During its plenary session, held from 12 to 14 November 2025 in Strasbourg (France), the Consultative Council of European Judges (CCJE) adopted Opinion No. 28 (2025) on the importance of judicial well-being for the delivery of justice. The Opinion examines how the well-being of judges may be protected and promoted to enhance the quality and efficiency of their work and support judicial independence and impartiality.

It provides for a conceptual framework, lists the main challenges of judicial work, describes initiatives to protect judicial well-being, and concludes with several recommendations on necessary initiatives, measures and actions. These include, for instance, a robust governance framework in the hands of the judiciary that recognises the well-being of judges as an essential prerequisite to the rule of law; the prevention of extreme and unnecessary judicial stress; the set-up of monitoring systems in all courts to evaluate threats to the physical, psychological and digital safety and security of judges; and the establishment of positive leadership practices and effective channels of communication.