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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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European Commission publishes report on European Judicial Training |
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In its Communication “Building trust in EU-wide justice. A new dimension to European judicial training", the European Commission set the goal of ensuring that half of all legal practitioners in the EU (around 700,000) are trained in EU law or the national law of another Member State by 2020. In 2012 the European Commission carried out the first reporting on European judicial training. With the helpful collaboration of the Member States, the training providers at European level and the networks of legal professionals, the European Commission gathered data concerning European judicial training during 2011.
The report, which can be found attached, shows that more than 87.000 legal practitioners were trained on EU law or law of another Member State, out of which 10.000 were financially supported by the EU. There are, however, still considerable differences in training participation among Member States and among the different legal professions. Despite the overall good result, more work needs to be done to foster Judicial Training, notably for lawyers, court staff and bailiffs.
In its Communication “Building trust in EU-wide justice. A new dimension to European judicial training", the European Commission set the goal of ensuring that half of all legal practitioners in the EU (around 700,000) are trained in EU law or the national law of another Member State by 2020. In 2012 the European Commission carried out the first reporting on European judicial training. With the helpful collaboration of the Member States, the training providers at European level and the networks of legal professionals, the European Commission gathered data concerning European judicial training during 2011. The report shows that more than 87.000 legal practitioners were trained on EU law or law of another Member State, out of which 10.000 were financially supported by the EU. |
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Ria Mortier (HRJ/CSJ Belgium) joins the Executive Board |
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At the Steering Committee meeting which took place on 15 February 2013 in Brussels, Ria Mortier, member of the Belgian Hoge Raad voor de Justitie/Conseil Superieur de la Justice was appointed member of the Executive Board. She takes up the vacancy that was created after Geert Vervaeke finished his mandate in the Belgian Council. Ria Mortier has been a member magistrate of the High Council of Justice since 2008 and was a member of the selection and appointments committee and numerous other working groups within the HRJ. Since September 2012, she holds the position of co-president of the HRJ and is chair of the selection and appointments committee. In 2007 she was appointed advocate general at the Court of Cassation. Ria Mortier has been actively involved in the Project Team on Standards for the selections and appointment of judges and the current project on Standards for the Evaluation and Irremovability of Judges.
At the Steering Committee meeting which took place on 15 February 2013 in Brussels, Ria Mortier, member of the Belgian Hoge Raad voor de Justitie/Conseil Superieur de la Justice was appointed member of the Executive Board. She takes up the vacancy that was created after Geert Vervaeke finished his mandate in the Belgian Council. Ria Mortier has been a member magistrate of the High Council of Justice since 2008 and was a member of the selection and appointments committee and numerous other working groups within the HRJ. Since September 2012, she holds the position of co-president of the HRJ and is chair of the selection and appointments committee. In 2007 she was appointed advocate general at the Court of Cassation. Ria Mortier has been actively involved in the Project Team on Standards for the selections and appointment of judges and the current project on Standards for the Evaluation and Irremovability of Judges. |
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