Cross-border Human Rights and Environmental Damages Litigation in Europe: Recent Case Law in the UK – From Conflict of Laws.net – by Matthias Weller – 27 March 2018 Over the last few years, litigation in European courts against gross human rights violations and widespread environmental disasters has intensified. Recent case law shows that victims domiciled in […]
Month: March 2018
CEPEJ – Online survey about the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in judicial systems – deadline 6 April 2018
In the framework of a study led by the CEPEJ (the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice), the Working Group on quality of justice (CEPEJ-GT-QUAL) would like to gather relevant experience in the Council of Europe’s member States about current applications of artificial intelligence (mainly machine learning) in the justice field. You would not […]
33rd René Cassin advocacy competition – Council of Europe – 4-6 April 2018
The 33rd René Cassin advocacy competition, consisting of mock legal proceedings in French based on the European Convention on Human Rights and open to students of law and political science, will be held at the Council of Europe from 4 to 6 April 2018. The two most successful teams will meet in the final, to […]
“Open Justice” Conference Report – Department of European and Comparative Procedural Law of the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg in cooperation with Saarland University
Early February 2018, the Department of European and Comparative Procedural Law of the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg hosted the conference “Open Justice”, organised in cooperation with Saarland University. The Conference brought together judges and representatives of the highest European and national courts, academics, legal practitioners, and legal journalists. It provided them with a platform to […]
Montenegro: call for experts on rule of law – Horizontal Facility for Western Balkans and Turkey – Deadline 15 April 2018
Under the Horizontal Facility for Western Balkans and Turkey Action “Accountability of the Judicial System in Montenegro”, the Council of Europe is launching a call for expression of interest for consultancy services for international experts. The Council of Europe is pleased to invite consultants with particular expertise in the field of the rule of law and […]
23rd Meeting of the Steering Group of the SATURN Centre for Judicial Time Management (CEPEJ-SATURN) – weighting and duration of judicial proceedings – Strasbourg, 5 and 6 April 2018
The weighting and duration of judicial proceedings will be examined during the meeting of the CEPEJ SATURN Centre. The Steering Group of the SATURN Centre for Judicial Time Management (CEPEJ-SATURN) will hold its 23rd meeting on 5 and 6 April 2018 in Strasbourg. Its work will mainly concern the devising of a case weighting indicator […]
Max Planck Luxembourg PhD Scholarships for foreign doctoral candidates – research stay at the Institute for up to six months in 2019 – Deadline for applications: 30 April 2018
Max Planck Luxembourg PhD Scholarships 2019 – Deadline for applications: 30 April 2018 Among the goals pursued by the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for International, European and Regulatory Procedural Law is to promote research and academic exchange with foreign scholars. In this framework, to assist particularly young scholars further advance their research activity, the Max Planck Institute […]
Three interesting decisions of the CJEU on the scope and limits of the ne bis in idem principle as codified by Art. 50 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights
On 20 March 2018, in the joined cases C‑596/16 and C‑597/16, Enzo Di Puma v. Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (Consob) (C‑596/16), and Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (Consob) v. Antonio Zecca (C‑597/16) [References for a preliminary ruling — Directive 2003/6/EC — Insider dealing — Penalties — National legislation which provides for an administrative penalty and a criminal penalty for the same acts — […]
Speech by Sir Ernest Ryder, Senior President of Tribunals: Assisting Access to Justice – Keele University, 15 March 2018
On 15 March 2018, at the premises of Keele University, Sir Ernest Ryder, Senior President of Tribunals delivered a speech on the topic “Assisting Access to Justice”. It reminded that access to justice has been described as the most fundamental of rights, without which any other rights – whether they are rights to property, rights under […]
CEPEJ – Meeting of the Working Group on Quality of Justice – Strasbourg, 14 and 15 March 2018
The CEPEJ Working Group on quality of justice will hold its 23rd meeting in Strasbourg on 14 and 15 March. The Group will particularly address the challenges of artificial intelligence algorithms on judicial systems. It will also address the communication by the courts, the qualitative assessment of judges’ activities, the ex ante and ex post […]
