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Rapporteurs:
Jean-Paul JEAN (France)
Ramin GURBANOV (Azerbaijan)
Strasbourg, 10 December 2015
CEPEJ Study N22 is a comprehensive unique book, drawing a marvellous and concise picture of
what CEPEJ is standing for today and where it came from. It consists of 6 chapters and 36
paragraphs.
Chapter 1. The European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice is the consultative body
of the Council of Europe, granted with the responsibility of developing and implementing
guidelines and common standards in the sphere of the delivery of justice
1.1. Nature and organisational bases of the European Commission for the
Efficiency of Justice
1.2. Functions of the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice
Rapporteurs:
Jean-Paul JEAN (France)
Ramin GURBANOV (Azerbaijan)
Strasbourg, 10 December 2015
The evaluation of the judiciary of the Member States is, beyond question, the main
competence of the Commission, and rather the most visible to the outside world activity.
Chapter 2. The evaluation of the court systems of the Member States of the Council of Europe is
one of the main activities of the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice
2.1. Evaluation tools of the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice
2.1.1. CEPEJ Guidelines on judicial statistics (GOJUST)
2.1.2. Objectives and methodology for a pilot peer review co-operation
process on judicial statistics
Rapporteurs:
Jean-Paul JEAN (France)
Ramin GURBANOV (Azerbaijan)
Strasbourg, 10 December 2015
2.2. Main documents drafted by the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice in
respect to all Member States of the Council of Europe: reports on the evaluation of
European states judiciary
2.2.1. Experimental Report on European judiciary 2004 (according to the data of 2002)
2.2.2. Report on European judiciary 2006 (according to the data of 2004)
2.2.3. Report on European judiciary 2008 (according to the data of 2006)
2.2.4. Report on European judiciary 2010 (according to the data of 2008)
2.2.5. Report on European judiciary 2012 (according to the data of 2010) and Report on
European judiciary 2014 (according to the data of 2012)
The European Court of Human Rights practice indicates that the length of proceedings is one
of the main problems in the delivery of justice in the Member States. Consequently, the
creation of a special Centre by the CEPEJ in 2007, whose activity consists purely in working on
issues on trial duration, was quite predictable.
Chapter 3. The activity of the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice relating to the
management of judicial time in the European court systems
3.1. Time management checklist: study and analysis of judicial time use research network
working document
3.2. Framework-Programme “A new objective for judiciary: the processing of each case within
an optimum and foreseeable timeframe”
3.3. Compendium of ‘best practices’ on time management of judicial proceedings
3.4. Revised SATURN Guidelines for judicial time management
3.5. Report on the Implementation of SATURN time management tools
Rapporteurs:
Jean-Paul JEAN (France)
Ramin GURBANOV (Azerbaijan)
Strasbourg, 10 December 2015
The CEPEJ activity is also aimed at the development of various analytical tools used for
enhancing the quality of justice in the Member States.
Chapter 4. The activity of the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice aimed at
improving the quality of the European court systems
Rapporteurs:
Jean-Paul JEAN (France)
Ramin GURBANOV (Azerbaijan)
Strasbourg, 10 December 2015
4.1. Checklist for promoting the quality of justice and the courts
4.2. Checklist for court coaching in the framework of customer satisfaction surveys among
court users
4.3. Report on the conducting of satisfaction surveys amongst court-users in the Member
States of the Council of Europe
4.4. Court-user satisfaction reports prepared by the national courts of the Member States
4.5. Guidelines on the creation of judicial maps to support access to justice within a quality
judicial system
4.6. Questionnaire for collecting information on the organization and accessibility of court
premises
4.7. Guidelines on the organization and accessibility of court premises
4.8. Questionnaire on the role of experts in the judicial systems of the Council of Europe
Member States
4.9. Guidelines on the role of court-appointed experts in judicial proceedings
Within the activity of CEPEJ significant work has been done relating to the different aspects of
implementing the alternative methods of resolving disputes, and the enforcement of court
decision in Member States.
Chapter 5. The activity of the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice in terms of the
implementation of alternative methods of resolving disputes, and the difficulties in the enforcement of
court decisions
5.1. European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice activity in relation to mediation
5.1.1. Analysis of the assessment of the impact of Council of Europe Recommendations on
mediation
5.1.2. Guidelines on the implementation of the Council of Europe Recommendations on
mediation
5.2. European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice activity in relation to enforcement of
judgments
5.2.1. Enforcement of court decisions in Europe
5.2.2. Guidelines for a better implementation of the existing Council of Europe's
Recommendation on enforcement
Rapporteurs:
Jean-Paul JEAN (France)
Ramin GURBANOV (Azerbaijan)
Strasbourg, 10 December 2015
By implementing various joint programmes on enhancing judicial reforms and targeted cooperation process the CEPEJ goes even beyond the European continent.
Chapter 6. Co-operation activities of the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice with
Member States (Albania, Azerbaijan, Croatia, Moldova, Turkey, Ukraine, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia)
6.1. Joint Programme on enhancing judicial reform in the Eastern Partnership countries
(Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine) as example
6.1.1. Report on efficient judiciary
6.6.2. Report on the profession of lawyer
6.6.3. Report on judicial training
6.2. Targeted co-operation process with Member States
(Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Slovenia, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands,
Portugal, Russian Federation, Switzerland and United Kingdom)
Rapporteurs:
Jean-Paul JEAN (France)
Ramin GURBANOV (Azerbaijan)
Strasbourg, 10 December 2015
Attachments
1. All documents regulating the activity of CEPEJ were given:
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Resolution on establishment
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Statute of the Commission
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Rules of procedure
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Objectives and methodology for a pilot peer review cooperation process on judicial statistics
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Note on possible integration of the Lisbon Network within the CEPEJ's activity programme
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Main elements for the functioning of the Network of Pilot Courts
2. Terms of reference and composition of each working group of the CEPEJ
3. List of experts and members representing Member States in the Commission
4. 24 plenary meetings in brief (extracts from decisions reflected in the abridged reports adopted
during the 12 years)
5. List of all awards of Crystal Scales of Justice Prize (2005-2014)
6. The structure of the CEPEJ
Rapporteurs:
Jean-Paul JEAN (France)
Ramin GURBANOV (Azerbaijan)
Strasbourg, 10 December 2015
Thank you for attention!
Rapporteurs:
Jean-Paul JEAN (France) and Ramin GURBANOV (Azerbaijan)
Strasbourg, 10 December 2015