Supreme Court of Georgia

NINO GVENETADZE BY THE OFFICIAL INVITATION OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE, IS TAKING PART IN THE HIGH LEVEL CONFERENCE OF THE MINISTERS OF JUSTICE AND JUDICIARY BEING HELD IN THE CAPITAL OF BULGARIA-SOFIA

Published: 04/22/2016

On April 21 of  2016 The  Chairperson of the Supreme Court and High Council of Justice Ms.Nino Gvenetadze  by the official invitation of the  Council of Europe is taking part in the two day High Level  Conference of the Ministers of Justice and  Judiciary, being held  in the capital of Bulgaria – Sofia on the following topic: “Strengthening Judicial Independence and Impartiality as a Pre-condition for the Rule of Law in Council of Europe Member States”. The above mentioned Conference is being  organized  by the Ministry of Justice of Bulgaria with the support of the  Council of Europe.              

Minister of  Foreign Affairs  of the Republic of Bulgaria – Mr. Daniel  Mitov; The Secretary General of the Council of Europe – Mr. Thorbjorn Jagland and Minister of Justice of Bulgaria – Ms. Ekaterina Zaharieva opened the Conference and greeted the participants.

Within the frames of the Conference the delegates will   make reports about the role of Justice in the  democratic society, discuss the relations between the executive authorities and judiciary, as well as the defense of independence of an individual judge and matters concerning the provision of impartiality.        

One  of the aims of the Conference is discussion of the  draft of the Action Plan: “Strengthening the Independence and Impartiality of  the Judiciary” elaborated by the  Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe  and with the participation of the corresponding  member States to agree upon  the final  version of the plan.

The  Action Plan elaborated by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe stipulates to determine the particular tasks and arrangements aimed at strengthening of independence and impartiality of Courts. The  aforementioned  process will be led and coordinated by the Council of Europe. Videlicet, the  Action Plan  and its appendix  defines the activities  to be  fulfilled by the member States concerning the independence of the Court and building and improvement  of the  guarantees of formal, legal  impartiality. According to the document it is necessary to operate and implement  the corresponding structures and policy, for providing  putting into practice of the guarantees maintained by the plan. It will help the appropriate functioning of the Judiciary in the democratic society  founded  on the Human Rights and Rule of Law.

Arising out of the diversity of approaches to the legal systems, Constitutional positions and  distribution of power  of the  Countries of the  Council of Europe, the participants  of the Conference  within the  frames  of the meeting  will document their opinions on the fulfillment of the  activities maintained by the Action Plan.

On April 22 of 2016  the High Level Conference of the Ministers of Justice and Judiciary will  be closed with the agreement on the final version of the Action Plan – Strengthening the Independence and Impartiality of  the Judiciary” and summarizing discussion on the topics  reviewed  within the frames of the Conference.

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