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Mrs Reding addresses ENCJ in Leuven |
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Mrs Reding, vice- president of the European Commission and in charge of Justice affairs, addressed the ENCJ that gathered in Leuven on 11 October. She reiterrated the importance of knowledge and trust between judiciaries in the other European legal systems. Mutual trust must be earned and cannot be forced. Minimum procedural safeguards for suspets, and victims rights will build fairer and better justice systems in Europe. She called upon the ENCJ Members to join her in giving these policy areas the attention they need.
Videolink to the Speech of Mrs Reding : "Justice in Europe"
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ENCJ Newsletter 7th Edition |
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The 7th Edition of the ENCJ Bulletin is published. In this new edition, you may read a report of the last meeting of the General Assembly in Vilnius, and news regarding the Judiciary and the judicial policies in several European countries. |
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Susan Denham, new Chief Justice of Ireland |
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Mrs Justice Susan Denham has been appointed as new Chief Justice of Ireland. She made the constitutional declaration on July 25th , 2011 in the presence of President Mary McAleese, the Prime Minister Kenny, the Attorney General and the Minister for Justice. In a statement issued through the Courts Service, Mrs Denham said "the time has now come to develop a Judicial Council in Ireland, to support the Judiciary in their difficult task, whilst providing assurance to the public that all judges maintain our traditional high judicial standards."
As Chief Justice, Susan Denham will chair the Courts Service Board. |
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ENCJ work on Judicial Reform in the picture |
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Mr Frans van Dijk (Raad voor de rechtspraak Netherlands) and Mr Horatius Dumbrava (CSM Romania) have published an article in the International Journal for Court Administration. The article with the title "Judiciary in Times of Scarcity; Retrenchment and Reform" can be foundin IJCA Volume 5 no. 1, page 15-24. The Journal is published by the International Association of Court Administators (IACA) and is based on the Vilnius Declaration, the work of the ENCJ Project Team on Judicial Reform and an address delivered by Frans van Dijk in June 2012 in The Hague at the conference of IACA. The article
This article focuses on the findings and recommendations of the ENCJ, and borrows literally from the report, as we want
to recognize its findings. We combine this with a discussion of the relationship between the judiciary and the economy.
The article starts with this subject and first discusses the relevance of the judiciary to the economy, then the impact of the
economic recession upon the judiciary.
focuses on the findings and recommendations of the ENCJ, and discusses the relationship between the judiciary and the economy. |
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ENCJ President meets with Vice-President of the European Commission Vivian Reding |
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President meets with Vice-President of the European Commission Vivian Reding
On 25 April Paul Gilligan met with EU Justice Commissioner Vivian Reding. The main topics of discussion were the Justice Scoreboard and the assistance ENCJ could provide in its further development; the very specific position of ENCJ and similar networks and their contribution to the evolving European Area of Justice and the assistance ENCJ could provide to candidate and potential-candidate Member States of the EU as a unique body representing the Councils for the Judiciary in Europe. The Vice-President indicated that the ENCJ and other judicial networks are of great importance to the European Commission. She also showed great interest for the work ENCJ is undertaking in the field of Minimum Standards for the Justice Sector.
On 25th April, our President, Paul Gilligan, and Director, Monique Van der Goes, met with the EU Justice Commissioner and Vice President, Vivian Reding along with Michael Shotter, a member of her cabinet. The main focus of the meeting was to discuss the EU Justice Scoreboard and the assistance that can be rendered by ENCJ having regard to its unique position with access not only to the Councils for the Judiciary, but also to the wider judicial community across the European Member States and of the candidate and potential candidate Member States.
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