The President is elected for a term of two years. The President convenes and chairs all meetings of the ENCJ organs. He represents the ENCJ, especially in relation to dealings with the institutions of the European Union.
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The current President is Madeleine Mathieu a judicial member of the Conseil Supérieur de la Magistrature of France. Her mandate started on 14 June 2024 and will last till the General Assembly in June 2026.
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The President is regularly invited to speech at international conferences and events.
Speeches by Madeleine Mathieu
Speeches by Dalia Vasarienė
Speeches by Filippo Donati
- Address at ENNHRI High-Level Network Meeting, Current challenges for rule of law - the voice of key rule of law actors, virtual, 24 October 2022
- Contribution to the XVI meeting of the JHC of Portugal, Porto 20-21 October 2022
- Annual Conference of Latvian Judiciary, Riga, 20 May 2022
- European Conference of Prosecutors, Experience of High Councils of the Judiciary in Europe and in the Mediterranean area, Palermo 5-6 May 2022
- Venice Commission, International Round table on shaping Judicial Councils to meet contemporary challenges, panel on the role and the powers of the Judicial Council, Rome 21-22 March 2022
- European Judicial Training Conference, Initial training of justice professionals serving the rule of law, Bordeaux, 22-23 February 2022
- LIBE inter-parliamentary committee meeting on the situation of the Rule of Law in the EU, 9 December 2021
- Fundamental Rights Forum 2021, 12 October 2021
- Conference on "The role of self-governing justice institutions in strengthening professionalism and performance of the judiciary", 01 October 2021, Tirana
- High-Level Conference on the Rule of Law in Europe, 17-18 May 2021
- Contribution to DRFMG meeting on latest developments in relation to the judiciary in Poland, 15 April 2021
- Address at interparliamentary meeting 10 November 2020
- Podcast Verfassungsblog on appointment of judges, September 2020
- Address at LIBE hearing European Parliament on DRF Pact, virtual, 29 June 2020
Speeches by former President Kees Sterk
- Address at ENCJ web-conference, 11 June 2020
- Address at Asser Institute presentation of European Constitutional Law Yearbook, The Hague 5 February 2020
- Address at Effective Justice Systems conference of European Commission and Austrian EU Presidency, Vienna, 30 November 2018
- Address at LIBE hearing European Parliament on Rule of Law in Poland, Brussels, 20 November 2018
- Address at MEDEL conference, Bulgarian Judges´Association, Sofia, 16 November 2018
- Address at CCBE Standing Committee meeting, Brussels, 19 October 2018
- Address at the meeting with the Hungarian National Judicial Council, Budapest,10 July 2018
- Address at European Commission conference on Shaping the future of judicial training: Fit for the 21st century justice, Brussels 18 June 2018
- Presentation of candidacy to the ENCJ Members
Speeches by former President Nuria Díaz Abad
- Address at UNODC meeting on Global Judicial Integrity Network - Vienna, August 2017
- Address on the role of national parliaments in ensuring the Rule of Law - Brussels, LIBE, June 2017
- Address at the Congress of Polish Lawyers - Katowice, May 2017
- Address on Common Rules for Civil Procedure - JURI workshop, June 2016
- Address at the extra-ordinary congress of Polish Judges - Warsaw, September 2016
Speeches by former President Lord Justice Geoffrey Vos
- Address at the Council of Europe Conference on Strengthening Judicial Independence and Impartiality, Sofia, April 2016
- Address at Warsaw conference on the Limits of Judicial Independence, January 2016
- Address at EJTN General Assembly, Riga, June 2015
- Key-note address ENCJ General Assembly, the Hague, June 2015
- Address at Brno Seminar (Czech Republic) Council for Judiciary: Quo Vadis, May 2015
- Presentation of Geoffrey Vos at JURI Committee of European Parliament, January 2015
- Presentation of Geoffrey Vos at the Venice Commission meeting, Venice December 2014
- Presentation of Geoffrey Vos at the CCJE meeting, Strasbourg, October 2014
Speeches by former President Paul GIlligan
Address of Paul Gilligan at the Assises de la Justice, Brussels November 2013
Speeches by former President Lord Justice John Thomas
Speech for the Danish Court Administration, September 2009
Speech for the German Judges Association on Councils for the Judiciary, Frankfurt, November 2008
Speech for the 20th anniversary of the Polish Council for the Judiciary; Krajowa Rada Sadownictwa
Speech at a conference of Victim Support Europe, Berlin, May 2009
Speech in Stockholm, during EU Presidency of Sweden, on Victims, July 2009
Previous Presidents
Dalia Vasariene 2022-2024
Teisėjų Taryba/ Judicial Council of Lithuania
Filippo Donati 2020-2022
Consiglio Superiore della Magistrature Italy
June 2018 - June 2020 Kees Sterk
Raad voor de rechtspraak the Netherlands
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June 2016 - June 2018 Nuria Diaz Abad Consejo General del Poder Judicial of Spain.
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2015- June 2016 Sir Geoffrey Vos Judges Council England and Wales
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2013-2014 Paul Gilligan Courts Service Ireland, High Court Dublin
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2011-2012 Miguel Carmona Ruano Member of the CGPJ
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2008-2010 Lord Justice John Thomas Member of the Judges’Council of England and Wales since 2002. Lord Justice of Appeal(full biography)
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2007-2008 Edith Van den Broeck Former President and member of the Hoge Raad voor Justitie/Conseil Supérieur de la Justice, Belgium (2000-2007)
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2004-2007 Luigi Berlinguer Former member of the Consiglio della Magistrature, Italy (2002-2006), currently Member of the European Parliament and vice-chair of the commitee on Legal Affairs
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