKA, E-Case Development Project Leader, Court Administration of Latvia, Dainis SLIŠĀNS, Justice for Growth project coordinator at Court Administration of Latvia
Biography
Presentation made at the Conference
Dainis SLIŠĀNS, Justice for Growth project coordinator at Court Administration of Latvia
Biography
11h20 – 12h50
Second Panel: The so-called “predictive” justice: which risks, which opportunities? / Ta saucamais «prognožu taisnigums»: kas riske, kadas iespejas?
Moderated by Anna SKRJABINA, Justice for Growth Project, Court Administration of Latvia
Predicting judicial decisions of the European Court of Human Rights
Nikolaos ALETRAS, Lecturer, Information School, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
Biography [in French]
Presentation made at the Conference
The so-called “predictive justice” applications in civil and criminal matters : assumptions, risks, expectations - reflections underway in France
Éloi BUAT-MENARD, Judge, Deputy Director, Directorate of Documentation, studies, reports, international relations and communication, Court of Cassation, France
Biography
Presentation made at the Conference
AI in criminal matters – towards a better prediction of crime?
Clementina BARBARO, Secretary of the Working Group on the Quality of Justice of the CEPEJ (CEPEJ-GT-QUAL), Council of Europe
Biography
Presentation made at the Conference
Predictive justice from the point of view of the judge
Daiga VILSONE, President of Riga Regional Court, Judge, Latvia
Biography
Presentation made at the Conference
14h00 – 15h30
Third Panel: AI integration into national policies for the judiciary /Maksliga intelekta integracija nacionalaja politika tiesu joma
Moderated by Irēna KUCINA, Deputy State Secretary on Judicial policy, Ministry of Justice, Latvia
AI, machine learning and the administration of justice in England and Wales: prospects, opportunities, challenges
Rohan GROVE, Deputy Director, Customer Directorate, Head of Insight and User Research, Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service, United Kingdom
Biography
Presentation made at the Conference
Challenges and opportunities of AI in the judicial system. Reflections from the Netherlands
Manuella VAN DER PUT, LL.M, Senior judge, PhD title: artificial intelligence in the judicial system at Tilburg University, and
Biography
and Bart SCHELLEKENS, L.M, Senior adviser/researcher Law & IT, Council for the Judiciary, the Netherlands
Biography
Presentation made at the Conference
How is Austria approaching AI integration into judicial policies?
Georg STAWA, President of the CEPEJ and Head of Department for Strategy, Organizational Consulting and Information Management, Federal Ministry for Constitution, Reforms, Deregulation and Justice, Austria
Biography
15h50 – 17h20
Fourth Panel: which ethics for AI into judicial systems? Kadi butu etikas aspekti ieviešot maksligo intelektu tiesu sistema?
Moderated by Joao ARSENIO DE OLIVEIRA, President of the Working Group on the Quality of Justice of the CEPEJ (CEPEJ-GT-QUAL)
Overview of the ethical aspects while implementing AI in a judicial system
Egils LEVITS, Judge at the European Court of Justice on behalf of Latvia, former Minister of Justice
Biography
Presentation made at the Conference
Instruments and norms to regulate the use of algorithms - A sample of interventions from a variety of jurisdictions
Harold EPINEUSE, Deputy secretary general and executive director, Institut des Hautes études sur la justice (IHEJ), Special advisor to the director of court services, Ministry of Justice, France
Biography [in French]
Presentation made at the Conference
Which limits, which opportunities, which ethical principles to guide the application of AI in courts? The Finnish perspective
Riikka KOULU, Assistant professor of Law and Digitalization, Director of the Legal Tech Lab, University of Helsinki
Biography
Presentation made at the Conference
17h20
Conclusions
Georg STAWA, President of the CEPEJ
Egils LEVITS, Judge at the European Court of Justice, former Minister of Justice