03.12.2007

EUROPEAN COMMISSION FOR THE EFFICIENCY OF JUSTICE (CEPEJ)

10TH PLENARY MEETING

CELEBRATION OF THE 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CEPEJ

Wednesday 5 December 2007

9.00

Opening of the 10th plenary meeting of the CEPEJ

Palais de l'Europe, Room 3

- Mr Fausto de SANTIS, Président of the CEPEJ

- Mr Philippe BOILLAT, Director General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs of the Council of Europe

- Ms Migléna TACHEVA, Minister of Justice of Bulgaria

(9.30

Work in plenary meeting)

13.00

Cocktail hosted by Mr Terry DAVIS, Secretary General of the Council of Europe

Foyer of the Committee of Ministers, Palais de l'Europe

Mr Terry DAVIS, Secretary General of the Council of Europe

(14.30

Work in plenary meeting)

Thursday 6 December 2007

(9.00

Work in plenary meeting)

14.30

SPECIAL SESSION:

"What do you expect from the CEPEJ in the five coming years"?

Main Court Room of the European Court of Human Rights

14.30

Opening addresses

- Mr Jean-Paul COSTA, President of the European Court of Human Rights

- Mr Fausto de SANTIS, Président of the CEPEJ

14.45

A brief history of CEPEJ

- Mr Eberhard DESCH, former President of the CEPEJ

15.00

"What do you expect from the CEPEJ in the five coming years"?

from the perspectives of national stakeholders of the CEPEJ's work

- Ms Ekaterine TKESHELASHVILI, Minister of Justice of Georgia

- Mr Vitalie PIRLOG, Minister of Justice of Moldova

- District Judge Michael WALKER CBE, United Kingdom

15.20

"What do you expect from the CEPEJ in the five coming years"?

from the European perspective

- Ms Julia LAFFRANQUE, Judge at the Supreme Court of Estonia, Vice-President of the Consultative Council of European Judges (CCJE)

-Mr Emil KUCHÁR, Permanent Representative of Slovakia to the Council of Europe, Chairman of the Ministers' Deputies

- Mr Michel HUNAULT, Member of the Committee of Legal Affairs and Human Rights, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

- Ms Luisella PAVAN-WOOLFE, Ambassador, European Commission Representative to the Council of Europe

15.45

Discussion

16.15

Conclusions

- Mr Philippe BOILLAT, Director General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs of the Council of Europe

16.30           

Reception hosted by Mr Emil KUCHÁR, Chairman of the Ministers' Deputies

Foyer of the Committee of Ministers, Palais de l'Europe