Strasbourg, 29 June 2018

CEPEJ(2018)10

europEAN COMMISSION FOR THE EFFICIENCY OF Justice (CEPEJ)

30th plenary meeting / 15^th anniversary

Strasbourg, 27-29 June 2018

Abridged report

A.   FOREWORD

The Council of Europe’s European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) held its 30th plenary meeting in Strasbourg on 27-29 June 2018. The meeting was chaired by Mr Georg STAWA (Austria), President of the CEPEJ.

The agenda appears in the Appendix.

B.   LIST OF ITEMS DISCUSSED AND DECISIONS TAKEN BY THE CEPEJ

The CEPEJ

§  thanked the Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Gabriella BATTAINI-DRAGONI, for having opened the plenary meeting, thus showing the commitment of the highest authorities of the Organisation to its work;

1.   Study session on “Artificial Intelligence and judicial systems”

§  welcomed the discussion on “Artificial Intelligence and judicial systems” which was the topic of the  opening study session organised within the framework of its 15^th anniversary, warmly thanked the key note speakers and agreed to pursue the work on this issue, including predictive justice;  agreed that these issues are fully within the scope of the expertise of the CEPEJ and that this is an area where the work of CEPEJ must become a reference;  

2.   Information by the President of the CEPEJ and the Secretariat

§  warmly thanked Ramin GURBANOV (Azerbaijan) and Noel RUBOTHAM (Ireland) for the drafting of the brochure recalling 15 years of CEPEJ work, and for having marked this anniversary by a specific award ceremony ; welcomed the presence of its former presidents Eberhard DESCH and John STACEY and its former Vice-president André POTOCKI;

§  welcomed Guatemala and Kazakhstan as new observer States;

3.   Recent developments in the judicial field in the Council of Europe Member states

§  took note of the information provided by Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, Republic of Moldova, Norway, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, on recent developments in the judicial field ; invited its members to forward to the Secretariat written information and useful references which could be included in the area "country profiles" of the CEPEJ web site;

      4.   Evaluation process of judicial systems

§   welcomed the work achieved jointly by the members of the CEPEJ-GT-EVAL chaired by Jean-Paul JEAN (France) and the Secretariat, with the valuable support of the scientific experts: Julinda BEQIRAJ, Caroline FOULQUIER-EXPERT, Fotis KARAYANNOPOULOS, Hélène PAULIAT,. Francesco PERRONE, Federica VIAPIANA, Jaša VRABEC, within the framework of the 2016 – 2018 evaluation cycle, in preparing the draft report which evaluates the functioning of judicial systems in Europe and thanked them warmly for the efforts devoted to this exercise within a strict timeframe; thanked the national correspondents who had coordinated the national replies to the evaluation scheme and had fully cooperated with the experts so that they could submit a preparatory contribution of high quality;

§   noted with satisfaction that the reports and the data base include the results of a survey carried out in 45 European states, and Israel and Morocco as observers, and that his can be considered as an essential reference tool to guide reforms of public policies of justice;

§   adopted: the "Report on European judicial systems – Efficiency and quality of justice - Edition 2018" (CEPEJ(2018)5), subject to written comments to be communicated by the delegations to the Secretariat before 8 July 2018, through the specific form, and taking into account the discussions during the present meeting; agreed that no new data would be accepted beyond this deadline;

§   agreed that all the data provided by the states concerned would be made available to the public on the CEPEJ website through the CEPEJ-STAT data base; welcomed the development of this data base which is a major step forward in providing policy makers, justice professionals, researchers and the public with unprecedented interactive information to guide public policies of justice;

§   instructed the experts of the CEPEJ-GT-EVAL, under the authority of the CEPEJ Bureau, to finalise the definitive version of the report which would be made available to the members of the CEPEJ in the collaborative workspace of the CEPEJ website no later than 27 August 2018, bearing in mind that no further amendments would be made after 7 September 2018;

§   decided that the report would remain confidential until its official publication, to take place on 4 October 2018 within the framework of a press conference and invited all its members and observers to strictly respect this rule of confidentiality so as to ensure the relevance and coherence of the publication by the Council of Europe;

§   decided to forward the report as soon as possible to the Ministers' Deputies so that they may take note of it, possibly on 3 October 2018;

§   instructed the experts of the CEPEJ-GT-EVALto prepare an overview of the report to facilitate its understanding and reading; this overview would be submitted on 17 August 2018 to the CEPEJ for approval, through a written procedure, and published together with the report;

§   instructed the Secretariat to organise the appropriate publication and dissemination of the report, including through its website, as from 4 October 2018;

§   agreed to pursue the evaluation exercise within the framework of a new cycle, while keeping a biennial timeframe;

§   agreed that Kazakhstan may participate in this evaluation exercise as an observer, alongside Israel and Morocco;

§   agreed, in accordance with its medium-term activity programme, to pursue the analysis of the facts and figures presented in the report, including by opening the use of the data to researchers who wish to benefit from the scientific support of the CEPEJ, according to modalities to be defined with the CEPEJ-GT-EVAL, under the authority of the CEPEJ Bureau;

§   welcomed the contributions of the Council of the Notariats of the European Union (CNUE) and the International Union of Judicial Officers (UIHJ) carried out on the basis of the CEPEJ evaluation exercises, as part of the specific studies on legal professions and agreed to submit to the Observers (professional associations) the 2016 data for the purpose of updating contributions or preparing other contributions;

§   took note of the information provided by its experts on the peer evaluation visits to Georgia and Montenegro on judicial statistics, agreed to pursue the cycle of evaluation in Andorra and in “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” and invited member States to propose to the Secretariat candidatures for further visits;

§   welcomed the continuation of the cooperation with the European Commission to provide it annually with a Study on the functioning of judicial systems in the EU member states, based on the CEPEJ’s own  methodology; took note of the “EU Justice Scoreboard” published by the European Commission in May 2018; instructed the CEPEJ-GT-EVAL to pursue this cooperation which strengthens the CEPEJ’s preeminent role as regards justice evaluation, as well as the synergies between the European Union and the Council of Europe in this field; 

       5.  Quality of justice

§   took note of the work carried out by the CEPEJ-GT-QUAL, in particular in the field of Artificial Intelligence and justice, of case management systems with regard to the needs of the users, and of court communication; it also took note of the ongoing development of a "toolkit" for the implementation of the Guidelines for leading change towards cyberjustice adopted by the CEPEJ in 2016, as well as a discussion paper on knowledge sharing tools among judges;

§   warmly thanked the outgoing President of the CEPEJ-GT-QUAL, François PAYCHERE for his long-standing commitment to the Group and welcomed the appointment of Joao ARSENIO DE OLIVEIRA as Chairman of the Group;

       6.  Judicial time management

§   took note of the work carried out by the Steering group of the SATURN Centre, in particular in the field of case weighting, to prepare a Dashboard for court management, to manage judicial time regulations for criminal cases in ECHR Articles 5 and 6, and as regards the role of the parties and the practitioners in preventing delays in court proceedings;

7.  Mediation

§   adopted the Mediation Development Toolkit (CEPEJ(2018)7) and invited the CEPEJ-GT-MED to develop additional tools to complete it;

§   took note of the other ongoing work within the CEPEJ-GT-MED to promote the development of the use of mediation in Europe and confirmed the CEPEJ-GT-MED Roadmap (CEPEJ(2018)8);

8.  Definitions used by CEPEJ

§   took note of the work carried out by the Ad hoc working group on the definitions used by the CEPEJ;

9.   CEPEJ’s participation in Council of Europe cooperation programmes

§   welcomed the on-going cooperation programmes:

• Horizontal Facility for Western Balkans – Albania and Kosovo*[1] - Joint Programme with the European Union,
• Strengthening the efficiency and quality of the Slovak judicial system – Voluntary Contribution
• Programme to support the justice sector reform - improving the functioning of justice in Morocco by using the tools of CEPEJ - Joint Programme with the European Union
• Ensuring Sustainable Democratic Governance and Human Rights in the Southern Mediterranean  (South Programme 3) – Tunisia – Joint Programme with the European Union

§   welcomed the concrete results achieved with the judicial authorities and courts in Latvia as part of the Programme "Evaluation of the Latvian judicial system" that ended in April 2018 and warmly thanked the Latvian partners for the efficient cooperation that would be continued;

§   welcomed the results achieved in Tunisia and Jordan as part of the Programme “Towards strengthened democratic governance in the Southern Mediterranean", conducted with the European Union and agreed to pursue this cooperation with Tunisia;.

§   agreed to cooperate within the framework of it Activity Programme to support judicial reforms through new programmes jointly organised with the European Commission Structural Reform Support Service,

• Support the preparation of an Action Plan for the improvement of the effectiveness of the justice system in Slovenia,
• Promoting cyberjustice in Spain through change management and improvement of data collection,
• Supporting the efficiency of justice in Malta;

§  invited its members and expertswishing to participate in such programmes to make it known to the Secretariat;

10. Comments of the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) on the Recommendation 2121(2018) of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on "The case for drafting a European convention on the profession of lawyer"

§  thanked the Council of the Bars and Law Societies of the European Union (CCBE) for its explanations as regards Recommendation 2121(2018) of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on "The case for drafting a European convention on the profession of lawyer";   

§  adopted its comments on Recommendation 2121(2018) of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on "The case for drafting a European convention on the profession of lawyer" (CEPEJ(2018)6) and decided to forward them to the Committee of Ministers;

       11. Relations between the CEPEJ and other bodies of the Council of Europe

§  took note of the information about the activities of the Consultative Council of European Judges (CCJE), the Consultative Council of European Prosecutors (CCPE) and the European Committee of Legal Cooperation (CDCJ);

       12. Latest developments within the European Union in the judicial field

§  took note of the information given by the representatives of Bulgaria and Austria, on behalf of the outgoing and incoming presidencies of the European Union, on the recent developments within the Union in the field of justice;

 

       13. European Day of Justice and Crystal Scales of Justice

§  invited its members to forward to the Secretariat all information on their celebration of the European Day of Justice on 25 October 2018;

14. Cooperation with the Law Faculty of Strasbourg

§  welcomed the cooperation formalised in the field of the functioning of judicial systems  with the Law Faculty of Strasbourg, hosting city of the Council  of Europe’s Headquarters, and committed itself to contributing to this cooperation, including within the framework of the specific curriculum on cyberjustice ;

§  agreed to implement with the Law Faculty the Prize of the « Crystal scales of Justice junior » and instructed its Secretariat to define the modalities of this Prize, under the authority of the Bureau;

15. Report by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe: “The state of democracy, human rights and the Rule of law in Europe”

§  welcomed the 2018 Report by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe: “The state of democracy, human rights and the rule of law in Europe”;

16. Observers to the CEPEJ

§  took note of the information given by its Observers, and in particular the European Association of Judges (EAM), Magistrats Européens pour la Démocratie et les Libertés (MEDEL), the International Union of Bailiffs and Judicial Officers (UIHJ), the European Union of Rechtspfleger and court clerks (EUR), the Council of the Bars and Law Societies of the European Union (CCBE), the International Institute of Expertise and Expert (IIEE), the Association of European Administrative Judges (AEAJ),the Council of the Notariat of the European Union (CNUE), thanked themfor their concrete contribution to its activities, in particular in the drafting of the report evaluating judicial systems, and invited them to further contribute to the implementation of the CEPEJ activity programme.

17. Working methods of the CEPEJ

§  recalled the invitation for its member States to appoint substitute members of the CEPEJ;

§  recalled that the implementation of the numerous cooperation programmes by the CEPEJ requires the availability of members and experts of the CEPEJ and calledupon its members and experts to inform the Secretariat of their willingness to participate in such programmes;

      18.  2016-2017 Activity Report of the CEPEJ

§  instructed its Secretariat to finalise its 2016-2018 Activity Report, under the authority of the Bureau, and agreed to adopt it through a written procedure before 15 August 2018 so that it can be forwarded to the Committee of Ministers for approval;

APPENDIX I

Agenda

1. Opening of the meting

·         Gabriella BATTAINI-DRAGONI, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe

·         Georg STAWA, President of the CEPEJ

2. STUDY SESSION: “ARTIFICAL INTELLIGENCE (IA) AND JUDICIAL SYSTEMS”

 

3. Adoption of the agenda          

4. Information by the President, members of the CEPEJ and the Secretariat

5. Recent developments in the judicial field in the Council of Europe Member states

6. Evaluation of judicial systems

Rapporteur: Jean-Paul JEAN, (France), Chair of the CEPEJ-GT-EVAL

                 i.       2016 – 2018 evaluation cycle

a.     Report “European judicial systems – Edition 2018” : examination of the report in view of its adoption

b.    CEPEJ-STAT (Dynamic internet data base presenting all the CEPEJ information on European judicial systems) - 2016 updated data

c.     Publication and communication strategy

               ii.       Co-operation with the European Union within the framework of the “EU Justice Scoreboard”

 

              iii.       Reports on justice professionals

              iv.       Co-operation process through a peer evaluation

a.    Montenegro

b.    Georgia

c.    Candidatures 2018 and 2019

7. Quality of justice: information on the on-going work of the CEPEJ-GT-QUAL

Rapporteur: Joao Arsenio de OLIVEIRA (Portugal), Chair of the CEPEJ-GT-QUAL

8. Judicial time management: information on the on-going work of the SATURN Centre

Rapporteur: Giacomo OBERTO (Italy), Chair of the Steering group of the SATURN Centre

9. Mediation: information on the on-going workn of the CEPEJ-GT-MED

Rapporteur: Rimantas SIMAITIS (Lithuania), Chair of the CEPEJ-GT-MED

i.          Road map of the CEPEJ-GT-MED : examination in view of its adoption

ii.         Mediation Development Toolkit : examination in view of its adoption

10. Ad hoc Working Group for the harmonisation of the definitions used by CEPEJ

Rapporteur: Laetitia BRUNIN (France)

11. CEPEJ’s cooperation programmes

                 i.     Completed programmes

a.     Towards a strengthened democratic governance in the Southern Mediterranean – Tunisia, Jordan - South Programme 2 

b.    Evaluation of the Latvian judicial system – Voluntary contribution

               ii.     On-going programmes

a.     Horizontal Facility for Western Balkans – Albania and Kosovo* - Joint programme with the European Union

b.    Strengthening the efficiency and quality of the Slovak judicial system – Voluntary Contribution

c.     Programme to support the justice sector reform - improving the functioning of justice in Morocco by using the tools of CEPEJ - Joint Programme with the European Union

d.    Ensuring Sustainable Democratic Governance and Human Rights in the Southern Mediterranean  (South Programme 3) – Tunisia – Joint Programme with the European Union

              iii.     Forthcoming programmes

a.     Support the preparation of an Action Plan for the improvement of the effectiveness of the justice system in Slovenia – to be funded by the European Comission Structural Reform Support Service

b.    Promoting cyberjustice in Spain through change management and improvement of data collection – to be funded by the European Comission Structural Reform Support Service

c.     Supporting the efficiency of justice in Malta – to be funded by the European Commission Structural Reform Support Service

12. Comments of the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) on the Recommendation 2121(2018) of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on "The case for drafting a European convention on the profession of lawyer"

Rapporteur: Georg STAWA, President of the CEPEJ

13. Relations between the CEPEJ and other Council of Europe Institutions

              i.        Consultative Council of European Judges (CCJE)

            ii.        Consultative Council of European Prosecutors (CCPE)

           iii.        European Committee for Legal Cooperation (CDCJ)

14. Other cooperation scheme with the European Union : latest developments within the European Union in the judicial field

Rapporteurs: Ekaterina TODOROVA (Bulgaria) and Georg STAWA (Austria) on behalf of the outgoing and incoming presidency of the European Union 

15. European Day of Justice

Rapporteur: Secretariat

16. Cooperation with the Law Faculty of Strasbourg, including the “Junior Crystal Scales of Justice”

Rapporteur: Secretariat

17. Report by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe: “The state of democracy, human rights and the Rule of law in Europe”

Rapporteur: Secretariat

18. Observers to the CEPEJ

19. Working methods of the CEPEJ

                   i.    CEPEJ experts training

                  ii.    CEPEJ Deputy members

20. Any other business

Appendix II

List of participants

CEPEJ MEMBERS / MEMBRES DE LA CEPEJ

ALBANIA/ALBANIE

Soeda DOCAJ, Judicial  Inspector, Ministry of Justice, TIRANA, Apologised / Excusée

ANDORRA/ANDORRE

Carme OBIOLS, Secrétaire Générale, Conseil Supérieur de la Justice, ANDORRA LA VELLA

ARMENIA/ARMENIE

Vigen KOCHARYAN, Vice-Ministre de la Justice, Ministère de la Justice,  EREVAN, Apologised / Excusé

AUSTRIA/AUTRICHE

Georg STAWA, Secretary General of the Austrian Ministry of Justice, Federal Ministry of Justice, VIENNA, (President of the CEPEJ / Président de la CEPEJ)

AZERBAIJAN/AZERBAÏDJAN

Ramin GURBANOV, Judge, Baku City Yasamal District Court, Co-ordinator of Judicial Modernisation Project, BAKU

BELGIUM/BELGIQUE 

Dietger GEERAERT,Conseiller au Service soutien stratégique et gestion de projet, Service Public Fédéral, Justice, BRUXELLES

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA/BOSNIE-HERZÉGOVINE

Dragomir VUKOJE, Judge of the Appellate Division of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, SARAJEVO

BULGARIA/BULGARIE

Ekaterina TODOROVA, Senior Expert, International Legal Co-operation and European Affairs Directorate, Ministry of Justice, SOFIA, Apologised / Excusée

CROATIA/CROATIE

Ivan CRNČEC, Assistant Minister, International Co-operation Directorate, Ministry of justice, ZAGREB Apologised / Excusé

CYPRUS / CHYPRE

Despo Michaelidou, Judge at the Supreme Court, NICOSIA

 

CZECH REPUBLIC/REPUBLIQUE TCHEQUE

Ivana BORZOVÁ, Head of Department of Civil Supervision, Ministry of Justice, PRAGUE

DENMARK/DANEMARK

Marianne GRAM NYBROE, International Coordinator, Department of Training Danish Court Administration, COPENHAGEN

ESTONIA/ESTONIE

Kaidi LIPPUS, Head of courts division, Judicial Administration Policy Department, Ministry of Justice, TALLINN

FINLAND/FINLANDE  

Anne HALLAVAINIO, Senior Government Advisor, Directorate General, Ministry of Justice, HELSINKI

FRANCE

Laetitia BRUNIN, Adjointe à la Sous-Directrice de la statistique et des études, Secrétariat général, Ministère de la justice, PARIS

GEORGIA/GÉORGIE

Nino BAKAKURI, Judge at the Supreme Court, TBILISSI

GERMANY / ALLEMAGNE

Matthias HEGER, Chef du Service de Procédure civile internationale, Ministère fédéral de la justice, BERLIN

Pia HETMEIER, Juge, Ministère de la Justice du Land Baden-Württemberg

GREECE/GRÈCE

Michael PIKRAMENOS, Councilor of State, and As. Professor of Law School at University of Thessaloniki, ATHENS

HUNGARY/HONGRIE

Gábor SZÉPLAKI-NAGY,Procureur, Chef d’unité, Parquet Général, Ministère de la justice, BUDAPEST

ICELAND/ISLANDE

Arnfrídur EINARSDOTTIR, Judge at Landsréttur, the Icelandic Court of Appeal, KOPAVOGI

IRELAND/IRLANDE

Noel RUBOTHAM, Head of Reform and Development, Courts Service, DUBLIN

Nicola KELLY, Courts Policy Division, Department of Justice and Equality, DUBLIN

ITALY/ITALIE

Giacomo OBERTO, Magistrat au Tribunal de Grande Instance, TURIN

LATVIA/LETTONIE

Aija BRANTA, Judge at the Supreme Court, RIGA

LITHUANIA/LITUANIE

Laima GARNELIENE, Judge at the Criminal Cases Division, Lithuanian Court of Appeal, VILNIUS

LUXEMBOURG

Jeannot NIES, Procureur Général d’Etat adjoint, Parquet général du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg, LUXEMBOURG

MALTA/MALTE

Francesco DEPASQUALE, Magistrate, Magistrates' Chambers, The Law Courts, VALETTA

Joanne BATTISTINO, Research and Special Projects Officer, Office of the Director General, Strategy & Support, Ministry For Justice, Culture and Local Government, VALLETTA

REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA / REPUBLIQUE DE MOLDOVA

Victoria PALANCIUC, Agency for the administration of the courts, Ministry of Justice, CHISINAU

MONACO

Sébastien BIANCHERI, Premier juge au tribunal de première instance, MONACO

MONTENEGRO

Tomica KNEZEVIC, Advisor at the Ministry of Justice,PODGORICA

NETHERLANDS/PAYS‑BAS

Eliane EIJNWACHTER, Ministry of Justice, THE HAGUE

NORWAY/NORVÈGE

Audun BERG, Senior Advisor, The National Courts Administration, OSLO

POLAND/POLOGNE

Michał DĄBROWSKI, Judge, main expert in the Department of Courts, Organisation and Judicial Analyses, WARSAW

PORTUGAL 

João ARSENIO DE OLIVEIRA, Head of Department International Affairs Department, Directorate General for Justice Policy, Ministry of Justice, LISBON

ROMANIA/ROUMANIE

Violeta BELEGANTE,Conseiller juridique, Chef du service du droit privé, Direction de  l'Elaboration des actes normatifs, des études et de la documentation, Ministère de la Justice, BUCAREST

THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION/FÉDÉRATION DE RUSSIE

Alexandra DRONOVA, Director of the Department of Legal Assistance and Interaction with the Judicial System of the Ministry of Justice, MOSCOW

Alexander PARSHIN, Deputy Director-General of the Judicial Department of the Supreme Court, MOSCOW

Stanislav CHERNIY, Acting Head of the International Legal Division of the Judicial Department to the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, MOSCOW

Alexandra KRIVOSHEEVA, Specialist, Department of Legal Assistance and Interaction with the Judicial System of the Ministry of Justice, MOSCOW

Anton MARKOVSKIY, Deputy to the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the Council of Europe, STRASBOURG, FRANCE

 

SERBIA/SERBIE

Ivana NINČIĆ, Ministry of Justice, BELGRADE

SLOVAK REPUBLIC/RÉPUBLIQUE SLOVAQUE

Ladislav DUDITS, Judge, Kosice Regional Court, KOSICE

Erik KOTLARIK, Assistant of the state secretary, Ministry of Justice, BRATISLAVA

SLOVENIA /SLOVENIE

Vesna PAVLIČ PIVK, seconded judge to the Ministry of Justice, LJUBLJANA

SPAIN/ESPAGNE

Juan Fernando ARMENGOT IBORRA, Advisor, Directorate General for international Legal Co-operation and Relations with Religious Affairs, Ministry of Justice, MADRID

SWEDEN/SUÈDE

Hedvig TÄNGDÉN, Desk officer, Division for Procedural Law and Court Issues, Ministry of Justice, STOCKHOLM -  Apologised /Excusé

SWITZERLAND/SUISSE

Jacques BÜHLER, Secrétaire Général suppléant, Tribunal fédéral suisse, LAUSANNE

"THE FORMER YOUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA"/"L'EX-RÉPUBLIQUE YOUGOSLAVE DE MACÉDOINE"

Nikola PROKOPENKO,Head of Department of Courts, Public Prosecutors and other Judicial institutions, Ministry of Justice, SKOPJE

TURKEY/TURQUIE

Zeki UYSAL, Judge, Council of Judges and Prosecutors, ANKARA

Seçkin KOÇER, Judge, Ministry of Justice, ANKARA

UKRAINE

Sergii KOZIAKOV, Chairman of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine, KIEV, UKRAINE,

UNITED KINGDOM/ROYAUME‑UNI

Rachael PETERS,EU Exit Lead, HMCTS Business Strategy, Courts and Tribunals Development Directorate, LONDON

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FORMER PRESIDENTS and vice-presidents OF THE CEPEJ

ANCIENS PRESIDENTS et vice-presidents DE LA CEPEJ

Eberhard DESCH, Former president of the CEPEJ, GERMANY

John STACEY, Former president of the CEPEJ, Executive Director at the International Institute for Justice Excellence, Norwich, UNITED KINGDOM

André POTOCKI, Former vice-president of the CEPEJ, Judge at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), Strasbourg, FRANCE

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CHAIRS Of Working GROUPS OF THE cePEJ

PRESIDENTS DES GROUPES DE TRAVAIL DE LA CEPEJ

João ARSENIO DE OLIVEIRA, Head of Department International Affairs Department, Directorate General for Justice Policy, Ministry of Justice, LISBON, PORTUGAL (Chair of the GT-QUAL / Président du GT-QUAL)

Jean-Paul JEAN, Président de chambre honoraire à la Cour de cassation, secrétaire général de l’Association des Cours suprêmes judiciaires francophones (AHJUCAF) PARIS, France (Chair of the GT-EVAL / Président du GT-EVAL) 

Giacomo OBERTO, Magistrat, Tribunal de Grande Instance, TURIN, ITALIE (Chair of the CEPEJ-SATURN / Président du CEPEJ-SATURN)

Rimantas SIMAITIS, Partner, Cobalt law firm, VILNIUS, LITHUANIA (Chair of the GT-MED / Président du GT-MED)

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EXPERTS CEPEJ STUDY SESSION / EXPERTS DE LA SESSION D’ETUDES DE LA CEPEJ

Giuseppe CONTISSA, Professor in Legal Informatics at LUISS University, ROME, ITALY

Jean LASSEGUE, Philosopher and epistemologist, National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) research fellow and associate searcher at Advanced study institute on justice (IHEJ), FRANCE

Aleš ZAVRSNIK, Senior research fellow at the Institute of Criminology, associate professor at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana University (Slovenia) and EURIAS Research Fellow 2017-18 at the Collegium Helveticum in Zürich, LUBLIANA, SLOVENIA

Dory REILING, Honorary senior judge, independent information technology and judicial reform expert, THE NETHERLANDS

Francesco CONTINI, Senior researcher at the Research Institute on judicial systems - National Research Council (IRSIG-CNR), BOLOGNA, ITALY

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EXPERTS CEPEJ GT-EVAL

Julinda BEQIRAJ, Associate Senior Research Fellow, Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law, British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL), LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM

Caroline EXPERT-FOULQUIER, Maître de conférences de droit public, Université de Limoges, Directrice adjointe de l’Institut de préparation à l’administration générale (IPAG), LIMOGES, FRANCE

Francesco PERRONE, Juge, Tribunal de Padoue, PADOUE, ITALIE

Federica VIAPIANA, Research fellow at the Research Institute on judicial systems - National Research Council (IRSIG-CNR), BOLOGNA, ITALY

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OBSERVER STATES TO THE CEPEJ / ÉTATS OBSERVATEURS AUPRES DE LA CEPEJ

GUATEMALA

José Antonio PINEDA BARALES, President of the Judiciary and the Supreme Court

Nydia Lissette ARÉVALO FLORES DE CORZANTES, General Director of the Institute of Criminal Defense

Héctor Aníbal DE LEÓN POLANCO, Secretary Executive Magistrate of Justice System Reform

Juan Carlos LINARES CRUZ, Coordinator, Enforcement Division, Criminal Justice Sector Support Programme

ISRAEL / ISRAËL

Gali AVIV, Director of the Israeli Courts Research Division, Supreme Court, JERUSALEM

Shanee BENKIN, Researcher, Israeli Courts Research Division, Supreme Court, JERUSALEM

KAZAKHSTAN

Madiyar BALKEN, Judge, Supreme Court, ASTANA

Yerbol UMRALIYEV, Deputy Chief, Department on provision of courts’ activity Supreme Court, ASTANA

Nazgul YERGALIEVA, National expert, ASTANA

Askhat ABBLAISOV, Permanent Representative of Kazakhstan to the Council of Europe, STRASBOURG, FRANCE

MOROCCO /MAROC

Abderrafi EROUIHANE, Directeur des Etudes, de la Coopération et de la Modernisation, Ministère de la Justice, RABAT

Karim HARROUCHE, Magistrat détaché au Ministère de la Justice, RABAT

Mohammed OUKHLIFA, Représentant de la Présidence du Ministère Public, RABAT

Mohamed Badr TOUATI, Avocat Général près la Cour de Cassation, Secrétariat Général, Conseil Supérieur Du Pouvoir Judiciaire, RABAT

TUNISIA / TUNISIE

Mehdi MAAZOUN, Membre du Conseil Supérieur de la Magistrature, TUNIS

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OBSERVERS / OBSERVATEURS

AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION Apologised/ Excusé

ASSOCIATION OF EUROPEAN ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGES (AEAJ) / FÉDÉRATION EUROPÉENNE DES JUGES ADMINISTRATIFS (FEJA)

Pierre VINCENT, Président maintenu en activité près le tribunal administratif, Cour d’Appel administrative de Nancy, NANCY, FRANCE

COUNCIL OF THE BARS AND LAW SOCIETIES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION / CONSEIL DES BARREAUX EUROPÉENS(CCBE)  

Laurent PETTITI, Chair of CCBE European, Convention Working Group

Stéphanie ALVES, CCBE Legal Advisor

Simone CUOMO, CCBE Senior Legal Advisor

COUNCIL OF THE NOTARIAT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (CNUE) / CONSEIL DES NOTARIATS DE L’UNION EUROPEENNE (CNUE)

Geertjan SARNEEL, Meijling & Sarneel Notarissen en Adviseurs, Vestiging Kapelle, BRUXELLES, BELGIQUE Apologised/ Excusé

Edmond GRESSER, Notaire, 19 route de Strasbourg, 67610 LA WANTZENAU, FRANCE

EUROOPEAN JUDICIAL TRAINING NETWORK (EJTN) / RESEAU EUROPEEN DE FORMATION JUDICIAIRE (REFJ) Apologised/ Excusé

EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF JUDGES (AEM-EAJ) / Association européenne des MAGISTRATS (AEM-EAJ)

Giacomo OBERTO, Magistrat, Tribunal de Grande Instance, TURIN, ITALIE

Céline PARISOT, Secrétaire générale, Union syndicale des magistrats, PARIS, FRANCE

EUROPEAN EXPERTISE AND EUROPEAN INSTITUTE (EEEI) / INSTITUT EUROPEEN DE L’EXPERTISE ET DE L’EXPERT (EEEI)

Raymond LEMAIRE, Président, Institut européen de l’Expertise et de l’Expert, LEVALLOIS, FRANCE

EUROPEAN UNION OF RECHTSPFLEGER AND COURT CLERKS / UNION EUROPÉENNE DES GREFFIERS DE JUSTICE (EUR)

Vivien WHYTE, Président de l'EUR, Directeur des services de greffe judiciaires, STRASBOURG, FRANCE

Jean-Jacques KUSTER, Représentant de l’EUR, STRASBOURG, FRANCE

INTERNATIONAL UNION OF JUDICIAL OFFICERS / UNION INTERNATIONALE DES HUISSIERS DE JUSTICE ET OFFICIERS JUDICIAIRES (UIHJ)

Mathieu CHARDON, Huissier de justice, Secrétaire général de l’UIHJ, PARIS, FRANCE

Patrick GIELEN, Huissier de justice, UCCLE, Belgique

Sue COLLINS, Vice-président déléguée de l’UIHJ, SALT LAKE CITY, ETATS-UNIS

MAGISTRATS EUROPÉENS POUR LA DÉMOCRATIE ET LES LIBERTÉS (MEDEL)

Iria GONZALEZ LOPEZ,  membre du bureau de MEDEL

WORLD BANK / BANQUE MONDIALE Apologised/ Excusé

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OTHERS / AUTRES

STRASBOURG FACULTY OF LAW, POLITICAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT /  FACULTE DE DROIT, DE SCIENCES POLITIQUES ET DE GESTION DE STRASBOURG

Jeanne-Marie TUFFERY-ANDRIEU, Doyen de la Faculté, STRASBOURG, FRANCE

Bénédicte GIRARD, Professeur de droit

Raphaël ECKERT, Professeur de droit

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EUROPEAN UNION / UNION EUROPÉENNE

european CommisSion / Commission européenne

Ingo WEUSTENFELD, Policy officer, Directorate General Justice and Consumers, Unit 03 - General justice policies and judicial systems, BRUSSELS

Eirini GEORGIOPOULOU, Secrétariat Général, Structural Reform Support Service, BRUXELLES

EUROPEAN UNION AGENCY FOR FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS / AGENCE DE L’UNION EUROPEENNE POUR LES DROITS FONDAMENTAUX : Apologised / Excusé

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COUNCIL OF EUROPE / CONSEIL DE L’EUROPE

PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY / ASSEMBLEE PARLEMENTAIRE : Apologised / Excusée

EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS (ECHR) / COUR EUROPÉENNE DES DROITS DE L’HOMME (CEDH)

Viktoriya CHERNIYCHUK, Registry of the European Court of Human Rights/ Greffe de la Cour européenne des droits de l’Homme

 

CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL OF EUROPEAN JUDGES / CONSEIL CONSULTATIF DE JUGES EUROPEENS (CCJE)

Gerhard REISSNER, Vice-President of the Austrian Association of Judges, President of the District Court of Floridsdorf, VIENNA, AUSTRIA

CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL OF EUROPEAN PROSECUTORS / Conseil consultatif de procureurs européens(CCPE) : Apologised / Excusé

EUROPEAN COMMITTEE ON LEGAL CO-OPERATION / COMITE EUROPÉEN DE COOPÉRATION JURIDIQUE (CDCJ):

João ARSENIO DE OLIVEIRA, Head of Department International Affairs Department, Directorate General for Justice Policy, Ministry of Justice, LISBON

EUROPEAN COMMITTEE ON CRIME PROBLEMS / COMITÉ EUROPÉEN POUR LES PROBLÈMES CRIMINELS (CDPC) Apologised / Excusé

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SECRETARIAT

DGI – Human Rights and Rule of Law – Division for the Independence and Efficiency of Justice

DGI - Droits de l’Homme et Etat de droit – Division pour l’indépendance et l’efficacité de la justice

E-mail: [email protected]

Gabriella BATTAINI-DRAGONI, Deputy Secretary General

Christophe POIREL, Director, Human Rights Directorate  / Directeur, Direction des droits de l’Homme

Hanne JUNCHER, Head of the Justice and Legal Co-operation Department / Chef du service de la cooperation judiciaire et juridique

Stéphane LEYENBERGER, Head of the Division for the independence and efficiency of justice, Executive Secretary of the CEPEJ / Chef de la Division  pour l’indépendance et l’efficacité de la justice, Secrétaire exécutif de la CEPEJ

Muriel DECOT, Co-Secretary of the CEPEJ / Co-secrétaire de la CEPEJ

Christel SCHURRER, Administrator / Administratrice

Lidija NAUMOVSKA, Statistician Administrator /Administratrice statisticienne

Clementina BARBARO, Head of Cooperation Unit / Chef de l’Unité Cooperation

Clemence BOUQUEMONT, Administrator / Administratrice

Leonid ANTOHI, Project coordinator, Programme Slovakia, Latvia / Coordinateur de projets: Slovaquie, Lettonie

Annette SATTEL, Administration and Networks / Administration et Réseaux

Stéphanie BUREL, Project coordinator, Albania, Kosovo* / Coordinatrice de projets Albanie, Kosovo*

Paul MEYER, Project coordinator, Programme Morocco, SUD III (Tunisia) / Coordinateur de projets : Maroc, SUD III (Tunisie)

 

Guergana LAZAROVA-DECHAUX, Assistant/Assistante

Marianna FERNANDEZ PUCHE, Assistant/Assistante

Ioana VOELKEL, Administrative assistant / Assistante administrative

Anna KHROMOVA, Administrative assistant / Assistante administrative

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INTERPRETERS / INTERPRÈTES

Lucie DE BURLET

Rebecca BOWEN

Chloé  CHENETIER

Corinne McGEORGE