Strasbourg, 29 October 2008
EUROPEAN NETWORK FOR THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION BETWEEN PERSONS AND ENTITIES RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TRAINING OF JUDGES AND PUBLIC PROSECUTORS
(LISBON NETWORK)
10th PLENARY MEETING
Palais de l’Europe (Room 10), Strasbourg, 30 - 31 (morning) October 2008
TRAINING OF JUDGES AND PROSECUTORS IN MEDIA AND THE JUDICIARY
PROGRAMME
Thursday, 30 October 2008
9h30: Opening of the meeting
- Stéphane LEYENBERGER, Deputy Head of Justice Division, Directorate General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs, Council of Europe
- Iryna VOYTYUK, Director of the Academy of Judges, Chair of the Bureau of the Lisbon Network
9h50: First Session
Information by the Chair and the Secretariat
Request for observer member status within the Lisbon Network from the Institute of Judicial Studies of Lebanon
Reference document:
- Letter from the Lebanese authorities Document RL(2008)2
10h30: Tour de Table on
a) the development of judicial training in the Council of Europe member States and information by the Secretariat on current co-operation in the field of judicial training,
b) follow - up by the training institutions of the Lisbon Network’s recommendations on how to train the magistrate for his/her interaction with the parties (adopted at the eighth plenary meeting of the Network, Strasbourg, 16-17 October 2006)
11h15: Break
11h30: Tour de Table (resumed)
12h15: Lunch Break
Second Session
13h45: Study Session
Theme: “Training of Judges and Prosecutors in Media and the Judiciary”
Reference document:
- CCJE’s Opinion 7 (2005) on Justice and society
Sub-theme 1: “Training of Judges and Prosecutors in Media and the Judiciary – relationship and co-operation”
"Presentation based on the history leading up to the creation of a Judicial Communications Office (JCO) for England and Wales in 2005; the day-today functions of the JCO; and special press and web support the JCO provided to Lord Justice Scott Baker in his capacity as Coroner for the recent Inquests in investigating the deaths of Diana Princess of Wales and Mr Dodi al Fayed."
Rapporteur: Mr Mike Wicksteed, Head of Judicial Communications for England and Wales, Judicial Communications Office, London, UK
Reference document:
- Document RL(2008)3
14h15: General discussion
14h40: Sub-theme 1: “Training of Judges and Prosecutors in Media and the Judiciary – relationship and co-operation” - continuation
Presentation based on an in-depth analysis of the issues and practices observed in relations between the judiciary and the press during the “11-M” trial concerning the 2004 Madrid bombings.
Rapporteur: Mr Carlos BERBELL BUENO, Communication Adviser to the Presidency, General Council for the Judiciary of Spain, Madrid (Spain)
Reference document:
Document RL(2008)5
15h10: General discussion
15h30: Break
15h45: Sub-theme 1: “Training of Judges and Prosecutors in Media and the Judiciary – relationship and co-operation” - continuation
Rapporteur: Mr Philippe MORANDINI, 1st Substitute to the Prosecutor of the King, Prosecutor’s Office of Dinant (Belgium)
Presentation based on the specificities of case Dutroux and the relations with media.
Reference document:
Document RL(2008)7 (French only)
16h10: General discussion
16h40: Sub-theme 2: “The role of the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights and, in particular, Article 10 of the Convention”
Presentation based on media cover of court activity in the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights.
Rapporteur : Mr Frédéric GRAS, Barrister at the Paris Bar (France)
Reference document:
- Document RL(2008)4
17h10: General discussion
17h30: End of the day one
Friday 31 October 2008
9h30: Third Session
Communication on the activities of the Consultative Council of European Prosecutors (CCPE), the Consultative Council of European Judges (CCJE) and the European Commission on the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ)
10h00: Presentation of a draft document on the Minimum Corpus of the Council of Europe standards and general discussion
Reference document:
- Document RL-BU(2008)2
10h45: Co-operation between the Council of Europe and the European Judicial Training Network (EJTN)
a) Communication by the Secretariat
b) Communication by Mr Victor Hall, Secretary General of the European Judicial Training Network (EJTN)
Reference document:
- Information document on cooperation modalities between the Lisbon Network and the European Judicial Training Network (EJTN)
Document RL (2008)1
11h00: Break
11h15: Communication strategy of the Lisbon Network
11h30: Partial renewal of the Bureau of the Lisbon Network
12h00: Any other business
Background documents:
- Report of the 9th plenary meeting of the Lisbon Network
(Strasbourg, 16-17 October 2007) - Document RL(2007)1
- Report of the seventh meeting of the Bureau of the Lisbon Network
(Strasbourg, 14 March 2008) - Document RL-BU(2008)1