44th Plenary Meeting of CEPEJ was held on 4-5 June 2025 at the premises of Council of Europe in Strasbourg (France).  Ms Hilal Tuğçe Kılıç, Rapporteur Judge of Foreign Relations and Projects Bureau, attended the meeting on behalf of Council of Judges and Prosecutors (CJP). 

During the semi-yearly plenary meetings of the Commission, member countries are invited to present information about the significant developments that took place during the last six months in the judiciaries of their countries. In this context, AI Supported Needs Assessment and Performance Evaluation Programme (Türkiye Efficient Justice Programme) that was developed by CJP to increase the efficiency of justice and to ensure supervision, was introduced during the meeting.

Following this, within the framework of predetermined agenda, in addition to existing working groups of CEPEJ, “Ad hoc Working Group on Work-Life Balance” that was established at the request of member states to address concerns related to well-being, quality of life in the judiciary and attractiveness of the profession was introduced and the works planned to be carried out by this Working Group to support judges and raise awareness of this issue in judicial authorities were conveyed. Furthermore, “Draft Guidelines on the Quality of the Jurisdictional Debate in Civil and Administrative Matters” prepared by the Working Group on the Quality of Justice (CEPEJ-GT-QUAL), CEPEJ  Artificial Intelligence Advisory Board’s (AIAB) “1st AIAB Report on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in the judiciary based on the information contained in the Resource Centre on Cyberjustice and AI” and “Reflections of the AIAB on the Use of AI in Judicial Systems” were presented to the participants for consideration.
 
In addition to these, new survey questions that are shorter but covering different aspects of judicial activity such as budgets allocated to the judiciary, length and efficiency of adjudication, role of users and legal professions have been opened to discussion in order to annually prepare the reports entitled  “European Judicial Systems - CEPEJ Evaluation Report” that used to be biannually prepared and that evaluate the judicial systems of the member states of the Council of Europe from certain aspects and include comparative analysis of their statistical data.