An Uncertain First Step in the Field of Judicial Self-government: ECJ 19 November 2019, Joined Cases C-585/18, C-624/18 and C-625/18,A.K.,CPandDO

Abstract

The last decade has seen a surge in interest in questions of judicial self-governmentand in judicial councils in particularby international organisations, 1 judicial associations 2 and legal scholars. 3 Increasingly, questions on these topics have also been brought before international courts, with two cases making it to the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in 2018 alone. 4 The judgment in the joined cases of A.K., CP and DO was the first opportunity for

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