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EU Council: the European e-Justice Strategy 2024-2028 has been published in the EU Journal.
Communication C/2025/437 of the EU Council on the European e-Justice Strategy 2024-2028 has been published in the Official Journal of the EU.
It applies to all Member States and should serve as a reference for all EU actors involved in the digital transformation process in the justice sector.
The strategy aims to identify the strategic and operational objectives and principles that should be respected in carrying out this digital transformation process, putting in place organisational and methodological measures, identifying key factors to facilitate and promote digitalisation, as well as promoting mechanisms to facilitate the coordination and follow-up of progress made in e-justice initiatives.
In particular, the communication lays down both substantive and operational principles.
The former include respect for fundamental principles and rights; access to justice; the centrality of people; bridging the digital divide; strengthening digital protections for users; make the system sustainable.
Among the operating principles , the Communication mentions the 'once-only' principle; the so-called 'digital by default' principle; interoperability and cybersecurity; dynamic justice; data-driven justice; open source.
The general objective of e-Justice must always be to improve the provision of justice services to the public in order to facilitate the enjoyment of the right to effective judicial protection.
With this in mind, the following strategic objectives should be pursued:
It applies to all Member States and should serve as a reference for all EU actors involved in the digital transformation process in the justice sector.
The strategy aims to identify the strategic and operational objectives and principles that should be respected in carrying out this digital transformation process, putting in place organisational and methodological measures, identifying key factors to facilitate and promote digitalisation, as well as promoting mechanisms to facilitate the coordination and follow-up of progress made in e-justice initiatives.
In particular, the communication lays down both substantive and operational principles.
The former include respect for fundamental principles and rights; access to justice; the centrality of people; bridging the digital divide; strengthening digital protections for users; make the system sustainable.
Among the operating principles , the Communication mentions the 'once-only' principle; the so-called 'digital by default' principle; interoperability and cybersecurity; dynamic justice; data-driven justice; open source.
The general objective of e-Justice must always be to improve the provision of justice services to the public in order to facilitate the enjoyment of the right to effective judicial protection.
With this in mind, the following strategic objectives should be pursued:
- improving access to digital justice;
- strengthening digital judicial cooperation;
- making digital justice more efficient;
- promoting innovative digital justice.
