(CCJE-GT)
Report of the 26th meeting
Strasbourg, 17-19 March 2014
Document prepared by the Secretariat
Directorate General I - Human Rights and Rule of Law
I. INTRODUCTION
2. The agenda and the list of participants are appended to this report (Appendices I and III respectively).
II. COMMUNICATION BY THE PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BUREAU AND WORKING GROUP OF THE CCJE
III. PREPARATION OF THE DRAFT OPINION NO. 17 ON JUSTICE, EVALUATION AND INDEPENDENCE
IV. OTHER BUSINESS
APPENDIX I
AGENDA / 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 Bureau and the Secretariat / Communication du Président, des membres du Bureau et du Secrétariat
4. Preparation of the draft Opinion No. 17 on the justice, evaluation and independence / Préparation du projet d’Avis n° 17 sur la justice, évaluation et indépendance
5. Other work of the CCJE / Autres travaux du CCJE
6. Any other business / Divers
APPENDIX II
CCJE-GT(2014)1Rev1
Strasbourg, 18 March 2014
CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL OF EUROPEAN JUDGES (CCJE)
Draft structure for the preparation of the CCJE Opinion No. 17 (2014)
on justice, evaluation and independence
Introduction
Object of the Opinion
Key tasks of a judge
Primacy of the independence of judges
Aims of evaluation
Different aspects of evaluation
Recommendations
APPENDIX III
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
Members of CCJE-GT / Membres du CCJE-GT
AUSTRIA/AUTRICHE
Mr Gerhard REISSNER, President of the International Association of Judges, President of the District Court of Floridsdorf, Vienna
CROATIA/CROATIE
Mr Duro SESSA, Judge, Supreme Court of Croatia, ZAGREB
ITALY/ITALIE
Mr Raffaele SABATO, Counsellor, Supreme Court of Cassation, Member, Board of Directors, School for the Judiciary, ROME
Luxembourg
Mr Jean-Claude WIWINIUS, Président de Chambre, Cour Supérieure de Justice, LUXEMBOURG
NORWAY/NORVEGE
Mr Nils ENGSTAD, Judge, Halogaland Court of Appeal, Tromsø
PORTUGAL
Mr Orlando AFONSO, Judge, Supreme Court of Portugal, LISBONNE
ROMANIA/ROUMANIE
Ms Aida-Rodica POPA, Judge of the High Court of Cassation and Justice, BUCHAREST
SPAIN/ESPAGNE (apologized/excusé)
Mr José Francisco COBO SÀENZ, Judge, Chair of the Section. 2a, Provincial de Navarra, Pamplona
TURKEY/TURQUIE (apologized/excusé)
Mr Osman Nesuh YILDIZ, Reporter Judge, High Council for Judges and Prosecutors, ANKARA
Members of the CCJE-BU /Membres du CCJE-BU
THE NETHERLANDS/PAYS BAS (President of the CCJE/ Président du CCJE)
Mr Bart van LIEROP, Senior Justice, Administrative High Court for Trade and Industry, The Hague
UNITED KINGDOM/ROYAUME-UNI (Vice-President of the CCJE/ Vice-Président du CCJE)
Lord Justice Richard AIKENS, Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, LONDON
GERMANY/ALLEMAGNE
Mr Johannes RIEDEL, President of the Court of Appeal, Oberlandesgericht, Reichenpergerplatz, Vice-President of the Constitutional Court of North Rhine-Westphalia, KÖLN
SLOVENIA/SLOVENIE
Ms Nina BETETTO, Judge, Vice-President of the Supreme Court, Ljubljana
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COUNCIL OF EUROPE’S SECRETARIAT /
SECRETARIAT DU CONSEIL DE L’EUROPE
Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law/
Direction Générale des droits de l’homme et de l’état de droit
Division for the independence and efficiency of justice /
Division pour l’indépendance et l’efficacité de la justice
E-mail: [email protected]
Fax: + 33 (0) 88 41 37 43
Mr Stephane LEYENBERGER, Secretary of the CCJE / Secrétaire du CCJE, tel: + 33 (0)3 88 41 34 12; e-mail: stephane.leyenberger@coe.int
Mr Artashes MELIKYAN, Co-Secretary of the CCJE / Co-Secrétaire du CCJE, tel: + 33 (0)3 90 21 47 60; e-mail: [email protected]
Mr Jean-Pierre GEILLER, Documentation / Documentation, tel: + 33 (0)3 88 41 22 27; e-mail: [email protected]
Ms Annette SATTEL, Communication / Communication, tel: + 33 (0)3 88 41 39 04; e-mail: [email protected]
Ms Emily WALKER, Assistant / Assistant; tel: + 33 (0)3 90 21 48 39, e-mail: [email protected]