CEPEJ adopted texts and relevant documents in the field of efficiency of justice

Reference texts of the CEPEJ

*       Resolution Res(2002)12 establishing the European Commission for Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) and Statute of the CEPEJ

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 Rules of procedure of the CEPEJ (CEPEJ/GENERAL(2003)3)

Programmes and activities reports


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 Programmes of activities

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 Reports of activities


Evaluating European Judicial Systems

Pilot exercise

 Pilot scheme

 2002 report

2006 evaluation process

 2006 Report on the evaluation of judicial systems in Europe (2004 data)

 Revised scheme (CEPEJ(2005)2rev2)

 Explanatory note (CEPEJ(2005)3rev2)

2008 evaluation process

 2008 Report on the evaluation of judicial systems in Europe (2006 data)

 Revised scheme (CEPEJ(2007)10)

 Explanatory note (CEPEJ(2007)11)

Judicial timeframes

Documents adopted by the CEPEJ

 Framework Programme “A new objective for judicial systems:  the processing of each case within an optimum and foreseeable timeframe” (CEPEJ(2004)19rev2)

 Checklist of indicators for the analysis of lengths of proceedings in the justice system (CEPEJ(2005)12rev)

 Compendium of “best practices” on time management of judicial proceedings (CEPEJ(2006)13)

 Time management of justice systems: a northern Europe study (CEPEJ(2006)14)

 Length of court proceedings in the member states of the council of Europe based on the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights (CEPEJ(2006)15)

Reports

 “Users of the justice system vis-à-vis the slowness of justice: how to react?” , report by Mrs Gabriela THOMA-TWAROCH, Austria (CEPEJ(2003)19)

 Preliminary draft report by Mr Marco FABRI (Italy) and Mr Philip M. LANGBROEK, the Netherlands: Delay in judicial proceedings : a preliminary inquiry into the relation between the demands of the reasonable time requirements of article 6, 1 ECHR and their consequences for judges and judicial administration in the civil, criminal and administrative justice chains (CEPEJ(2003)20rev)

 “Steps introduced by the Supreme Court of Cyprus for eliminating delays”, contribution by Mr Loukis SAVVIDES, Cyprus (CEPEJ(2003)24)

Mediation

 Guidelines for a better implementation of the existing recommendation concerning mediation in penal matters (CEPEJ(2007)13)

 Guidelines for a better implementation of the existing recommendation concerning family mediation and mediation in civil matters (CEPEJ(2007)14)

 Guidelines for a better implementation of the existing Recommendation on alternatives to litigation between administrative authorities and private parties (CEPEJ(2007)15)

Quality of justice

 Checklist for promoting the quality of justice and the courts (CEPEJ(2008)2)

Judicial systems and terrorism

 Evaluation Report on the efficiency of the national judicial systems in their responses to terrorism (CEPEJ(2004)13rev1)

Councils of Justice

 Councils for the Judiciary in EU countries by Prof. Wim Voermans and Dr Pim Albers

Reports prepared at the request of one or several member States

 Report on “Practical ways of combating delays in the justice system, excessive workloads of judges and case backlogs” (CEPEJ(2005)7)

 Report “Advancing legal and judicial approaches to mediation in civil, family and commercial matters” (CEPEJ(2004)14)

 Report on Territorial jurisdiction (CEPEJ(2004)18(D3))

 Report "Examination of problems related to the execution of decisions by national civil courts against the state and its bodies in the Russian Federation" (CEPEJ(2005)8)

 Non-enforcement of court decisions against the state and its entities in the Russian Federation: remaining problems and solutions required (CEPEJ(2006)11rev)

Reports prepared at the request of another body of the Council of Europe

 Action plan for follow-up to Opinions of the Consultative Council of European Judges (CCJE) (CEPEJ(2005)11)