On 20 December 2021, the ENCJ Board endorsed the joint statement of the Network of the Presidents of the Supreme Judicial Courts of the European Union (NPSJC), the European Association of Judges (EAJ), the Association of the Councils of State and Supreme Administrative Jurisdictions of the European Union (ACA-Europe) and the European Network of Councils for the Judiciary (ENCJ) on the judicial Independence in reference to the situation in Afghanistan.

The ENCJ General Assembly adopted the Compendium on Councils for the Judiciary on 29 October. The compendium is a summary of the statements, declarations and reports that the ENCJ has adopted on Councils for the Judiciary since its establishment in 2004 with some new standards and recommendations added.

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Upon the decision of the Executive Board, the ENCJ convenes an Extraordinary General Assembly on 28-29 October 2021 in Vilnius to vote on the Polish Judicial National Council/Krajowa Rada Sadownictwa expulsion from the Association. On 27 May 2020 the Executive Board of the ENCJ already proposed to the ENCJ General Assembly to convene as soon as possible as the Covid-19 pandemic would allow it, that the KRS be expelled. 

The Executive Board of the ENCJ is following with great concern the recent developments in Afghanistan. The Board herewith expresses its firm endorsement for the recent call for international support in Afghanistan by the International Association of Judges (IAJ). The Board would like to emphasise  the difficult situation of women judges who have expressed genuine fear in an uncertain and evolving situation. 

Brussels, 18 August 2021.

On 20 July 2021, the European Commission published its 2021 Rule of Law report - an annual assessment of both positive and negative significant developments concerning the Rule of Law in EU Member States, covering areas including the fight against corruption, the independence of the judiciary and media freedom.

The European Commission published the 2021 EU Justice Scoreboard on Thursday 08th July. 

At the General Assembly, organised online on 2 June 2021, the ENCJ adopted the following documents:

During an online meeting on 2 June 2021 the ENCJ General Assembly elected 3 new Board members:

• Ανώτατο Δικαστικό Συμβούλιο Διοικητικής Δικαιοσύνης/ Supreme Judicial Council for Administrative Justice of Greece
• Teisėjų Taryba of Lithuania
• Consiliul Superior al Magistraturii of Romania

They will join the remaining members of the Board 

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