Strasbourg, 6 December 2019

CEPEJ(2019)22

europEAN COMMISSION FOR THE EFFICIENCY OF Justice (CEPEJ)

33rd plenary meeting

Strasbourg, 5-6 December 2019

Abridged report

A.   FOREWORD

The Council of Europe’s European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) held its 33^rd plenary meeting in Strasbourg on 5-6 December 2019. The meeting was chaired by Mr Ramin GURBANOV (Azerbaijan), President of the CEPEJ.

The agenda and the list of participants appear in the Appendix.

At the opening of the plenary meeting, Christophe Poirel, Director of Human Rights at the Council of Europe, representing the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Marija Pejčinović Burić, gave the Pro Merito medal to Jean-Paul Jean (France) for his valuable contribution in setting up and enhancing the evaluation exercise of the CEPEJ's judicial systems from 2002 to 2018.

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

The CEPEJ

1. Information by the President, member States and the Secretariat

took note of the information provided by its President, its members and its Secretariat who had participated in various fora where the work of the CEPEJ was presented and discussed, contributing to the promotion of public policies aimed at ensuring the efficiency and quality of judicial systems;

took note of the information provided by the representatives of Azerbaijan, Italy, France, Greece, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, the Russian Federation 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.

2. 2020-2021 Activity Programme

adoptedits 2020-2021 activity programme (CEPEJ (2019)19) and decided to forward it to the Committee of Ministers so that it can take note of it;

invited the member States, through the CEPEJ members, where appropriate, to propose to the Secretariat before 15 January 2020 qualified experts to participate in the working groups and entrusted its Bureau to appoint the members of these working groups, taking into account the proposals received;

suggestedthat the chairpersons of the working groups, once designated, meet in order to ensure the necessary  coordination and coherence of the themes on which the CEPEJ will work.

3.             Evaluation process of judicial systems

recalled that, according to the new timetable implemented for this cycle of evaluation of judicial systems (2018-2020 cycle), the deadline for replying to the evaluation questionnaire ended on 1 October 2019 and urged the national correspondents who have not yet replied to the questionnaire to do so, so the CEPEJ can process the data as quickly as possible and to adopt the report at its 34th meeting (June 2020);

instructed the CEPEJ-GT-EVAL to prepare for the 2018-2020 evaluation cycle a new way of presenting and analysing the data collected, through:

-       a general report, focusing on European trends and including relevant graphical representations to assess the situation of judicial systems and their evolution;

-       individual sheets for each country participating in the evaluation cycle summarising key quantitative and qualitative data; 

-       new dashboards in CEPEJ-STAT;

 

and to submit it to the 34th plenary meeting, so that it can be officially published in November 2020;

welcomed the continuation of the cooperation with the European Commission for an annual Study on the functioning of judicial systems in the EU member states, based on the CEPEJ’s own methodology; welcomed the cooperation with the European Commission in the framework of a specific programme for an annual evaluation of the functioning of the judicial systems in the States and entities of the Western Balkans; 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 EU and the Council of Europe in this field; 

welcomed the cooperation with professionals in the context of the specific studies on legal professions based on data collected as part of the 2016-2018 evaluation cycle ;

invited the member Statesto propose to the Secretariat applications for peer evaluation visits;

reiterated its availability to strengthen its cooperation with the OECD as regards the evaluation of the functioning of the judicial systems in European States and other OECD member States;

4.             Quality of justice

adopted guidelines to improve judges’ skills and competences, strengthen knowledge-sharing and collaboration, and go beyond the culture of judicial isolation (CEPEJ(2019)15); noted that Germany indicated that it had not been able to consult the document before the meeting;

adopted a preliminary feasibility study on the possible establishment of a mechanism to certify tools and services of artificial intelligence (CEPEJ(2019)6);

took note of the on-going work of the CEPEJ-GT-QUAL on videoconference, gender equality within the judiciary, on users as the centre of civil procedures and simplification of court language;

took note of various actions which are being undertaken by the CEPEJ-GT-QUAL to ensure the promotion, follow-up and implementation of the “European Ethical Charter on the use of artificial intelligence in judicial systems and their environment” (CEPEJ(2018)14), and in particular the development of operational standards on the principles of the Charter;

5.             Judicial time management

took note of the work carried out by the Steering group of the SATURN Centre, in particular concerning:

o    a methodology available to the judicial systems willing to set up a process of case weighting,

o    a follow-up of the indicators as regards judicial procedures,

o    draft guidelines on the data, tables and graphs that could be contained in a model dashboard,

o    the timeframes for criminal cases under Articles 5 and 6 ECHR,

o    the role of the parties and practitioners in preventing delays in proceedings;

agreed to work as a priority on case weighting, dashboards and the role of the parties in preventing delays, with a view to developing concrete tools on these issues.

6. Mediation

adopted the Mediation Awareness Programme for Judges (CEPEJ(2019)18);

adopted the Mediation Awareness and Training Programme for notaries (CEPEJ(2019)20);

adopted the Training Programme for lawyers to assist clients in mediation (CEPEJ(2019)21);

took note of the progress made in the development of a network of contact points for mediation;

agreed to continue the development of mediation tools and to promote the development of the network of contact points for mediation within the CEPEJ-GT-QUAL.

7. Harmonisation of the definitions used by CEPEJ

adopted the draft Glossary of terminology used by the CEPEJ (CEPEJ(2019)5REV1), subject to modifications made to certain definitions during the discussions; noted that this document may be updated on a regular basis.

8. Future cooperation with pilot courts

recalled the insufficient level of involvement of some pilot courts; agreed to focus cooperation on the collection of good practices, which remain a unique source of information on the day-to-day work in European courts, and invited its members to play an active role in ensuring that the courts representing their countries actively participate in the work of the Network.

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

welcomed the on-going cooperation programmes:

ALBANIA, "Strengthening the Quality and Efficiency of Justice in Albania"(SEJ III) - Joint programme with the European Union in the framework of the "Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Turkey";

AZERBAIJAN, “Strengthening the efficiency and quality of the judicial system in Azerbaijan” - Joint programme with the European Union within the framework of the "Partnership for Good Governance” (PGG II);

SPAIN, “Promoting CyberJustice in Spain through change management and improvement of data collection – Programme with the Structural Reform Support Service of the European Commission (SRSS);

KOSOVO*, “Strengthening the Quality and Efficiency of Justice in Kosovo” (KoSEJ II) - Joint programme with the European Union in the framework of the "Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Turkey";

LATVIA, “Strengthening the access to justice in Latvia through fostering mediation and legal aid services, as well as support to the development of judicial policies and to increased quality of court management” – Programme with the SRSS;

MALTA, “Supporting the efficiency of Justice in Malta” – Programme with the SRSS;

REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA, “Support to further strengthening the efficiency and quality of the judicial system in the Republic of Moldova "- Joint programme with the European Union in the framework of the "Partnership for Good Governance" (PGG II);

SLOVAKIA, “Continued support to a well performing Slovak judiciary”– Programme with the SRSS;

TUNISIA, “Improving the functioning, performance and access to justice in Tunisia (AP- JUST)” – Joint programme with the European Union;

EGYPT, MOROCCO - Joint programme with the European Union "Ensuring sustainable democratic governance and human rights in the southern Mediterranean" (South Programme III)

agreed to cooperate within the framework of its Activity Programme to support judicial reforms through new programmes and other potential projects under discussion:

SPAIN – Follow-up Project to Cyberjustice project– Draft Programme with the SRSS;

GEORGIA, "Support for judicial reform in Georgia" - Draft joint programme with the European Union within the framework of the "Partnership for Good Governance" (PGG II);

MALTA, “Development of a digital strategy for the Maltese judicial system” - Draft Programme with the SRSS

 

invited its members and expertswishing to participate in such programmes to contact the Secretariat;

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

took note of the results of the study which has been carried out by the Secretariat on the references made to the CEPEJ's tools in the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) andinvited the Secretariat to continue its efforts to ensure a strengthened cooperation and regular exchange of information between the CEPEJ and the ECtHR;

took note of the information about the activities of the Consultative Council of European Judges (CCJE), and the Consultative Council of European Prosecutors (CCPE), as well as the European Committee on Legal Co-operation (CDCJ).

11. European Day of Justice

thanked the judicial institutions of the 20 member States which had organised 43 specific events on the occasion of the European Day of Justice on 25 October 2019; invited its members to promote initiatives for the next edition in 2020.

12. Crystal Scales of Justice

thanked the Norwegian authorities for having invited the CEPEJ to organise the award ceremony of the 2019 “Crystal Scales of Justice” in Oslo on 25 October 2019.

welcomedthe success of the European Prize: "the Crystal Scales of Justice" and congratulated the winner “Improving the quality of justice” (IQ Justice), Supreme Court of Slovenia, as well as the three institutions which were granted a special mention by the jury: “Harmonization of processes: a response that reconciles the efficiency of the public service of Justice and well-being at work”, 1st instance court of Luxembourg, Belgium; “Mediation in criminal justice; referrals by prosecutors in the prosecutorial phase and referrals by judges in the presentencing phase”, National Coordinator on Mediation in Criminal Cases, Netherlands; “Digital Justice”, Sub-directorate-General for New Technologies, Directorate General of Justice Modernization, Technological Development, Recovery and Asset Management (Ministry of Justice), Spain;

welcomed the organisation of the first edition of the Junior Crystal Scales of Justice Prize in partnership with the Strasbourg Law Faculty, which complements the main “Crystal Scales of Justice” Prize.

13. Observers to the CEPEJ

took note of the information given by its Observers, the European Association of Judges (EAJ), the European Expertise and Expert Institute (EEEI), the European Union of Rechtspfleger and Court Clerks (EUR), the International Union of Judicial Officers (UIHJ), and the OECD, thanked them for their concrete contribution to its activities, and invited them to further contribute to the implementation of the CEPEJ activity programme.

14. Any other business

thanked the Secretariat for the modifications made on the CEPEJ website allowing easier access to the CEPEJ tools;

took note that the 34th and 35th plenary meetings of the CEPEJ could take place on 11-12 June 2020 in Paris and 8-9 December 2020 in Strasbourg respectively.

Appendix I

AGENDA

Documents preceded by the following diagram  will be submitted for examination by the CEPEJ in view of their adoption

The working documents are available, in restricted access, on the CEPEJ collaborative workspace

You can access to the workspace by connecting with your email address and password.

If you experience a connection problem, or for any other information, please contact: [email protected]

1.     Opening of the 33rd plenary meeting by Christophe POIREL, Director of Human Rights, Council of Europe and awarding of the Secretary General's Pro Merito Medal to Jean-Paul Jean, former Chairman of the Working Group on evaluation of judicial systems

2.     Adoption of the agenda          

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

4.     Recent developments in the justice field in the Council of Europe member States

5.     Activity Programme 2020-21 of the CEPEJ

6.     Evaluation of judicial systems - information on the on-going work of the CEPEJ-GT-EVAL

Rapporteur: Jasa VRABEC (Slovenia), Chair of the CEPEJ-GT-EVAL

                 i.       2018-2020 Evaluation cycle

               ii.       Co-operation with the European Union

a.   “EU Justice Scoreboard”

b.   “Towards a better evaluation of the results of judicial reform efforts in the Western Balkans”    (Justice Dashboard)

              iii.       Possible strengthened cooperation with OECD as regards evaluation of judicial systems

              iv.       Co-operation process through a peer evaluation

                v.       Specific Study of the CEPEJ on the legal professions

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

              i.          Breaking judges’ isolation

            ii.          Feasibility study on the possible establishment of a certification mechanism for artificial intelligence tools and services

           iii.          Implementing the European Ethical Charter on the use of artificial intelligence in judicial systems and their environment, particularly the definition of the operational standards of the Charter

           iv.          New topics to be addressed by the GT-QUAL

·       Ensure diversity in the recruitment and promotion of judges;

·       The centrality of the user in legal proceedings, particularly in civil matters;

·       Communicate clearly and simply with the litigant, particularly in the drafting and communication phase of judicial decisions, but also beforehand when drafting legislative instruments.

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

Rapporteur: Giacomo OBERTO (Italy), Chair of the CEPEJ-SATURN

              i.        Case weighting in European judicial systems

            ii.        Towards European timeframes for judicial proceedings - Implementation Guide

           iii.        Dashboard  for court management

           iv.        Managing judicial time regulations for criminal cases in ECHR article 5 and 6

             v.        Role of the parties and the practitioners in preventing delays in court proceedings

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

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

              i.        Toolkit for mediation

            ii.        Development of a network of contact points for mediation

10.  Definitions of the terminology used in the CEPEJ tools - information on the on-going work of the ad hoc Working Group on definitions

Rapporteur: Secretariat

11.  How to improve future cooperation with pilot courts ?

Rapporteur: Secretariat

12.  CEPEJ’s co-operation programmes

                 i.     On-going programmes

·       ALBANIA, "Strengthening the Quality and Efficiency of Justice in Albania"(SEJ III) - Joint programme with the European Union in the framework of the "Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Turkey" ;

·       AZERBAIJAN, ‘Strengthening the efficiency and quality of the judicial system in Azerbaijan” - Joint programme with the European Union within the framework of the "Partnership for Good Governance” (PGG II) ;

·       SPAIN, “Promoting CyberJustice in Spain through change management and improvement of data collection – Programme with the Structural Reform Support Service of the European Commission (SRSS) ;

·       KOSOVO*^[1], ‘Strengthening the Quality and Efficiency of Justice in Kosovo (KoSEJ II) - Joint programme with the European Union in the framework of the "Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Turkey" ;

·       LATVIA, “Strengthening the access to justice in Latvia through fostering mediation and legal aid services, as well as support to the development of judicial policies and to increased quality of court management” – Programme with the Structural Reform Support Service of the European Commission (SRSS) ;

·       MALTA, “Supporting the efficiency of Justice in Malta” – Programme with the Structural Reform Support Service of the European Commission (SRSS) ;

·       REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA, “Support to further strengthening the efficiency and quality of the judicial system in the Republic of Moldova "- Joint programme with the European Union in the framework of the "Partnership for Good Governance" (PGG II) ;

·       SLOVAKIA, “Continued support to a well performing Slovak judiciary”– Programme with the Structural Reform Support Service of the European Commission (SRSS) ;

·       TUNISIA, “Improving the functioning, performance and access to justice in Tunisia (AP- JUST)”  – Joint programme with the European Union ;

·       EGYPT, "Support to the Council of State of Egypt" - Joint programme with the European Union "Ensuring sustainable democratic governance and human rights in the southern Mediterranean" (South Programme III)

               ii.     Forthcoming/draft programmes

·       SPAIN – Follow-up Project to Cyberjustice project– Draft Programme with the Structural Reform Support Service of the European Commission (SRSS) ;

·       GEORGIA, "Support for judicial reform in Georgia" - Draft joint programme with the European Union within the framework of the "Partnership for Good Governance" (PGG II);

·       KAZAKHSTAN, "Support for the functioning of courts in Kazakhstan" - Draft programme with the support of the World Bank ;

·       MALTA, “Development of a digital strategy for the Maltese judicial system” - Draft Programme with the Structural Reform Support Service of the European Commission (SRSS)

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

              i.        European Court of Human Rights – How to improve the cooperation ?

Presentation by Mr. Karim SALEM, trainee at the CEPEJ studying at the ENA (Ecole Nationale d'Administration / France), on the references to the CEPEJ in the case law of the Court

            ii.        Consultative Council of European Judges (CCJE)

           iii.        Consultative Council of European Prosecutors (CCPE)

           iv.        European Committee for Legal Cooperation (CDCJ)

14.  European Day of Justice

Rapporteur: Annette SATTEL-AHLBERG

15.  Crystal Scales of Justice Prize and Junior Crystal Scales of Justice Prize

             i.       Crystal Scales of Justice Prize, 2019 edition

Rapporteur: Annette SATTEL-AHLBERG

Presentation of the awarded projects in Oslo (Norway) on 25 October 2019 by the representatives of the initiatives

Winner:

Ø“Improving the quality of justice” (IQ Justice), Supreme Court of Slovenia

Special mentions :

Ø“Harmonization of processes: a response that reconciles the efficiency of the public service of Justice and wellbeing at work” [L'harmonisation des processus : une réponse conciliant l'efficience du service public de la Justice et le bienêtre au travail], 1st instance court of Luxembourg, Belgium

Ø“Mediation in criminal justice; referrals by prosecutors in the prosecutorial phase and referrals by judges in the presentencing phase”, National Coordinator on Mediation in Criminal Cases, Netherlands

Ø“Digital Justice”, Subdirectorate-General for New Technologies. Directorate General of Justice Modernization, Technological Development, Recovery and Asset Management (Ministry of Justice), Spain

            ii.          1^st edition of the Junior Crystal Scales of Justice Prize

Rapporteur: Christel SCHURRER

16.  Observers to the CEPEJ

17.  Any other business

              i.        CEPEJ Website

            ii.        CEPEJ Newsletter

           iii.        2020 calendar of meetings

Appendix II

Public list of participants / Liste des participants publique

CEPEJ MEMBERS / MEMBRES DE LA CEPEJ

ALBANIA/ALBANIE

Soeda DOCAJ, Judicial  Inspector, Ministry of Justice, TIRANA

ANDORRA/ANDORRE 

Marta TORRES DUEDRA, Secretària General del Consell Superior de la Justícia, AD 500 ANDORRA LA VELLA

ARMENIA/ARMENIE

Vigen KOCHARYAN, Member of the Supreme Judicial Council of Armenia, 17 Koryun Str., 0009 YEREVAN

AUSTRIA/AUTRICHE

Georg STAWA, Judicial Attaché for the Western Balkans, Federal Ministry for Constitution, Reforms, Deregulation and Justice, Kneza Sime Markovića 2, 11000 BELGRADE, SERBIA

AZERBAIJAN/AZERBAÏDJAN

Ramin GURBANOV, Judge, Baku City Yasamal District Court, Head of the working group on e-Court System, Ministry of Justice, BAKU (President of the CEPEJ / Président de la CEPEJ)

Samad JAFAROV, Judge, Baku City Nasimi District Court, BAKU

Nuraddin MUSTAFAYEV, Head of the Directorate General of Enforcement, Ministry of Justice, BAKU

Tural MAMMADOV, Group leader at the Directorate General of Enforcement, Ministry of Justice, BAKU

Agakerim SAMADZADE, Head of Information and Communication Technologies Department, Ministry of Justice, BAKU

BELGIUM/BELGIQUE 

Dietger GEERAERT, Conseiller au Service soutien stratégique et gestion de projet, Service Public Fédéral, Justice, Boulevard de Waterloo 115, B-1000 BRUXELLES Apologised / Excusé

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA/BOSNIE-HERZÉGOVINE

Dragomir VUKOJE, Judge, 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, Ulica Grada Vukovara 49, 10 000 ZAGREB

CYPRUS / CHYPRE

Costas PAMBALLIS, Judge, Supreme Court, Charalambou Mouskou Str. 1404, NICOSIA Apologised / Excusé

CZECH REPUBLIC/REPUBLIQUE TCHEQUE

Ivana BORZOVÁ, Head of Department of Civil Supervision, Ministry of Justice, Vysehradská 16, 128 10 PRAGUE

DENMARK/DANEMARK

Marianne GRAM NYBROE,International Coordinator, Department of Training, Danish Court Administration, St. Kongensgade 1-3, 1264 COPENHAGEN Apologised / Excusée

ESTONIA/ESTONIE

Villar PEEP, Deputy Secretary General, Judicial Administration Policy Department, Ministry of Justice, TALLINN Apologised / Excusé

FINLAND/FINLANDE  

Kari KIESILAINEN, Director General, Ministry of Justice, Kasarmikatu 42, 00130 HELSINKI,

FRANCE

Victoria LAFAGE-ROUX, Délégation aux affaires européennes et internationales, Ministère de la justice, PARIS

GEORGIA/GÉORGIE

Nino BAKAKURI, Judge, Supreme Court, TBILISI

GERMANY / ALLEMAGNE

Matthias HEGER, Chef du Service de procédure civile internationale, Ministère fédéral de la justice, Mohrenstrasse 37, 10117 BERLIN

Bert GOETTING, Division of Justice- and Consumer-Research, Criminology, Prevention and Justice Statistics, Federal Office of Justice, Division III/3, BONN

Detlef WIENS, Conseiller, Ministère de la Justice du Land Baden-Württemberg, FRIBOURG

GREECE/GRÈCE

Konstantinos KOUSSOULIS, Councilor, Hellenic Council of State, ATHENS

HUNGARY/HONGRIE

Gábor SZÉPLAKI-NAGY,Procureur, Chef d’unité, Parquet Général, Ministère de la justice, Markó utca 16, 1055 BUDAPEST

ICELAND/ISLANDE

Benedikt BOGASON, Chairman of the Board, The Judicial Administration (Dómstólasýslan), Suðurlandsbraut 14, 3. hæð, 108 REYKJAVÍK

IRELAND/IRLANDE

Richard J. QUILLIAM, Courts Policy Division, Department of Justice and Equality, 51 St Stephens Green,DUBLIN

Stephen MCCARTNEY, Assistant Principal Officer, Courts Service, Legislation and Rules Unit, Strategy and Reform Directorate, Green Street, DUBLIN

ITALY/ITALIE

Giuliana PALUMBO, Directeur Général, Direction des statistiques et analyses organisationnelles, Ministère de la Justice, via Arenula, 70, ROME

Raffaella CALO, Judge, Ministry of Justice, ROME

LATVIA/LETTONIE

Aija BRANTA, Judge, Supreme Court, Brivibas Bulvaris 36, RIGA

Laura FRANCE, Judge, Zemgale District Court

LICHTENSTEIN

Apologised / Excusé

LITHUANIA/LITUANIE

Apologised / Excusé

LUXEMBOURG

Jeannot NIES, Procureur Général d’Etat adjoint, Parquet général du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg, Cité Judiciaire – bâtiment CR, 2080 LUXEMBOURG Apologised / Excusé

MALTA/MALTE

Francesco DEPASQUALE, The Honourable Mr Justice, Superior Courts, Republic Street, VALETTA

REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA / REPUBLIQUE DE MOLDOVA

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

Oxana NOVICOV, General Secretary of the National Union of Bailiffs, CHISINAU

Olga CEBAN, Legal adviser of the National Union of Bailiffs, CHISINAU

MONACO

Sébastien BIANCHERI, Vice-Président du Tribunal de Première Instance, Palais de Justice, 5, rue Colonel Bellando de Castro, 98 000 MONACO

MONTENEGRO

Momir JAUKOVIĆ, Head of Department for organisation of Justice, Directorate for Judiciary, Ministry of Justice, Vuka Karadžića 3, PODGORICA

NETHERLANDS/PAYS‑BAS

Eliane EIJNWACHTER, Ministry of Justice, Postbox 20301, 2500 EH THE HAGUE

NORTH MACEDONIA/MACEDOINE DU NORD

Irena SHEKUTKOSKA JANAKIEVSKA, Department of Courts, Public Prosecutors and other Judicial institutions, Ministry of Justice, str. Dimitrie Cuposki b.b, SKOPJE

NORWAY/NORVÈGE

Audun BERG, Senior Advisor, The National Courts Administration, OSLO Apologised / Excusé

POLAND/POLOGNE

Michał DĄBROWSKI, Judge, Main expert in the Department of Courts, Organisation and Judicial Analyses, Ministry of Justice, Al. Ujazdowskie 11, 00-950 WARSAW

PORTUGAL 

João ARSENIO DE OLIVEIRA, Head of Department, International Affairs Department, Directorate General for Justice Policy, Ministry of Justice, Av. D. João II, n.º 1.08.01 E, Torre H, Pisos 2/3, 1990-097  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 Aid and Cooperation with the Judiciary of the Ministry of Justice, MOSCOW

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

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

Sofya EPPEL, Specialist, Department of Legal Aid and Cooperation with the Judiciary, Ministry of Justice, MOSCOW

SAN-MARINO/SAINT MARIN 

Stefano PALMUCCI, c/o presso Segreteria di Stato per la Giustizia, Via A. di Superchio, 16, 47893 CAILUNGO Apologised / Excusé

SERBIA/SERBIE

Jelena DERETIC, Assistant Minister at the Sector for the Judiciary, Ministry of Justice, Nemanjina 22-26, 11000 BELGRADE

SLOVAK REPUBLIC/RÉPUBLIQUE SLOVAQUE

Zuzana SCHURER PIOVARČIOVÁ, Adviser of the Analytical Unit, Ministry of Justice, BRATISLAVA

SLOVENIA /SLOVENIE

Gregor STROJIN,State Secretary, Ministry of Justice, Župančičeva 3, LJUBLJANA

SPAIN/ESPAGNE

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

SWEDEN/SUÈDE

Anna WIELGOSZ, Associate Judge and Legal Adviser, Swedish National Courts Administration, 551 81, Besöksadress: Kyrkogatan 32, JÖNKÖPING

SWITZERLAND/SUISSE

Jacques BÜHLER, Secrétaire Général suppléant, Tribunal fédéral suisse, Avenue du Tribunal fédéral 29, 1000 LAUSANNE

TURKEY/TURQUIE

Ugur MUSLU, Rapporteur Judge, Directorate General for Strategy Development, Ministry of Justice, ANKARA

Bülent KAYALI, Judge, Directorate General for Strategy Development, Ministry of Justice, ANKARA

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

UKRAINE

Sergii KOZIAKOV, Chairman of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine, KIEV Apologised / Excusé

UNITED KINGDOM/ROYAUME‑UNI

Apologised / Excusé

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Working GROUPS OF THE cePEJ

GROUPES DE TRAVAIL DE LA CEPEJ

João ARSENIO DE OLIVEIRA, Head of Department, International Affairs Department, Directorate General for Justice Policy, Ministry of Justice, Av. D. João II, n.º 1.08.01 E, Torre H, Pisos 2/3, 1990-097  LISBON (Chair of the  CEPEJ-GT-QUAL / Président du CEPEJ-GT-QUAL)

Jaša VRABEC, Head of the Office for Court Management Development, Supreme Court, Tavčarjeva 9, 1000 LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA (Chair of the CEPEJ-GT-EVAL / Président du CEPEJ-GT-EVAL)

Jean-Paul JEAN, former president of the group CEPEJ-GT-EVAL / ancien président du groupe CEPEJ-GT-EVAL

Giacomo OBERTO, Magistrat, Tribunal de Grande Instance, via San Francesco d'Assisi 14, I - 10122 TURIN, Italie (Chair of the CEPEJ-SATURN / Président du CEPEJ-SATURN)

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

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REPRESENTATIVES OF THE AWARDED PROJECTS OF THE CRYSTAL SCALES OF JUSTICE PRIZE / REPRESENTANTS DES PROJETS LAUREATS DU PRIX BALANCE DE CRISTAL

Luc LAMBRECHT, Former President of the Court of First Instance of Luxembourg, First President of the Court of Appeal of Liège, BELGIUM

Laurent BODET, Chief Registrar of the Court of First Instance of Luxembourg, BELGIUM

Valerija JELEN-KOSI, High Court Judge seconded to the Supreme Court, Head of two Working groups of the IQ Justice Project, SLOVENIA

Jaša VRABEC, Head of the Office for Court Management Development at the Supreme Court, Head of the third Working group of the IQ Justice Project, SLOVENIA

Judith UITERMARK, Judge in the court of Noord-Holland, Division Criminal Cases, National Coordinator on Mediation in Criminal Cases and Senior Strategic Advisor on Penal, THE NETHERLANDS

Soumiree VERHEIJEN, Member of National team Mediation in Criminal Cases, Prosecutors office, THE NETHERLANDS

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

ISRAEL / ISRAËL

Gali AVIV, Director of the Israeli Courts Research Division, Supreme Court, Sha'arei Mishpat St., JERUSALEM

KAZAKHSTAN

Adiya RAMAZANOVA, International relations and Protocol Department officer, Supreme Court, ASTANA

MEXICO / MEXIQUE

María Noemí HERNÁNDEZ TÉLLEZ, Observateur Permanent Adjoint du Mexique auprès du Conseil de l’Europe, 5, Boulevard du Président Edwards, STRASBOURG

MOROCCO / MAROC

Mohammed OUKHLIFA, Présidence du Ministère Public, RABAT

Mohamed HAFIDI, Chef de la Division des auxiliaires de justice à la Direction des Affaires Civiles, Ministère de la Justice, RABAT

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OBSERVERS / OBSERVATEURS

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, 6 rue du Haut-Bourgeois, 54000 NANCY, FRANCE Apologised/ Excusé

COUNCIL OF BARS AND LAW SOCIETIES OF EUROPE / CONSEIL DES BARREAUX EUROPÉENS (CCBE)  

Philip BUISSERET, CCBE Secretary General, BRUSSELS, BELGIUM Apologised/ Excusé

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

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

Geertjan SARNEEL, Meijling & Sarneel Notarissen en Adviseurs, Vestiging Kapelle, Av. de Cortenbergh, 120, B - 1000 BRUXELLES, BELGIQUE

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, Président honoraire de l’EUR, 24, rue de la Canardière, 67100 STRASBOURG

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

Giacomo OBERTO, Magistrat, Tribunal de Grande Instance, via San Francesco d'Assisi 14, I - 10122 TURIN, ITALIE

EUROPEEAN JUDICIAL TRAINING NETWORK (EJTN) / RESEAU EUROPEEN DE FORMATION JUDICIAIRE (REFJ)

Markus BRÜKNER, EJTN Assistant Secretary General, BRUSSELS, BELGIUM

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

Nico KEIJSER, Vice-président, 38 rue de Villiers, 92300 LEVALLOIS, FRANCE

Alain NUEE, Président du comité d'Orientation, 38 rue de Villiers, 92300 LEVALLOIS, 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, 6 place du Colonel Fabien, 75019 PARIS, FRANCE

Patrick GIELEN, Huissier de justice, Expert de l’UIHJ, av. Molière 266, 1180 UCCLE, BELGIQUE

Marc SCHMITZ, Président de l’UIHJ, 6 place du Colonel Fabien, 75019 PARIS, FRANCE

MAGISTRATS EUROPÉENS POUR LA DÉMOCRATIE ET LES LIBERTÉS (MEDEL)

Iulia CRAIU, Secretary General, BUCHAREST, ROUMANIA

OECD / OCDE

Tatyana TEPLOVA, Senior Counsellor, Head, Governance for Gender, Justice and Inclusiveness, PARIS, FRANCE

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, 1 Place d'Athènes, STRASBOURG

WORLD BANK / BANQUE MONDIALE

Srdjan SVIRCEV, Public Sector Specialist, World Bank Office in Serbia, Bulevar Kralja Aleksandra street 86, 11000 BELGRADE, SERBIA

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EUROPEAN UNION / UNION EUROPÉENNE

european CommisSion / Commission européenne

Per IBOLD, Minister Counsellor, Delegation of the European Commission in Strasbourg, Apologised / Excusé

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

Matylda POGORZELSKA, Freedoms and Justice Department, Schwarzenbergplatz 11, 1040 VIENNA, AUSTRIA

COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION / CONSEIL DE L’UNION EUROPEENE Apologised / Excusé

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INVITED DELEGATIONS / DELEGATIONS INVTEES

KOSOVO*^[2]

Fatmire KRASNIQI, Human Resources Officer, Judicial Council, PRISTINA

Flutura BERBATI ZENA, Head of Division, Agency for Free Legal Aid, PRISTINA

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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)

Adrien RAIF-MEYER, 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)

Artashes MELIKYAN, Secrétaire du CCJE

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

Artashes MELIKYAN, Secrétaire du CCPE

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, Av. D. João II, n.º 1.08.01 E, Torre H, Pisos 2/3, 1990-097  LISBON, PORTUGAL

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 – CEPEJ

DGI - Droits de l’Homme et Etat de droit – CEPEJ

Fax: +33 3 88 41 37 43

E-mail: [email protected]

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

Muriel DECOT, Secretary of the CEPEJ / Secrétaire de la CEPEJ

 

Clementina BARBARO, Secretary of the CEPEJ-GT-QUAL / Secrétaire du CEPEJ-GT-QUAL

Clémence BOUQUEMONT, Head of Cooperation Unit / Chef de l’unité de Coopération

Christel SCHURRER, Head of Evaluation Pole and Secretary of the CEPEJ-GT- MED / Chef du Pôle Evaluation et Secrétaire du CEPEJ-GT-MED

Lidija NAUMOVSKA, Statistician Administrator /Administratrice statisticienne

Milan NIKOLIC, Administrator CEPEJ-GT-EVAL and co-secretary of CEPEJ-SATURN / Administrateur CEPEJ-GT-EVAL and co-secretary of CEPEJ-SATURN

Anna POTASHNIK, Legal analyst Dashboard Western Balkans/ Analyste juridique Dashboard Balkans occidentaux

Leonid ANTOHI, Project coordinator Moldova, Spain, Latvia and Slovak Republic / Coordinateur de projets République de Moldova, Espagne, Lettonie et République Slovaque

Emmanuel BARON, Project coordinator Tunisia/ Coordinateur de projet Tunisia, Tunis

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

Paul MEYER, Project coordinator Malta and Latvia and Co-secretary of CEPEJ-GT-MED/ Coordinateur de projet Malte et Lettonie et co-secrétaire du groupe CEPEJ-GT-MED

Narjes TIRA, Project manager Tunisia, Tunis / Chargée de projet Tunisie

Vafa ROVSHANOVA, Project manager Azerbaijan, Baku / Chargée de projets Azerbaïjan, Baku

Domitille GAUTIER DE CHARNACE, Project manager dashboard Western Balkans, Podgorica/ Chargée de projet dashboard Balkans occidentaux, Podgorica

Anne-Louise JACQUET, Lawyer - quality check / Juriste contrôle qualité

Lolita CHEKREDJI, Statistician dashboard Western Balkans/ Statisticienne dashboard Balkans occidentaux

Karim SALEM, ENA Trainee / Stagiaire ENA

Federica LOLLI, Trainee / Stagiaire

Annette SATTEL-AHLBERG, Administration and Networks / Administration et Réseaux

Ioana VOELKEL, Administrative assistant / Assistante administrative

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INTERPRETERS / INTERPRÈTES

Michael HILL

Rémy JAIN

Katia DI STEFANO

Clarissa WORSDALE