ENCJ amended its Statutes in 2014. The Steering Committee no longer exists and the Executive Board has been extended from 4 to 8 members. The Executive Board now consists of the President and 7 Member Institutions elected by the General Assembly. Each year half of the members are being replaced.
The Board is responsible for:
- the implementation of the Association’s programme of activities,
- ensuring the proper functioning of the Permanent Office
- calling and preparing ordinary or special meetings of the General Assembly
- proposing statements and policy positions to the General Assembly
- undertaking all legal formalities and publicity in respect of appointments and the annual financial statements and
- submitting an annual report of its activities to the General Assembly.
After the elections held on 12 June 2024 the Board is composed as follows:
- President: Madeleine Mathieu (until June 2026)
- Tieslietu padome, Latvia (until 2025)
- Conseil Superieur de la Justice / Hoge Raad voor de Justitie Belgium (until June 2026)
- Ανώτατο Δικαστικό Συμβούλιο Διοικητικής Δικαιοσύνης/ Supreme Judicial Council for Administrative Justice of Greece (until June 2026)
- Judicial Council, Ireland (until June 2026)
- Teisėjų Taryba of Lithuania (until June 2026)
- Conselho Superior da Magistratura, Portugal (until June 2026)
- Consiliul Superior al Magistraturii of Romania (until June 2026)
After the elections held on 1 June 2022 the Board is composed as follows:
- President: Dalia Vasariene (until June 2024)
- Ανώτατο Δικαστικό Συμβούλιο Διοικητικής Δικαιοσύνης/ Supreme Judicial Council for Administrative Justice of Greece (until June 2023)
- Consiliul Superior al Magistraturii of Romania (until June 2023)
- Conseil Superieur de la Justice / Hoge Raad voor de Justitie Belgium (until June 2024)
- Consiglio Superiore della Magistratura, (untill June 2024)
- Raad voor de rechtspraak, Netherlands (until June 2024)
- Sudna Rada, Slovakia (until June 2024)
- Sodni Svet, Slovenia (until June 2024)
After the elections held on 2 June 2021 the Board is composed as follows:
- President: Filippo Donati (until June 2022)
- Conseil Supérieur de la Magistrature, France (until June 2022)
- Raad voor de rechtspraak, Netherlands (until June 2022)
- Conselho Superior da Magistratura, Portugal (until June 2022)
- Sodni Svet, Slovenia (until June 2022)
- Ανώτατο Δικαστικό Συμβούλιο Διοικητικής Δικαιοσύνης/ Supreme Judicial Council for Administrative Justice of Greece (until June 2023)
- Teisėjų Taryba of Lithuania (until June 2023)
- Consiliul Superior al Magistraturii of Romania (until June 2023)
After the elections held on 10 June 2020 the Board was composed as follows:
- President: Filippo Donati (until June 2022)
- Domstolsstyrelsen, Denmark (until June 2021)
- Országos Bírói Tanács, Hungary (until June 2021)
- Courts' Service, Ireland (until June 2021)
- Conseil Supérieur de la Magistrature, France (until June 2022)
- Raad voor de rechtspraak, Netherlands (until June 2022)
- Conselho Superior da Magistratura, Portugal (until June 2022)
- Sodni Svet, Slovenia (until June 2022)
After the elections held in Bratislava on 5th June 2019 the Board was composed as follows:
- President: Kees Sterk (until June 2020)
- Conseil Supérieur de la Justice, Belgium (until June 2020)
- Consiglio Superiore della Magistratura, Italy (until June 2020)
- Teisėjų Taryba, Lithuania (until June 2020)
- Consejo General del Poder Judicial, Spain (until June 2020)
- Domstolsstyrelsen, Denmark (until June 2021)
- Országos Bírói Tanács, Hungary (until June 2021)
- Courts' Service, Ireland (Until June 2021)
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After the elections held in Lisbon on 30 th May 2018 the Board was composed as follows:
- President: Kees Sterk (until June 2020)
- Državno sudbeno vijeće / State Judicial Council, Croatia (until June 2019)
- Conselho Superior da Magistratura, Portugal (until June 2019)
- Judges´Council of England and Wales (until June 2019)
- Conseil Supéreiur de la Justice, Belgium (until June 2020)
- Consiglio Superiore della Magistratura, Italy (until June 2020)
- Teisėjų Taryba, Lithuania (until June 2020)
- Consejo General del Poder Judicial, Spain (until June 2020)
After the elections in Paris on 7th June 2017 the Board was composed as follows:
- President: Nuria Diaz Abad (until June 2018)
- Raad voor de rechtspraak, the Netherlands (until June 2018)
- Consiliul Superior al Magistraturii, Romaina (until June 2018)
- Sodni Svet, Slovenia (until June 2018)
- Judicial Council, Scotland (until June 2018)
- Državno sudbeno vijeće / State Judicial Council, Croatia (until June 2019)
- Conselho Superior da Magistratura, Portugal (until June 2019)
- Judges´Council of England and Wales (until June 2019)
Former Executive Boards under the old regime.
The Executive Board with a mandate from May 2012 to May 2014 was composed of:
- Mr. Paul Gilligan from 1 January 2013 (Mr. Miguel Carmona Ruano, till 31 December 2012)
- Ms. Ria Mortier from 15 Fenruary 2013, HRJ/CSJ Belgium (Mr. Geert Vervaeke till 31 December 2012)
- Mr. Paolo Corder, CSM Italy
- Mr. Nicolae Horatius Dumbrava, CSM Romania
The Executive Board with a mandate from June 2010 to May 2012 was composed of:
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Mr. Miguel Carmona Ruano, President (succeeded Lord Justice John Thomas as of 1 January 2011)
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Mr Judge Nicolae Horatius Dumbrava, CSM Romania (succeeded Justice Gracieuse Lacoste as of 11 February 2011)
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Mr Justice Paul Gilligan, Courts Service Ireland
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Prof. Dr. Geert Vervaeke, HRJ/CSJ Belgium
From May 2008-June 2010 the Executive Board was composed as follows
- Lord Justice John Thomas, President
- Mrs Justice Teresa Flemming-Kulesza, KRS Poland
- Mrs Justice Gracieuse Lacoste, CSM France
- Mr Justice Miguel Ruano Carmona, CGPJ Spain