News:onsultative Council of European Judges (CCJE)

The Bureaus of the Consultative Council of European Judges (CCJE) and the Consultative Council of European Prosecutors (CCPE) have jointly submitted to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe a report on the “Challenges for judicial independence and impartiality in the member states of the Council of Europe”. This report follows the Secretary General’s 2015 report: ”State of Democracy, Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Europe – a shared responsibility for democratic security in Europe“, where the CCJE and CCPE were requested to “urgently draft a comprehensive review of the main challenges for judicial impartiality and independence in member states”. This report is published together with a document compiling the comments on this report, forwarded to the Secretariat by the member states of the Council of Europe.
Report from the CCJE and the CCPE on the main challenges for judicial impartiality and independence in Council of Europe member States

Comments from the member States on the report [also available in pdf format]

Mr Jean-Claude Wiwinius, member of the CCJE in respect of Luxembourg and member of the CCJE’s Bureau, has recently been elected by his peers as President of the High Court of Luxembourg, and will then become at the same time President of the Constitutional Court. He should take his duties in August 2016.

The meeting of the CCJE Working group entrusted with the preparation of Opinion No. 19 on the role of Court Presidents will take place on 30 March and 1st April 2016. The group will examine the draft Opinion which has been drawn up on the basis of the replies to the questionnaire previously sent to member States. The Opinion should be adopted at th 17th plenary meeting, from 8 to 10 November 2016.
Draft agenda

WORKING GROUP OF THE CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL OF EUROPEAN JUDGES /
GROUPE DE TRAVAIL DU CONSEIL CONSULTATIF DE JUGES EUROPEENS

(CCJE-GT)

30^th meeting / 30^ème réunion
Strasbourg, 30 March – 1 April / 30 mars – 1 avril 2016

AGORA, room/salle G 1

NB: the meeting will start at 14:00 – la réunion débutera à 14h00

The working documents can be found on the CCJE shared workspace
Les documents de travail sont disponibles sur l’espace partagé du CCJE

DRAFT AGENDA / PROJET D’ORDRE DU JOUR

1. Opening of the meeting / Ouverture de la réunion

2. Adoption of the agenda / Adoption de l’ordre du jour

3. Communication by the President, members of the CCJE and the Secretariat / Communication du Président, des membres du CCJE et du Secrétariat

4. Preparation of the draft Opinion No. 19 on « the role of court presidents » / Préparation du projet d’Avis No. 19 sur « le rôle des présidents de tribunaux »

WORKING DOCUMENTS / DOCUMENTS DE TRAVAIL
Preliminary draft Opinion No. 19 / Projet préliminaire d’Avis No. 19
CCJE-GT(2016)1Prov2

Summary of replies to the questionnaire / Synthèse des réponses au questionnaire
CCJE-GT(2016)2

Compilation of replies to the questionnaire / Compilation des réponses au questionnaire
CCJE(2016)1

5. Any other business / Divers

BACKGROUND DOCUMENT / DOCUMENT DE RÉFÉRENCE
Report of the 16^th plenary meeting of the CCJE /
Rapport de la 16^ème réunion plénière du CCJE
CCJE(2015)

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Consultative Council of European Judges (CCJE)

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Robert Williams

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