Aija BRANTA – representative of Latvia in the Council of Europe’s Commission for the Efficiency of Justice
The Council of Europe’s Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) was established by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe in 2002. Since 2003, Aija Branta, the Senator of the Department of Criminal Cases of the Supreme Court, has been a representative of Latvia in the Commission.
The aim of the CEPEJ is the improvement of the efficiency and functioning of justice in the member States, and elaboration of relevant documents adopted by the Council of Europe. In cooperation with national institutions, the Commission annually prepares reports on assessment of European systems of justice.
Aija BRANTA – representative of Latvia in the Consultative Council of European Judges
The Consultative Council of European Judges (CCJE) is an advisory body of the Council of Europe on issues related to the independence, impartiality and competence of judges. The Council is composed of judges only. Aija Branta has been a representative of Latvia since 2006.
CCJE develops and provides opinions to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on issues regarding the status of judges and the exercise of their functions.
Zane PĒTERSONE – member of the Judicial Advisory Council of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
The Senator is elected to the WIPO Advisory Board of Judges for the term 2023-2025.
Zane PĒTERSONE – representative of Latvia to the Circle of European Trademark Judges
Zane Pētersone, the Senator of the Department of Civil Cases, has been the representative of Latvia to the CET-J (Circle of European Trademark Judges) since 2017.
CET-J is a group of European judges in the field of trademark law. It consists of participants from 20 Countries and two representatives of the General Court. It was founded in 1996. The network aims to provide its participants with a broad exchange of views, solutions and items of European trademark law and actual questions of daily trademark court business.
Zane PĒTERSONE – member of the EUIPO Boards of Appeal Judges and the Network of IP Judges
Senator Zane Pētersone is a Latvian representative in the EUIPO Boards of Appeal Judges’ Quality Assurance and Legal Practice Panels (J-QALPP) and the EUIPO Boards’ of Appeal Mediation IP Judges Network.
Dzintra AMERIKA – representative of Latvia to the Association of European Competition Law Judges
Dzintra Amerika, the Senator of the Department of Administrative Cases, is the representative of the Supreme Court of Latvia to the Association of European Competition Law Judges (AECLJ).
The Association was founded in 2002. It gathers judges who hear cases in their courts involving both national and European competition law. The main aim of the Association is to promote knowledge and understanding of competition policy and law issues throughout the respective judiciaries.
In 2018, Aija Branta received the CEPEJ Award for contribution to strengthening the quality of justice in Europe