Strasbourg, 29 June 2011

CEPEJ(2011)3

europEAN COMMISSION FOR THE EFFICIENCY OF Justice (CEPEJ)

17th plenary meeting

Strasbourg, 28 – 29 June 2011

Abridged report

A.   FOREWORD

The European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) held its 17th plenary meeting in Strasbourg on 28 – 29 June 2011. The meeting was chaired by Mr John STACEY (United Kingdom).

The agenda appears in the Appendix.

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

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

The CEPEJ

§  took note of the information given by its President, its members and its Secretariat who participated in various fora where the work of the CEPEJ was introduced and discussed;

2.   Recent developments in the judicial field in the Council of Europe member states

§  took note of the information given by representatives of member states on recent domestic developments in the judicial field (Austria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey) and invited its members to forward to the Secretariat written information and useful references which could be included in the area "country profiles" of its web site;

§  thanked the Ministry of Justice of Finland and the University of Technology of Lappeenranta for their presentation of the project: "New way of systematic management of delay reduction projects in courts - combining external expertise and internal participation", entrusted the Steering Group of the SATURN Centre to make good use of this practice for its further work and agreed to post the presentation on the CEPEJ's web site;

3.   2010 Activity Report of the CEPEJ

§  adopted the 2010 Activity Report of the CEPEJ (CEPEJ(2011)1) and decided to forward it to the Committee of Ministers for approval;

4.   Implementation of the cycle: "Gathering around CEPEJ"  

§   agreed to pursue the organisation of sessions aimed to raise awareness and train justice professionals on CEPEJ's tools and collect experiences from justice professionals ("Gathering around CEPEJ") and invited its members to indicate to the Secretariat their willingness for organising such sessions, as Italy has already done;

5.    Quality of justice

§   approved the report "Contractualisation of judicial processes in Europe" (CEPEJ (2010)10) and decided to forward it to the Committee of Ministers, the CCJE, the CCPE and other relevant committees of the Council of Europe so that they can make good use of it;

decided to publish the Study within the framework of the Series "CEPEJ Studies";

invited its members to ensure a wide dissemination of the Study among the relevant national institutions and organisations;

instructed the CEPEJ-GT-QUALto organise the use and the follow up of this report;

§   invited the courts in the member states to make good use of the Handbook for conducting satisfaction surveys aimed at court users in Council of Europe’s member states (CEPEJ(2010)1) and confirmed it is available to assist volunteer courts in organising such surveys and analysing results through the CEPEJ-GT-QUAL;

§   took note of the other on-going works within the CEPEJ-GT-QUAL and invited the Group to pursue its works accordingly;

6.     Judicial time management

§   instructed the SATURN Steering Group to complement the existing SATURN Guidelines on judicial time management with an explanatory note including best practices;

§   agreed to publish on the web site the document “Implementation of SATURN time management tools - synthesizing report from seven test projects” (CEPEJ-SATURN(2011)2) as well as a Handbook on methodology based on the works of the SATURN Steering Group, to be prepared under the responsibility of the Group;

§   invited the courts in the member states to indicate to the Secretariat their wish to organise a coaching session for implementing the SATURN Guidelines and other tools on judicial time management;

§   reminded its members of the importance of translating the SATURN tools into national languages so that they can be directly used within the courts and invited its members to take the appropriate measures accordingly;

§   invited its members to control the key data and provide comments on the draft “Study on Council of Europe member states appeal and supreme courts’ lengths of proceedings“ (CEPEJ-SATURN(2011)3) before 15 August 2011 and instructed the SATURN Steering Group to finalise the draft study accordingly so that it can be submitted to the next plenary meeting for approval;

7.     Evaluation of judicial systems, 2010 - 2012 cycle

§   welcomed the essential work of the national correspondents in collecting the answers of the member states to the evaluation scheme and reminded the members that replies to the evaluation scheme, under its electronic form, can be sent until 31 December 2011;

§   invited the national correspondents to provide answers to the Scheme while fully taking into account general and specific guidance for each question indicated in the explanatory note as well as the answers submitted for the last evaluation exercise (such information appears online in the electronic version of the questionnaire, after each question), so as to ensure the homogeneity and the consistency of the answers given by all the member states.

8.     Cooperation between the CEPEJ and the Lisbon Network

§  took note of the informal meeting report by the Lisbon Network’s Bureau held in Strasbourg on 27 June 2011;

§  decided that a Bureau, composed of four members, be established for the Lisbon Network by the members of the Network in order to prepare and manage the Network’s activities between two plenary meetings of the Network; entrusted its Bureau to discuss with the Lisbon Network's Bureau further modalities of cooperation;

§  agreed that the Lisbon Network should have the opportunity to provide the CEPEJ with proposals for activities;

§  invited the Lisbon Network to express concrete proposals allowing a proper use of the CEPEJ tools within the training of judges and prosecutors;

§  invited the CEPEJ national correspondents to cooperate with the Network’s members when replying to questions in the Scheme for the evaluation of judicial systems regarding the training of judges and prosecutors and instructed the CEPEJ-GT-EVAL to consult the Network when drafting parts of the Report on the Evaluation of judicial systems on such training matters;

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

§  took note of the information given on the activities of the Consultative Council of European Judges (CCJE), the Consultative Council of European Prosecutors (CCPE), the European Committee of Legal Cooperation (CDCJ) and commended on the good cooperation with these bodies;

10.   Cooperation with the European Union

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

§  invited its members to forward to the Secretariat all the information on the celebration of the

9th European Day of Justice in October 2011;

11.   Observers to the CEPEJ

§  took noteof the information given by its Observers, thanked them for their concrete contribution to its activities and invited them to further contribute to the implementation of its activity programme;

12.   Election of a member of the Bureau

§  elected Mr Audun BERG (Norway), as member of the Bureau, replacing Ms Eva FERNQVIST, until the end of 2012.

Appendix I

AGENDA

1.     Opening of the meeting by Mr Philippe BOILLAT, Director General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs

2.     Adoption of the agenda    

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

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

(i)     Information by the delegations: delegations are invited, if they so wish, to inform the CEPEJ on recent significant developments in their countries in the judicial field, where appropriate.

(ii)    Finnish experience: "New way of systematic management of delay reduction projects in courts - combining external expertise and internal participation"  - Introduction to the initiative awarded within the framework of the Crystal Scales of Justice 2010

5.     2010 Activity Report of the CEPEJ: discussion in view of its adoption

Rapporteur: Mr Jean-Paul SUDRE (France)

6.     Implementation of the CEPEJ "Road show" de la CEPEJ

7.     Quality of Justice

Rapporteur: Mr François PAYCHERE (Switzerland), Chair of the CEPEJ-GT-QUAL

(i)     Report on "Contractualisation of judicial process in Europe" prepared by Julien Lhuillier: discussion in view of its approval

(ii)    Handbook on court user satisfaction surveys by the courts

§  concrete use of the Handbook in courts: presentation of the experience in Italy by Mr Fausto de SANTIS (Italy)

§  towards a regular exercise measuring the users’ satisfaction in Europe ?

(iii)   Information on the state of other work

§  court organisation and judicial maps: does size matters?

§  indicators for measuring the quality of justice

§  the role of judicial experts in the quality of justice systems

8.     Judicial time management : towards a European observatory of judicial timeframes

       Rapporteur : Mr Jacques BÜHLER, Chair of the Steering Group (Switzerland)

(i)   Quantitative approach : a strategy to develop the EUGMONT data quality

(ii)   Qualitative approach : organisation of a coaching programme within the courts

   

9.     Cooperation between the CEPEJ and the Lisbon Network within the framework of the CEPEJ activity programme: exchange of views with member of the Lisbon Network

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

§  Consultative Council of European Judges (CCJE)

§  Consultative Council of European Prosecutors (CCPE)

§  European Committee on Legal Cooperation (CDCJ)

11.  Co-operation with the European Union

(i)      Last developments within the European Union in the judicial field

Rapporteurs: Mr Gabor SZEPLAKI-NAGY (Hungary) and Mr Grzegorz WALEJKO (Poland) on behalf of the outgoing and incoming presidencies of the European Union 

(ii)     European Day of Justice

12.  Observers to the CEPEJ

13.  Election of a member of the Bureau

14.  Any other business

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15.  Evaluation of judicial systems, 2010 - 2012 cycle: exchange of views with the national correspondents on answering the evaluation Scheme

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

(i)       Presentation of the working principles of the CEPEJ-GT-EVAL

(ii)      Discussion on the revised Scheme

§  Assessment of the implementation of the GOJUST Guidelines by national correspondents

§  Discussion chapter by chapter with the national correspondents, with a specific focus on budgetary issues, judicial and non judicial staff, case flow management, lengths of proceedings

(iii)     Introduction to the electronic version of the Scheme

Appendix II

List of participants / Liste des participants

ALBANIA/ALBANIE

Rovena HUSA, Chief of the courts archive, Ministry of Justice, TIRANA, Apologised/Excusée

National correspondent : idem

ANDORRA/ANDORRE

Carme OBIOLS, Secrétaire Générale, Conseil supérieur de la Justice, ANDORRE LA VIEILLE

Correspondante nationale : idem

ARMENIA/ARMENIE   

Armen SANOYAN, Chief Specialist, Department of international Legal Affairs, Ministry of Justice, YEREVAN

National correpondent : idem

AUSTRIA/AUTRICHE

Georg STAWA, Head of Department Pr 8, Projects, Strategy and Innovation, Federal Ministry of Justice, VIENNA

Nationalcorrepsondent : idem

AZERBAIJAN/AZERBAÏDJAN

Ramin GURBANOV, Chief of reforms division, General department of organisation and supervision, Co-ordinator of Judicial Modernisation Project, Ministry of Justice, BAKU

National Correspondent : idem

BELGIUM/BELGIQUE 

Dietger GEERAERT, Attaché Service Juridique, Direction Générale de l'Organisation Judiciaire, Service Public Fédéral de la Justice, BRUXELLES

Correspondant national : idem

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA/BOSNIE-HERZÉGOVINE

ZlatkoKulenovic, Republic of Srpska Supreme Court, BANJA LUKA

National Correspondent : Rusmir Šabeta, Head of the Judicial Administration Department, The Secretariat of the High Judicial and Prosecutorial,  Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina, SARAJEVO

BULGARIA/BULGARIE

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

CROATIA/CROATIE

Jelena Siminiati,LLB Senior Legal Advisor, Division for EU, Directorate for EU and human rights, Ministry of Justice, ZAGREB

National correspondent : idem

CYPRUS/CHYPRE

Efi PAPADOPOULOU, Judge at the Supreme Court, Charalambou Mouskou Street, NICOSIA

National Correspondent : Natasa PAPANICOLAOU,Legal Assistant, Supreme Court, Char. Mouskos Str., NICOSIA,

CZECH REPUBLIC/REPUBLIQUE TCHEQUE

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

National correspondent : idem

Jana Wurstová, International Department, Czech Bar Association, PRAGUE

DENMARK/DANEMARK

Klaus Rugaard, Chief Adviser, Documentation and analyses, Danish Court Administration, COPENHAGEN, Apologised / Excusé  

National correspondent : Metin YADIGER, Head of section, Finance and Statistics, The Court Administration, COPENHAGEN, Apologised / Excusé

ESTONIA/ESTONIE

Mai SELKE, Advisor, Ministry of Justice, TALLINN

National correspondent : idem

FINLAND/FINLANDE

Kari Samuli KIESILĀINEN, Head of Department, Directorate General, Ministry of Justice, HELSINKI

National Correspondent: Piritta Koivukoski, HELSINKI

FRANCE

Jean-Paul SUDRE, Inspecteur général adjoint des services judiciaires, Ministère de la Justice et des Libertés, PARIS

Correspondante nationale: Olivia DIEGO, adjointe au chef de bureau de l'expertise et des questions institutionnelles, SG/SAEI, Ministère de la justice et des libertés, PARIS

GEORGIA/GÉORGIE

Irakli ADEISHVILI, Judge, Chamber of Civil Cases, Tbilisi Appeals Court, TBILISI

National correspondent : idem

GERMANY/ALLEMAGNE

Eberhard DESCH, Head of Division of International Law, Federal Ministry of Justice, BERLIN

National correspondent : Matthias HEGER, Chef du Service de Procédure civile internationale, Ministère fédéral de la Justice, BERLIN

Jens HOFFMANN, Justizministerium Baden-Württemberg, STUTTGART

GREECE/GRÈCE

Anastasios GKOTSIS, Ministère de la justice, ATHENES, e-mail : [email protected]

National correspondent : idem

HUNGARY/HONGRIE

Gabor SZEPLAKI-NAGY, Procureur, Parquet général de la République de Hongrie, Département des Affaires Internationales et Européennes, BUDAPEST

Correspondant national : idem

ICELAND/ISLANDE

Arnfriđur EINARSDÓTTIR, Judge, District Court of Reykjanes, HAFNARFIRD, Apologised / Excusée

National Correspondent : Helgi Valberg Jensson, Legal Expert, Ministry of the Interior, RYKJAVIK, Apologised / Excusé

IRELAND/IRLANDE

Noel RUBOTHAM, Director of Reform and Development, Courts Service, DUBLIN, Apologised / Excusé

Brian O’NEILL, Courts Policy Division, Department of Justice, Equality  and Law Reform, DUBLIN, Apologised / excusé

ITALY/ITALIE

Fausto DE SANTIS, Parquet Général, Ministère de la Justice, ROME

Correspondant national : Luigi CIPOLLINI, Statisticien, Ministère de la Justice, ROME

LATVIA/LETTONIE 

Aija BRANTA, Judge of the Constitutional Court, RIGA

National Correspondent: Agnija KARLSONE,External Relation Officer, The Court Administration, RIGA

LITHUANIA/LITUANIE

Laima GARNELIENE, Head of Criminal Cases Division, Lithuanian Court of Appeal, VILNIUS

National Correspondent : Donatas Kiauzaris, Senior Specialist of the Division of Informatics and Statistics, National Court Administration, VILNIUS

LUXEMBOURG 

Laurent THYES,  Attaché de Gouvernement, Ministère de la justice, LUXEMBOURG-KIRCHBERG

Correspondant national : idem

MALTA/MALTE

Francesco DEPASQUALE, Ministry representative, Ministry of Justice and Home Affairs, VALLETTA

National correspondent : idem

MOLDOVA

Diana SCOBIOALA, Head of Directorate General of International Relations and European Integration, Ministry of Justice, CHISINAU

Correspondante nationale : Lilia GRIMALSCHI, Chef adjoint de Direction, Ministère de la Justice, CHISINAU

MONACO 

Jean Antoine CURRAU, Assistant référendaire près de la Cour d’Appel, Direction des Services judiciaires, MONACO

Correspondant national : idem

MONTENEGRO/MONTÉNÉGRO

Lidija MASANOVIC, Councilor at the Ministry of Justice, PODGORICA

National correspondent : idem

NETHERLANDS/PAYS‑BAS

Frans van der DOELEN, Programme Manager of the Department of the Justice System, Ministry of Justice, THE HAGUE

National Correspondent: Ronald MEIJER, Research and Documentation Centre, Statistical Data and Policy Analysis Division (SIBa), Ministry of Security and Justice, THE HAGUE

NORWAY/NORVÈGE

Audun BERG, Senior adviser, The National Courts Administration, TRONDHEIM, Apologised / Excusé

National correspondent : idem

POLAND/POLOGNE 

Grzegorz Walejko,Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Justice, Warszawa

National Correspondent: Cezary Dziurkowski,Judge, Counselor to the Minister of Justice, Ministry of Justice, Warsaw

PORTUGAL 

João ARSENIO DE OLIVEIRA, Chef de Division de l’Unité pour la Justice Civile, Citoyenneté et Contentieux International, Cabinet des Relations Internationales, Direction Générale de la Politique de Justice du Portugal, Ministère de la Justice, LISBONNE

National correspondent : idem

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

Correspondante nationale : Oana SCHMIDT- HAINEALA, Procureur, Conseil Supérieur de la Magistrature CSM, BUCAREST

THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION/FÉDÉRATION DE RUSSIE

Pavel SMIRNOV, Leading consultant, Office of the Representative of the Russian Federation at the European court of Human Rights, MOSCOW

National correspondent : idem

Maria FILATOVA, Deputy director of the Russian Constitutional Court Representative Office in Moscow

Alexander PARSHIN, Deputy Director General of the Judicial Department at the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation

Yelena TRUFANOVA, Senior Consultant, International Legal Cooperation, Judicial Department at the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation

Natalia VILKOVA, Head of Division for organizational and methodical support of the judicial work of the Board for Organization and Legal Support of Courts;

Konstantin KOSORUKOV, Deputy for Legal Affairs to the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation at the Council of Europe

SLOVAK REPUBLIC/RÉPUBLIQUE SLOVAQUE

Ladislav DUDITS, Judge, Regional Court in Kosice, KOSICE

National correspondent : idem

SLOVENIA /SLOVENIE

Marko SORLI, Vice President of the Supreme Court, LJUBLJANA

National Correspondent: Jaša VRABEC, Senior Judicial Adviser, President's Office, Supreme Court, Ljubljana

SPAIN/ESPAGNE

Almudena DARIAS, Assistant Deputy Director for Justice Affairs in the EU and IIOO, General Direction for International Judicial Co-operation and Relations with Confessions, Ministry of Justice, MADRID

National correspondent : idem

SWEDEN/SUÈDE

Barbro Thorblad (Ms), Director General, Swedish National Courts Administration, Jönköping

National correspondent : Lotten Karlén, Lawyer, Legal Department, Swedish National Courts Administration, STOCKHOLM

SWITZERLAND/SUISSE

Jacques BÜHLER, Secrétaire Général suppléant, Tribunal fédéral suisse, LAUSANNE 14 (Chair of the Steering Group of the SATURN Centre/ Président du Groupe de Pilotage du Centre SATURN)

Correspondant national : idem

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

Ljubica KARAMANDI, Sector for International Legal Co-operation, Ministry of Justice, SKOPJE

National correspondent : Nikola PROKOPENKO, Head of Department of Courts, Public Prosecutors and other Judicial institutions, Ministry of Justice, SKOPJE, Apologised / Excusé

TURKEY/TURQUIE

Ismail AKSEL, Judge, Department for Strategy and Development, Ministry of Justice, ANKARA

National Correspondent: Abdullah AYDIN, Judge, Department for Strategy and Development, Ministry of Justice, ANKARA

UKRAINE

Volodymyr PUZYRKO, Director of the Treaty and Legal Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, KYIV

National Correspondent: Nazar Kulchytskyy, Head of the Government Agent's before the ECHR Office, KYIV

UNITED KINGDOM/ROYAUME‑UNI

John STACEY, Head of International Development for Court Administration, Ministry of Justice, International Directorate, LONDON (Chair of the CEPEJ / Président de la CEPEJ)

Munira Dossaji,  Principal Operational Research Analyst , Strategy and Innovation Team, Human Rights and International Directorate, LONDON

National Correspondent : Amrita Ohbi,International Directorate, Ministry of Justice, LONDON

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CHAIRS Of Working GROUPS OF THE cePEJ /

PRESIDENTS DES GROUPES DE TRAVAIL DE LA CEPEJ

Jean-Paul JEAN, Avocat général près la Cour d’Appel de Paris, Professeur associé à l’Université de Poitiers, PARIS, FRANCE (Chair of the GT-EVAL / Président du GT-EVAL)

François PAYCHÈRE, Juge à la Cour de justice, GENEVE (Chair of the GT-QUAL / Président du GT-QUAL) 

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OBSERVER STATES / ÉTATS OBSERVATEURS

CANADA

Anouk Desaulniers, Senior Counsel / Avocate-conseil, Section de la politique en matière de droit pénal / Criminal Law Policy Section, Ministère de la Justice / Department of Justice, OTTAWA

HOLY SEE/SAINT-SIÈGE : Apologised / Excusé

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OBSERVERS / OBSERVATEURS

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

Simone CUOMO (Mr), Conseiller juridique, Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe ( European lawyers promoting law and justice) BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, Apologised / Excusé

Jana Wurstová, International Department, Czech Bar Association, PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC

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

Christophe REGNARD, Délégué français de l’EAJ et Vice-Président de l’Association internationale des Juges, PARIS, France

 

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

Jean-Jacques KUSTER, Greffier en Chef, Tribunal d’Instance, STRASBOURG, France

Vivien WHYTE, Greffier au Tribunal de Grande Instance de Strasbourg, STRASBOURG, FRANCE

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

Léo NETTEN, Président de l'UIHJ, PARIS, France

Mathieu CHARDON, Premier secrétaire de l’UIHJ,  VERSAILLES, FRANCE

EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGES/FÉDÉRATION EUROPÉENNE DES JUGES ADMINISTRATIFS

Pierre VINCENT, Cour Administrative d’Appel de Nancy, NANCY, FRANCE

MAGISTRATS EUROPÉENS POUR LES DÉMOCRATIES ET LES LIBERTÉS (MEDEL)

Eric ALT, Vice-Président de MEDEL, Magistrat, Juge et Conseiller référendaire, Cour de Cassation, PARIS, France

EUROPEAN NETWORK OF COUNCILS FOR THE JUDICIARY (ENCJ)/RESEAU EUROPEEN DES CONSEILS DE LA JUSTICE (RECJ): Apologised / Excusé

WORLDBANK/BANQUE MONDIALE : Apologised / Excusée

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EUROPEAN UNION / UNION EUROPÉENNE

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT (LIBE Commission)/PARLEMENT EUROPEEN (Commission LIBE):

Patricia VAn de Peer, Administratrice, Commission des Libertés Civiles, de la Justice et des Affaires Intérieures, B – BRUXELLES, Belgique  

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

Jonas GRIMHEDEN, Programme Manager Legal Research, Freedoms and Justice Department, VIENNA, AUSTRIA

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COUNCIL OF EUROPE / CONSEIL DE L’EUROPE

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

Paola TONARELLI-LACORE,Registry of the European Court of Human Rights/Greffe de la Cour Européenne des Droits de l’Homme

PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE/ASSEMBLÉE PARLEMENTAIRE DU CONSEIL DE L’EUROPE

Arcadio DIAZ TEJERA, Member of the Assembly's Committee on Legal Affairs & Human Rights (AS/Jur), also Vice-Chairperson of the AS/Jur's Sub-Committe on Human Rights,

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 (Vice-Chair of the CCJE/Vice-Président du CCJE), Apologised / Excusé

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

Eberhard DESCH, Head of Division of International Law, Federal Ministry of Justice,  BERLIN, GERMANY

EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR CRIME PROBLEMS/COMITE EUROPEEN POUR LES PROBLÈMES CRIMINELS (CDPC) : Apologised / Excusé

STEERING COMMITTEE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS/COMITE DIRECTEUR POUR LES DROITS DE L’HOMME (CDDH)

Vít A. SCHORM,  Agent of the Czech Government before the European Court of Human Rights, Ministry of Justice / Ministère de la Justice,  PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC, Apologised / Excusé

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SECRETARIAT

Directorate General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs : Justice Division

Direction Générale des droits de l’Homme et des affaires juridiques : Division de la Justice

Philippe BOILLAT, Director General, Directorate General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs / Directeur général, Direction générale des droits de l’Homme et des affaires juridiques

Stéphane LEYENBERGER, Acting Head of the Justice Division, Secretary of the CEPEJ/Chef de la Division de la justice a.i.,Secrétaire de la CEPEJ

 

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

Kelly SIPP, Administrative assistant/Assistante administrative

Jean-Pierre GEILLER, Documentation

Annette SATTEL, Communication

Elisabeth HEURTEBISE, Assistant/Assistante

Natacha LEBAINDRE, Trainee/Stagiaire

Interpreters / Interprètes

Rebecca BOWEN

Christine TRAPP

Evgenia LUNCHENKOVA

Tatiana LYASCHENKO