Let´s celebrate together the European Day of Justice!
On 25 October, the 2022 edition of the European Day of Justice
[https://www.coe.int/en/web/cepej/events/european-day-of-justice]
(EDJ) will be celebrated. The aim is to bring justice closer to
citizens through a series of activities and events such as open doors,
information and training sessions and panel discussions. This allows
citizens to be best informed on their rights and to discover the work
of the Council of Europe [https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal] and the
European Commission [https://ec.europa.eu/info/index_en] in this
regard. 

The EDJ´s events are open to all EU citizen and are organised with
the help of justice professionals, public authorities, international
bodies as well as educational institutions across Europe. All judicial
institutions, associations and public sector entities are also invited
to inform the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice
[https://www.coe.int/en/web/cepej/home] (CEPEJ) about the events
organised in their country through this form
[https://www.coe.int/en/web/cepej/form-to-be-completed-event-in-the-framework-of-the-european-day-of-justice].
The CEPEJ is in fact the judicial body composed of experts from the 47
Member States of the Council of Europe that prepares tools to improve
the efficiency and functioning of justice in Europe and therefore
plays a key role in the organisation of the Day. 

Moreover, EU and national public administrations in Europe regularly
publish justice-related datasets and use cases on data.europa.eu
[https://data.europa.eu/en]. There are currently over 180
thousand datasets belonging to the category ‘Justice, legal system
and public safety
[https://data.europa.eu/data/datasets?locale=en&categories=JUST&page=1]’:
from criminal judgment statistics, data on enforcement measures, to
information on convictions,  indemnities, and common rights. 

Our portal also offers several use cases of open data related to
justice and coming from different European countries. An example is
Sud na Doloni
[https://data.europa.eu/sites/default/files/use-cases/ukraine_-_sud_na_doloni.pdf],
a court in the palm of your hand`, an analytical service created by an
Ukraine-based start-up to enable citizens to search, review and
visualise court decisions. Another example comes from the Czech
Republic, where the interactive map Hackuj hazard
[https://data.europa.eu/sites/default/files/use-cases/use_case_czech_republic_-_hackuj_hazard.pdf]
was developed to show the percentage of people being prosecuted for
gambling violations, depending on municipality regulations and
gambling allowance. You can find more of these uses cases on the
data.europa.eu dedicated page
[https://data.europa.eu/en/impact-studies/use-cases?keywords=&country=All&region=All&sector=Justice%2C%20Legal%20System%20%26%20Public%20Safety&type=All&items_per_page=10&page=2].


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Publication Date/Time
2022-10-24T07:00:00+00:00
The 2022 European Day of Justice will take place on Tuesday 25 October
and foresees several activities across Europe.