SEMINAR “THE ROLE OF JUDGES IN MEDIATION”

10^th AWARD CEREMONY CRYSTAL SCALES OF JUSTICE[1]

CELEBRATION OF THE EUROPEAN DAY OF JUSTICE[2]

Faculty of Law, University of Oslo

Karl Johans gate 47, 0162 Oslo, Norway

25 October 2019

To mark the celebration of the European Day of Justice, the Norwegian Courts administration is organising, jointly with the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) of the Council of Europe, a Seminar on the role of judges in the mediation procedures.

The seminar will be followed by the Crystal Scales of Justice Prize awarding ceremony, during which the name of the winner will be proclamed

9.00                  Welcoming words

Mr Christophe Poirel, Director of Human Rights, Council of Europe

Mr Bård Tønder, Supreme Court Judge and Chairman of the Board of governors of the Norwegian Courts Administration

Mr Fredrik Bøckman FINSTAD, Director General, Department of Civil Affairs, Ministry of Justice and Public Security of Norway

Mr Ramin Gurbanov, President of the CEPEJ (Azerbaijan)

9.30 – 10.30      Seminar on the role of judges in mediation procedures

                        Moderator: Ms Muriel Décot, Secretary of the CEPEJ

Ø  Topic: Presentation of the concept of in-court mediation in Norway

Ms Heidi Heggdal, Judge, Oslo District Court

Ø  Topic: Presentation of the tools developed by the CEPEJ in the field of mediation

Mrs Maria Da Conceiçao Oliveira, Lawyer and Mediator and member of the CEPEJ Working group on Mediation (Portugal)

Ø  Topic: The role of the judge in mediation

Mrs Canòlic Mingorance Cairat (Andorra), Μagistrate at the Court of Corts (Criminal Division), member of the Consultative Council of European Judges (CCJE) of the Council of Europe

Ø  Discussion with the panel / Questions and answers

10.30 – 10.50   Break

10.50 – 11.00    Musical performance by Mr. Håkon Kornstad, Norwegian saxophonist and singer 

11.00 – 12.50    10^th Crystal Scales of Justice Prize awarding ceremony

Moderator: Ramin Gurbanov, President of the CEPEJ

Ø  General presentation

Mr Jean-Paul Jean, President of the Jury of the Crystal Scales of Justice Prize

Ø  Introduction to the four shortlisted projects by the representatives of the four shortlisted institutions (8 minutes per institution)

Ø  Explanation of the selection by a member of the Jury (2 minutes per project):

o    Mr Davit Melkonyan (Armenia) recalls the criteria listed in the Rules of the Prize

o    Mr Audun Berg (Norway) explains the criteria given by the jury members of the winners of the former edition of the Crystal Scales of Justice Prize

o   Ms Maria Da Conceiçao Oliveira (Portugal) presents the criteria for the initiative from Belgium

o    Mrs Canòlic Mingorance Cairat (Andorra) explains the criteria for the initiative from Slovenia

o    Mrs Ivana Nincic-Osterle (Serbia) explains the criteria for the initiative from Spain

o    Mr Bartolomeo Cappellina (Italy) explains the criteria for the initiative from The Netherlands

Ø  Proclamation of the results by the President of the Jury

Ø  A word by the winner

12.50                Lunch

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

Ministry of Justice and Public Security of Norway:

Ø  Mr Fredrik Bøckman Finstad, Director General, Department of Civil Affairs

Ø  Mr Jostein Haug Solberg, Deputy Director General, Department of Civil Affairs

Norwegian Courts Administration:

Ø  Mr Bård Tønder, Supreme Court Judge and Chairman of the Board of governors of the Norwegian Naitonal Courts Administration

Ø  Mr Sven Marius Urke, Director of the Norwegian Courts Administration

Ø  Mr Robert Envik, Head of Section for Legal and International Affairs

Ø  Mr Audun Hognes Berg, Head of International Secretariat

Ø  Ms Eli Helen Kvalvik Utvik, senior adviser, Department of Legal Affairs

Ø  Ms Wenche Venås, adviser, Department of Legal Affairs

Oslo district Court:

Ø    Ms Heidi Heggdal, Judge, Oslo District Court

Musical performance:

Ø Mr Håkon Kornstad, Norwegian saxophonist and singer 

CEPEJ President:

Ø  Mr Ramin Gurbanov (Azebaijan), President of the CEPEJ, Judge, Chief of Working group on establishment of e-Court system, Coordinator of World Bank funded Project on modernization of justice system, Ministry of Justice

Jury members of the Crystal Scales of justice Prize:

Ø  Mr Jean-Paul Jean (France), Honorary Chamber President at the Court of Cassation (France) and former President of the CEPEJ Working Group on Evaluation of judicial systems, President of the Jury of the Crystal Scales of Justice Prize

Ø  Mr Audun Hognes Berg (Norway), Head of International Secretariat, the Norwegian Courts Administration, Trondheim, member of the CEPEJ

Ø  Ms Maria Da Conceiçao Oliveira (Portugal), Lawyer and Mediator, member of the CEPEJ Working group on Mediation (GT-MED)

Ø  Mr Davit Melkonyan (Armenia), Deputy Prosecutor General, member of the Consultative Council of European Prosecutors (CCPE) of the Council of Europe

Ø  Mrs Canòlic Mingorance Cairat (Andorra), Μagistrate at the Court of Corts (Criminal Division), member of the Consultative Council of European Judges (CCJE) of the Council of Europe

Ø  Mrs Ivana Nincic-Osterle (Serbia), Public Policy Consultant, Lawyer, Ministry of Justice and member of the CEPEJ Working group on evaluation of judicial systems (GT-EVAL)

Ø  Mr Bartolomeo Cappellina (Italy), Post-doctorant / PhD in Political Science, Sciences Po Bordeaux – Université de Bordeaux

Representatives of the shortlisted projects of the Crystal Scales of Justice Prize (names to be confirmed)[3]

Ø  Harmonization of processes: a response that reconciles the efficiency of the public service of Justice and well-being at work, Luxembourg Court of First Instance (Belgium)

Mr Luc Lambrecht, President of the Court of First Instance of Luxembourg (appointed in the meantime First President of the Court of Appeal of Liège)

Mr Laurent Bodet, Chief Registrar of the Court of First Instance of Luxembourg

Mrs Christine Leroy, Advisor for Human Resources Management at the Court of Appeal of Liège

Mrs Sarah Coisne, Judge at the Court of First Instance of Luxembourg

                       

Ø  Improving the Quality of Justice (IQ Justice), Supreme Court of Slovenia

Mag. Nina Betetto, Supreme Court Judge, Head of the Steering Committee of the IQ Justice Project
Mag. Valerija Jelen-Kosi (High Court Judge seconded to the Supreme Court, Head of two Working groups of the IQ Justice Project)

Mag. 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

Ø  Mediation in criminal justice; referrals by prosecutors in the prosecutorial phase and referrals by judges in the pre-sentencing phase, National Coordinator on Mediation in Criminal Cases (Netherlands) 

Mrs J.J.M. 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 Law at the Council for the Judiciary                               

Mrs Isabeth Mijnarends LLM, National Prosecutor in juvenile criminal cases and Director of the special Programm on criminal cases and rehabilitation / care

Mrs Jolien Boeding, member of National team Mediation in Criminal Cases, courts

Mrs Marlene Panis, member of National team Mediation in Criminal Cases, courts

Mrs Anne Martine Westerhout, member of National team Mediation in Criminal Cases, courts

Mrs Soumiree Verheijen, member of National team Mediation in Criminal Cases

prosecutors office

Mr Gert Jan Slump, Restorative Justice Netherlands, board member

Mrs Rebecca Leeuwenberg, Mediator in Criminal Cases

Mrs Antonietta Pinkster, Mediator in Criminal Cases

Mr Kim Roelofsn,Mediator in Criminal Cases

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

Mr José Luis Hernández Hernández Carrión : Chief Information Officer (CIO)

Mr Jésus Barba Lobatón : Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law, Council of Europe:

Ø  Mr Christophe Poirel, Director of Human Rights, Council of Europe

CEPEJ Secretariat:

Ø  Ms Muriel Décot, Secretary of the CEPEJ, Council of Europe

Ø  Ms Annette Sattel-Ahlberg, Administration and Networks, CEPEJ, Council of Europe