27 June 2022 (3.00 pm – 6.00 pm)

1.

Opening of the meeting

Frédéric Dolt

Head of the Department for the Implementation of Human Rights, Justice and Legal Co-operation Standards,

Directorate of Human Rights,

Directorate General I – Human Rights and Rule of Law

2.

Adoption of the agenda and information from the President and from the Secretariat

3.

Recent developments in the field of justice in member and observer States

(Delegations are invited to inform the CEPEJ, of significant developments in their country since December 2021 - Interventions limited to 3 minutes)

Delegations already announced:

-  Kazakhstan

Shakir SHAYAKHMETOV, Chef du département des relations internationales du département chargé de garantir les activités des tribunaux au sein de la Cour suprême de la République du Kazakhstan.

"Questions relatives à la numérisation du système judiciaire".

- Japan

Hikaru IWAKI, Consul (Attorney), Consulate-General of Japan in Strasbourg

4.

Developments in cyberjustice and artificial intelligence (joint work of the CEPEJ-GT-QUAL and the CEPEJ-GT-CYBERJUST)

a.     Setting up of the CEPEJ Artificial Intelligence Advisory Board (AIAB)

Summary of work: Joao Arsenio De Oliveira, President of the CEPEJ-GT-QUAL

b.    Development of the Resource Centre on Cyberjustice and AI

Summary of work : Giuliana Civinini, President of the CEPEJ-GT-CYBERJUST

Working documents

AIAB terms of reference

CEPEJ-GT-QUAL(2022)3Rev1

List of AIAB members

CEPEJ-GT-QUAL(2022)6

Reference document

Revised roadmap for ensuring an appropriate follow-up of the European Ethical Charter on the use of artificial intelligence in judicial systems and their environment

CEPEJ(2021)16

5.

Other work on quality of justice

a.     Administrative mediation in Council of Europe member States

b.    Gender equality in the recruitment and promotion of judges

c.     Access to justice for people with disabilities

d.    Evaluation of judges

Reference document

Meeting report of 32^nd meeting of the CEPEJ-GT-QUAL

CEPEJ-GT-QUAL(2022)5

6.

Other work on cyberjustice and artificial intelligence (AI)

a.     European Cyberjustice Network

b.    Revision ICT-Index

c.     E-auctions

d.    Public Case law databases

e.     Online ADR

Reference document

Meeting report of 6^th meeting of the CEPEJ-GT-CYBERJUST and of the joint meeting of the CEPEJ-GT-QUAL and of the CEPEJ-GT-CYBERJUST

CEPEJ-GT-CYBERJUST(2022)5REV

7.

Judicial time management

Summary of work: Giacomo Oberto, President of the CEPEJ-SATURN

a.     Tool to better detect delays in civil proceedings

b.    Implementation of a system of case weighting in the public prosecution services

c.     Time Management Checklist

d.    Possible update of the Recommendation No. R(86)12 on measures to prevent and reduce the excessive workload in the courts

e.     Network of the CEPEJ pilot courts

-       The CEPEJ pilot courts and the health crisis

-       Meetings of the Network

Reference documents

Questionnaire on detecting delays in civil proceedings

CEPEJ-SATURN(2021)11rev

Questionnaire on case weighting in public prosecution services

CEPEJ-SATURN(2022)3

Case weighting in judicial systems

CEPEJ Studies No. 28

Recommendation No. R(86)12

Agenda of the meeting of pilot courts (4 May 2022)

CEPEJ-Pilot Courts(2022)OJ1

Analytical report on the experiences of pilot courts with judicial time management in times of health crisis

CEPEJ-SATURN(2022)1

Ad hoc CEPEJ SATURN meeting report

CEPEJ-SATURN(2022)2

32^nd CEPEJ SATURN meeting report

CEPEJ-SATURN(2022)6

8.

CEPEJ Cooperation programmes

Presentation: Clémence Bouquemont

-       Cooperation with Ukraine

Reference document

CEPEJ Cooperation programmes - state of implementation

CEPEJ-COOP(2022)1

28 June 2022 (9.00 am – 2.00 pm)

 9.

Evaluation of judicial systems Summary of work: Jaša Vrabec, President of the CEPEJ-GT-EVAL

a.     2022 evaluation report - European judicial systems, 2022 cycle (2020 data)

b.    Cooperation with EU

-       European Union Justice Scoreboard

-       Dashboard Western Balkans

-       Justice Dashboard EaP

Working documents

2 European judicial systems - CEPEJ Evaluation Report - Evaluation cycle 2020
- Part 1: Tables, graphs and analysis

   CEPEJ-GT-EVAL(2022)12

- Part 2: Country Profiles 

  CEPEJ-GT-EVAL(2022)13

Reference documents

Evaluation scheme

Explanatory note

Study of the functioning of judicial systems in the EU member states

CEPEJ(2021)18rev1 part 1

CEPEJ(2021)18rev1 part 2

EU Justice Scoreboard

Meeting report of the 42^nd meeting of the CEPEJ-GT-EVAL

CEPEJ-GT-EVAL(2022)1

10.

2022-2025 CEPEJ Action Plan : "Digitalisation for a better justice" - Exchange of views on concrete ways of implementing the Action Plan

Reference document

2 2022-2025 CEPEJ Action Plan : "Digitalisation for a better justice".

CEPEJ(2021)12

11

2021 CEPEJ activity report

Working document

2 CEPEJ(2022)5

12.

Junior Crystal Scales of justice

Presentation: Christel Schurrer

13.

European Day of Justice 2022

Reference document

Report on the events organised in the framework of the celebration of the 2021 European day of Justice

CEPEJ(2021)14

14.

HELP course concerning CEPEJ (European Programme for Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals)

15.

Other items

-  Presentation of the “Court App” by Mrs Natalie Rea, President of the “Court-Access Project”

-  Draft calendar of 2022 meetings

-  Date and place of the next meeting

Reference document

2022 Meetings Calendar