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
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
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)
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)