The eighth meeting of the Task Force on Access to Justice took place from 15 June 2015 (afternoon) to 17 June 2015 (morning) in Geneva (Palais des Nations, Salle V). The meeting was held back to back to the nineteenth meeting of the Working Group of the Parties held on from 17 June 2015 (afternoon) to 19 June 2015 (morning).
The meeting of the Task Force was focussed on the substantive issues such as the scope of the review, costs and remedies.
Delegates also deliberated on quantitative data provided in 2014 national implementation reports in relation to the practical application of the provisions of article 9 of the Convention and learn from several relevant initiatives. Furthermore, delegates shared their experience in carrying out a multi-stakeholders dialogue for removing barriers to access to justice.
The meeting was preceded by a special session for judges dedicated to the promotion of judicial networking in the Pan-European region, which took place in the morning of 15 June 2015.
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The background material for the meeting included relevant information derived from 2014 national implementation reports and the synthesis report as well as the Convention’s Implementation Guide, the analytical studies and the jurisprudence database developed under auspices of the Task Force.