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The CEPEJ publishes its new Evaluation Report on European judicial systems
The CEPEJ releases its Evaluation Report on European Judicial Systems on 16 October 2024. On this occasion, the main trends of the report will be presented to the Ambassadors, the Permanent Representations to the Council of Europe and representatives of the Council of Europe's highest...
47th meeting of the CEPEJ Working Group on evaluation of judicial systems (CEPEJ-GT-EVAL)
The CEPEJ Working Group on evaluation of judicial systems (CEPEJ-GT-EVAL) held its 47th meeting in Strasbourg on 17 and 18 October 2024. During this meeting, the Working Group reviewed and assessed the 2024 evaluation cycle and the publication on 16 October of the Evaluation Report on European...
The CEPEJ Network of national correspondents met on the occasion of the publication of the 2024 CEPEJ Evaluation Report
The CEPEJ organised the 18th meeting of its network of national correspondents on 16 October in Strasbourg. This Network is responsible for collecting the data needed to prepare the Evaluation Report on European judicial systems. The 2024 edition of this Report, published on this occasion, was...
CEPEJ President visited Kazakhstan
The President of the CEPEJ, Francesco Depasquale (Malta), visited Kazakhstan on 3 and 4 October 2024. On the occasion of the 9th Congress of Judges and a Round Table on the strategy for development of court administration in Kazakhstan, during which he had been invited to intervene, the President...
Evaluation of the quality of judges' work and artificial intelligence on the agenda of the 37th meeting of the CEPEJ Working Group on the Quality of Justice
On 14 and 15 October, the CEPEJ Working Group on the Quality of Justice (CEPEJ-GT-QUAL) will meet in Lisbon to continue its work under its 2024-2025 mandate. The group is expected to adopt draft guidelines on the evaluation of the quality of judges' work, with a view to presenting them for...
Call for participation - Making justice accessible across Europe and strengthening the trust of citizens in the judicial system
Every year on 25 October, on the European Day of Justice, events for European citizens, students and justice professionals are organised across Europe. The CEPEJ supports the commitment of justice professionals, public authorities, international bodies and educational institutions to bring...
Artificial intelligence and the enforcement of legal decisions, theme of the next World Forum on Enforcement, co-organised by the CEPEJ and the UIHJ
On December 2, 2024, the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) and the International Union of Judicial Officers (UIHJ) are jointly organizing the 3rd World Forum on Enforcement, in Strasbourg, at the Council of Europe. This event will mark the 15th anniversary of the CEPEJ...
CEPEJ support to re-organisation of Attorney General and State Advocate’s offices in Malta
On September 25, 2024, an annual conference was held in Malta as part of the joint EU-Council of Europe project « Attorney General and State Advocate in Malta - Implementation of action plan of offices re-organisation » to assess the progress and key results achieved during the first year of the...
CEPEJ Experts’ Visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina for the implementation of a pilot project on satisfaction surveys for court users
The CEPEJ organised an expert visit to the pilot courts of Brčko and Trebinje on September 17 and 18, 2024, to support the launch of user satisfaction surveys in these courts. A Steering Committee has been set up in each of the courts, which will be responsible for implementing the satisfaction...
GREECE : Call for tenders for the provision of intellectual services at national level to support the implementation of the joint EU/CoE project “Supporting the reduction of backlog in the First Instance Courts of Athens and Thessaloniki” (DEADLINE EXTENDED)
The Council of Europe’s European commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) is launching a call for tenders for the provision of intellectual services at national level to support the implementation of the joint EU/CoE project “Supporting the reduction of backlog in the First Instance...
Management of human resources of the judiciary in the Republic of Moldova is at the heart of discussions involving the CEPEJ
Court presidents, judges, and staff took part on 5 July 2024 to two focus group discussions regarding the management of human resources in the judicial system and exchanged in particular on issues related to the career (staff recruitment, turnover, talent retention and promotion), working...
CEPEJ capacity building and awareness raising activities on mediation in Georgia
From 12 to 13 July 2024, CEPEJ organised in cooperation with the High School of Justice of Georgia a Training of Trainers focused on judicial referral to mediation based on CEPEJ Mediation Development Toolkit and the module on mediation of the new HELP course “Quality of Justice – the work of the...
CEPEJ supports mediation awareness for judges in Albania
20 magistrates and graduating magistrates of Albania attended on 1-2 July 2024 a workshop on “Raising awareness of the judiciary on referral to mediation”, organized by the CEPEJ in cooperation with the School of Magistrates and the National Mediation Chamber of Albania. The activity combined...
Enhancing mediation practices in Bosnia and Herzegovina: a CEPEJ workshop in cooperation with the HJPC
More than 30 legal professionals from courts, lawyers, mediators and representatives of Ministries of justice took part in a workshop on "Promoting mediation practices in the judicial system of Bosnia and Herzegovina in line with CEPEJ mediation tools and European standards", held in Sarajevo on...
3rd Conference of the Arab Network of Justice Inspection Services (ARNJIS)
The European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ), in collaboration with the General Inspectorate of Judicial Affairs of the Kingdom of Morocco, organised the third Conference of the Arab Network of Justice Inspection Services (ARNJIS) in Tangier, Morocco, on July 1 and 2, 2024. It...
ECN Webinar #9/2024 Council of Europe Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence – What does it mean for the judiciary? Navigating HUDERIA and CEPEJ Ethical AI Charter Assessment Tool
The Council of Europe Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law was adopted on 17 May 2024 by the Committee of Ministers and will be opened for signature as of September 2024. What are the practical implications for the judiciaries that...
Junior Crystal Scales of Justice Prize awarded at the CEPEJ plenary meeting
The award ceremony for the Junior Crystal Scales of Justice Prize took place during the 42nd plenary meeting of the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ), held in Strasbourg on June 18 and 19, 2024. The winning team of students from the Faculty of Law at Leiden University...
The adoption of the new judicial systems evaluation Report on the agenda of the 42nd CEPEJ plenary meeting (June 18-19, 2024)
On the agenda of this meeting appears, as every two years, the CEPEJ evaluation Report for the 2024 cycle (covering 2022 data) prepared by the Working Group on the evaluation of judicial systems CEPEJ-GT-EVAL. This Report provides the main trends of the Council of Europe member states’ judicial...
The CEPEJ publishes an evaluation of the judicial systems of the European Union member States
In the frame of a cooperation with the European Commission, the CEPEJ evaluates annually certain aspects of the judicial systems of the EU member States based on the methodology developed within the framework of the cycles of evaluation of the judicial systems. The first part of the CEPEJ study...
CEPEJ supports enhancing of managerial capacities of court councils in Albania
28 members of the court councils of Albania (the recently established governing body of the courts, composed of court presidents, deputy court presidents and court chancellors) attended on 6 – 8 June 2024 a workshop on “The role of the court council in increasing court performance. Collegial...
Closing of the Project “Establishing a balanced workload distribution in the judicial system in Bulgaria” implemented by the CEPEJ
On 30 May 2024, a training session on practical tools to improve the control and verification of statistical data and the workload management within the judicial system was organised in Sofia. CEPEJ experts stressed the importance of accurate statistical data for analysing and improving judicial...
The CEPEJ continues to support the reorganisation of the offices of the Attorney General and State Advocate in Malta
Within the framework of the separation of powers and the independence of judicial and law enforcement bodies, the Maltese authorities decided in 2019 to create a new agency, the State Advocate's Office, legally and operationally separate from the Attorney General's Office. Following an initial...
CEPEJ supports High Inspector of Justice in Albania on the methodology for thematic inspections
On 27-31 May 2024, a training activity focused on the methodology for preparing and conducting thematic inspection missions, was organized in Tirana with joint contribution of the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) and EU4Justice Project. This activity follows previous...
The Crystal Scales of Justice Prize – Junior Edition, 3rd Edition 2024, awarded to students from the Faculty of Law of Leiden
The jury of the Junior Crystal Scales of Justice Prize convened on May 28, 2024. It decided to reward a team of students from the Faculty of Law at Leiden University (Netherlands), Matheus F. Andrade Mendes, Rosa S. Calles Contreras, Justy Thomas, and Paul Benedict Lee, supervised by Philex T.L....
CEPEJ involved in the evaluation and reporting on court performance and modernising the human resources policies of the judiciary in the Republic of Moldova
The 4th round of meetings of the Working Groups (WGs) composed of representatives of key judicial stakeholders and supported by the CEPEJ, having as objectives to promote the coherence of reporting on court performance and on the optimisation of human resources policies of the judicial system in...
The CEPEJ organised a workshop on judicial communication for pilot courts in Bosnia and Herzegovina
The CEPEJ organised, on 24 May 2024, an online workshop for representatives of the 3 project pilot courts of the CEPEJ cooperation project in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Cazin, Trebinje and Sokolac courts) on importance and benefits of a communication strategy in courts and good judicial...
Study Visit to Latvia of Bulgarian judges to improve workload management of judges
On 16 and 17 May, the CEPEJ, in cooperation with the Latvian judicial authorities, organised a study visit to Riga for Bulgarian judges in charge of the development and implementation of the workload distribution module in Bulgaria in order to optimise case weighting strategies and their...
CEPEJ workshop on piloting its Backlog reduction tool in Batumi City Court (Georgia)
As part of its court coaching programme in Georgian courts, the CEPEJ conducted from 16 to 17 May 2024 a workshop to present and put in practice its backlog reduction tool in Batumi City Court. Statistical analyses carried out beforehand at the court enabled the experts to give a contextualised...
Assessing the potential impact of artificial intelligence systems on human rights: a new mission for the CEPEJ's Artificial Intelligence Advisory Bureau (AIAB)
The CEPEJ's Artificial Intelligence Advisory Board (AIAB), tasked with guiding the CEPEJ on the current challenges and opportunities of artificial intelligence (AI) systems applied to the judicial environment, met on May 13, 2024, in its new composition. In particular, the AIAB is responsible for...
The CEPEJ organises, in coordination with the Consultative Council of European Prosecutors (CCPE), a workshop for prosecution authorities of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo*
The CEPEJ, in coordination with the Consultative Council of European Prosecutors (CCPE) organised a workshop for representatives of the prosecution authorities of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo* on good practices and challenges concerning the efficiency and quality of the work of...
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