The new edition of the report of the European Commission for the Efficiency

of Justice (CEPEJ), which evaluates the functioning of the judicial systems of

45 Council of Europe member states, remains in line with the process carried out

since 2002. It relies on a methodology, which has already proved itself, to collect

and process a wide range of quantitative and qualitative judicial data. This unique

study has been conceived above all as a public policy tool aimed at improving

the efficiency and the quality of justice. The CEPEJ's objective is to have the

knowledge in order to be able to understand, analyse and reform. This report is

intended for policy makers, legal practitioners and researchers as well as for those

who are interested in the functioning of justice in Europe.