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On 1 July 2021, the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) published guidelines on videoconferencing in judicial proceedings. They were adopted at CEPEJ’s plenary meeting on 16 and 17 June 2021. Since the beginning of the health crisis, the courts have had …

Following judicial reforms in Ukraine, the ECtHR dealt with the independence of the Ukrainian judiciary in a chamber judgment in the case of Gumenyuk and others v. Ukraine on 22 July 2021. The case concerned eight judges of the former Supreme Court of Ukraine, elected …

On 22 July 2021, the ECtHR held in a chamber judgment in Reczkowicz v. Poland that the Disciplinary Chamber of the Polish Supreme Court is not a tribunal established by law within the meaning of the ECHR. The case is one of 38 applications against …

On 20 July 2021, the ECtHR held in a chamber judgment in Loquifer v. Belgium that the right of access to a court (Art. 6 § 1 ECHR) in respect of administrative decisions implies the possibility of remedy by a judicial body. The case involved …