The second meeting of the Council of Chairpersons of the CIS Supreme (Higher) Courts will take place in Minsk on 8 October, BelTA learned from the press service of the Supreme Court of Belarus.
The meeting is expected to be attended by the heads of the highest judicial bodies of Belarus, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Armenia (remotely), Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Uzbekistan, as well as representatives of Belarusian state bodies and the CIS Executive Committee.
Participants will exchange views on current issues, priority areas and forms of cooperation among judicial bodies within the CIS framework, discuss the results of a study and review of judicial practice in considering cases (applications) for the recognition and enforcement of judgments of foreign courts of CIS member states for 2022-2024, and other areas of cooperation.
The Agreement on the Establishment of the Council of Chairpersons of the CIS Supreme (Higher) Courts was signed on 15 October 2021 at a meeting of the CIS Heads of State Council and entered into force on 26 November 2022.
The Council is an interstate body of the CIS, established to develop coordinated principles and rules of cooperation among courts, provide its organizational support and facilitate practical implementation, with the aim of strengthening interstate legal cooperation in the judicial sector and expanding mechanisms for mutual legal assistance between judicial bodies. It is intended to improve the effectiveness of the exchange of experience among states on judicial proceedings and to promote cooperation in the field of justice.
One of the Council’s main functions is the exchange of information on national legislation and judicial practice, and on the practice of national courts in applying international treaties on legal assistance and legal relations concluded within the CIS.
In December 2024, Belarus assumed the chairmanship of the Council of Chairpersons of the CIS Supreme (Higher) Courts.
