Skopje to host conference of chief justices of supreme courts from Central and Eastern Europe

Tomorrow and the day after, Skopje will be the venue for the conference of presidents of supreme courts from Central and Eastern Europe. The event is being organized by the Supreme Court, in cooperation with the CEELI Institute and with the support of the EU Rule of Law Project.

According to the announcement, the conference is expected to bring together presidents, vice presidents and judges from 13 supreme courts in Central and Eastern European countries. Also attending will be David Campbell, Senior Circuit Judge, Chair of the Committee on International Judicial Relations in the US and a member of the Advisory Board of the CEELI Institute, Barrington Parker, Senior Circuit Judge from the US, as well as Robert R. Strang, Executive Director of the CEELI Institute.

Speeches at tomorrow’s formal opening ceremony will be delivered by the country’s president, Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova, the President of the Supreme Court of the Republic of North Macedonia, Afrim Fidani, the President of the Judicial Council, Aleksandar Kambovski, as well as David Campbell, Robert Strang and Grzegorz Borkowski from the EU project supporting the rule of law.

Five sessions are scheduled as part of the conference program.

The first session will address public trust in the judiciary. The second will discuss judicial independence, while the third session will be devoted to the application of law by European courts in the domestic legal order, namely the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Court of Human Rights. The fourth session will focus on the current and future uses of artificial intelligence in judicial proceedings and court administration, while the fifth session will address how courts communicate with the public on matters of public interest.