Opinions

One of the objectives of the ENCJ, as set out in the Statutes, is the provision of expertise, experience and proposals to European Union institutions and other national and international organisations. encjworkinggroup

Discussing the ENCJ opinion on Transparency and Access to Justice

ENCJ Resolutions

Dublin Declaration setting Minimum Standards for the selection and appointment of judges - May 2012
Vilnius Declaration on Challenges and Opportunities for the Judiciary in the Current Economic Climate - June 2011
Resolution of Bucharest on Transparency and Access to Justice - May 2009
Resolution of Budapest on Self-Governance for the Judiciary: Balancing Independence and Accountability - May 2008

ENCJ Opinions on the development of the European Judicial Area

Joint Response to the European Commission Consultation of Stakeholders on European Judicial Training - with ACA and RPCSJUE - December 2010

The joint response is a reaction to the consultation of stakeholders by the European Commission which is aimed at at helping the Commission in preparing a Communication on European judicial training, which will be published in September 2011. The response is a joint reaction of the Network of the Presidents of the Supreme Judicial Courts of the EU, the Association of the Councils of State and Supreme Administrative Jurisdictions of the EU and the European Network of Councils for the Judiciary.

ENCJ Opinion on the future Stockholm Programme - February 2009

The Opinion states the priorities that ENCJ thinks the EU institutions should focus on. ENCJ also proposes to be actively involved in the further development of the European Area of Justice, Freemdom and Security. The ENCJ expresses its hope that the Stockholm Programme and its implementation, will meet not only the expectation of participants in the administration of justice, especially the judiciaries of Europe who wish to make a real contribution to better justice in their home or of their fellow Member State, but also the expectations of all European citizens, who require an independent, effective, and speedy system of justice, to ensure justice of the highest quality throughout Europe.

ENCJ opinions on specific topics

Criminal Law

ENCJ joint response to the European Commissions' Green Paper on EU Criminal Justice Legislation in the field of Detention - November 2011 Joint response / All replies / Reply Portuguese CSM (in Portuguese)

ENCJ response to the European Commisisons' Green Paper on Obtaining Evidence in Criminal Proceedings - 21 January 2010

ENCJ report on Criminal Justice in the EU - 2007-2008

Victims

ENCJ response to the European Commission's Public Consultation on Victims - September 2010

18/07/2012 > Judicial Reform in the EU

In 2011 the ENCJ adopted the Vilnius Declaration which lists a set of recommendations for the judiciaries of Europe on how to respond to the actual challenges and opportunities they are facing du [ ... ]

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14/04/2011 > Status of Judges

In 2009/2010 an ENCJ working group studied the topic of Status of Judges. The report (EN/FR) touches upon issues relating to recruitment, evaluation, liability and immunity of judges.

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25/10/2010 > Councils for the Judiciary in Europe

Opinion no. 10 of the Consultative Council of European Judges of the Council of Europe (CCJE) aims to identify the core elements in relation to the general mission, composition and functions of the C [ ... ]

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25/10/2010 > Judicial Quality Management

Judicial Quality Management has been the object of several ENCJ working groups. See also the section on Quality Management. The ENCJ Register on Quality Management 2007-2008 lists the various quali [ ... ]

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