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Personal information
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Vasilică-Cristi DANILEł
141B Calea Plevnei, 6th district, Bucharest 060011, Romania
+4021311 69 55 / 56
Mobile:
+40720 770 874
+4021 311 69 50 / 51
[email protected]
Romanian
14 December 1975
Married, two children
Work experience
Dates / Occupation or position held
07 January 2011 – to date
Member of Superior Council of Magistracy
15 July 2009 – 23 February 2011
Vice-president of the local court Judecătoria Oradea
Judge at Judecătoria Oradea – Criminal Law Division (local court)
May 2007 – July 2009
Judge, Tribunal Cluj – Administrative and Labour Law division, Cluj County (district court)
January 2005 – May 2007
Personal Advisor, Romanian Ministry of Justice, Bucharest
2004 – 2005
Judge, Tribunal Cluj, Cluj County (district court)
2001 – 2004
Judge, Judecătoria Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County (local court)
1998 – 2011
Judge, Vatra-Dornei, Suceava County (local court)
Main activities and responsibilities
2007: Romanian expert at The Open-Ended Intergovernmental Expert Group Meeting to Develop a
Technical Guide for Strengthening Judicial Integrity and Capacity, 1-2 March 2007, Vienna, Austria,
drafting Commentary on the Bangalore Principles of Judicial Conduct
www.unodc.org/documents/corruption/publications_unodc_commentary-e.pdf
2005 – 2007: represented the relation between Romanian Minister of Justice (MoJ) and the
judges:
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- participated, together with the MoJ, to the national and international meetings;
- organized meetings related to Romanian judicial system’s reform;
- organized the meetings between the Romanian MoJ and the Romanian magistrates` associations in
order to have the permanent support for the national justice reform.
2005 – 2007: represented the relation between Romanian MoJ and the Superior Council of
Magistracy (SCM);
- participated to the weekly meeting of the SCM;
- reported to the minister and the Office members about the debates taken place during the SCM
meetings;
- drafted proposals to increase the efficiency of the SCM`s work.
2005 – 2007: member in The European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ),
Council of Europe
- Romania’s representative to the Plenary meetings of the Commission;
- raporteur for Romanian justice reform’s status;
- national correspondent for the European Judicial System Report, edition 2006 (2004 data);
- translation of the Council of Europe’s documents related to the efficiency and equity of justice;
- national correspondent for the reporting on the civil and penal mediation system in Romania, 2006.
2006: member in work team for drafting Judges and Prosecutors Profile in Romanian justice system,
approved by Superior Council of Magistracy
2005 – 2006: Romanian Leader in the Phare Project RO/03/IB/JH/09 – “Support for Juvenile
Justice” (1,070,000 euro budget)
- coordinate the project and managed the issues raised in the field of Juvenile justice;
- represented the relation between the Romanian MoJ and France MoJ;
- organized the meetings between the actors involved in the juvenile justice system;
- drafted the project proposals related to the reform of juvenile justice in Romania.
2005: Coordinator of Committee for criminal procedure code’s reform
- established the Committee;
- coordinator of the debates related to the activity of the Committee;
- drafted the law to change the Romanian criminal procedure code (Law no.356/2006);
- drafted, at the same time, the Mediation Law (Law no.192/2006).
2005 – 2006: Member of the Committee for the Judicial System reform
- organized the meetings with interested parties related to the presentation and debate of the
comparative law in this field;
- drafted the national new strategy of the reform of the judiciary in Romania and the Plan of Action,
approved by the Romanian Government (GD. no. 232/2005)
- drafted the amendments to the Judicial Organization Law (no.304/2004), Statutes of the Magistrates
Law (no.303/2004), Superior Council of Magistracy Law (no.371/2004).
- drafted the Magistrates Remuneration Law (no.27/2006).
Member of European Judges and Prosecutors Association / Association des Magistrats de l`Union
Européenne
Education and training
Dates/ Title of qualification awarded/
Name and type of organization
providing education and training
2001 – 2002
Master in Law, University of Cluj, Romania
2000 – 2001
Post graduated studies, University of Timişoara, Romania
1994 – 1998
Faculty of Law, University of Iaşi, Romania, Bachelor of Laws
Professional training programmes, 11 February 2011 – International debate at Chişinău – “Common values of Justice in Romania and
conferences, seminaries Moldova” – lecturer on independence of justice, freedom of expression and association of judges and
the accountability of judiciary;
08 October 2010 - “Mediation for the community and justice”, Tulcea;
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03 – 04 November 2009 - “Public Policies in Justice. Place and role of Justice within the rule of law” –
NIM Bucharest; lecture on “Conduct of judges as a mean of their responsibility”
30 October 2009 - “Financing Justice” (UNJR) , Cluj-Napoca, lecture on “International standards on
financing Justice”
13 – 15 October 2009 - “European dialogue between judges and prosecutors” (UNJR), Sofia,
Bulgaria; lecture on “History of the reform of Romanian judiciary”;
2009 - “Romanian Justice and Secret Services”, Bucharest, Romania organized by UNJR, speaker
2008 - “Building judicial integrity”, Prague, organized by CEELI Institute;
2007 - “Corruption in Macedonian Judicial system”, Skopje, Macedonia, organized by UK Govern,
trainer;
2007 - “Pressure factors and Conflicts of interest in the Montenegrin Justice system”, organized by
CEDEM and Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Montenegro, Milocer, trainer;
2007 – “Prosecutors and rule of law”, organized by MEDEL, UNJR, TI-RO, Bucharest;
2 - 3 March 2007 - Expert for the Working Group on strengthening the integrity of judges, set up for
drafting the “Commentary on the Bangalore Principles of Judicial Conduct” , organized by UNODC,
Austria, Vienna.
Lecturer on international standards on justice and history of the reform of Romanian judiciary within
meetings organized by the High Councils of Justice of Bulgaria, Moldova, Montenegro, Macedonia.
2006 – “Globalisation Effects on Justice”, Madrid, Spain;
2006 – “Strengthening Court and Case Management with a special focus on those elements in post
Conflict States”, Verona, Italy, organized by IACA;
2006 – “Responsibility of judges” – comparative view Romania-EU” organized by Friedrich Ebert
Stiftung and MEDEL – European Magistrates for Democracy and the Freedoms, Romania, speaker;
2006 - “Corruption and democracy”, organized by MoJ and Council of Europe, Octopus Project,
Romania;
2005 – 2007 - Expert for the Council of Europe, representative of Romania within the European
Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ), Strasbourg
2005: “Acquis and International Conventions in the area of Custody of Children and related issues” nr.
JHA 20406, organized by European Commission, Directorate-General Enlargement – Technical
Assistance Information Unit, Brussels;
2005 - The 2nd European Forum about Access to Justice, organized by Columbia Law School –
Public Interest Law Initiative and Open Society – Justice Initiative, Budapest – Hungary;
2005 – “Institutionalized Forms of International Co-Operation in Criminal Matters within the European
Union”, organized by Luxembourg Bilateral Assistance Programme for Romania Integration in a
European Area of Freedom, Security and Justice, Romania.
2004 – “The Deontological Code for Judges – theoretical and practical aspects”, organized by
ABBA/CEELI, Romania;
Principal subjects / occupational skills
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Judicial organisation and judiciary reform
Statute of judges – international standards
Independence, impartiality and integrity of judges and of the judicial system
Restorative justice
Juvenile justice
Criminal law and Criminal procedure law
Published works
Studies and articles
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1.
Article “Independence of justice within the rule of law: (I) Standards of structural
independence, (II) Standards of personal independence” in THEMIS Review of NIM no.1
and no.2 of 2010.
2. Article “White Paper. Self-governing of judicial power, administration and decentralization of
courts”, co-author in THEMIS no.01/2010
3. Article “Justice as a public power within the rule of law”, RNSJ, 31.12.2009
4. Article “Vulnerabilities of the judiciary”, RNSJ (www.juridice.ro), 19.10.2009
5. Article “Superior Council of Magistracy – unlawful competencies on the ethics of
magistrates” in the “Forum of Judges” Review no.1/2009 page 41
6. Article “Remuneration of magistrates – a condition for the independence of Justice, coauthor in the “Forum of Judges’ Review no.01/2009 page 63
7. Article “Ethical conduct and professional deontology within Justice” in “Forum of Judges”
Review no.2/2009 page 16
8. Article “Independence and Impartiality of Justice. International Standards” published online
www.europeanrights.eu/geFile.php?name=public/commenti/MEDELon
Independence_and_Impartiality_of_Justice_22mart20081.doc March 2008
9. Article “Corruption from the inside of the justice system” 2008
10. Study “Lustration in Romanian Judiciary” co-author, www.sojust.ro, 2007
11. Study “Effects of globalization on Justice”, Pandectele Romane, supplement of 2007, pages
25-34
12. Article “Mass media shall re-establish the population’s confidence in Justice”, Gazeta de
Cluj no.116-118/2004, republished by www.juridice.ro as “Mass media vs. Justice” on
28.02.2005
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Main areas of interest
Training experience
Article “The judge and mediation in Romanian trial”, Mediation review no.1/2010
Article “Theoretical and practical aspects of notifying the court in the matter of direct
preliminary complaint” published in “LAW” review no.9/2004
Article: “Change of venue in criminal cases – theoretical and practical aspects”, published in
the “LAW” review no.09/2003
Exam of case-law: “Synthesis of criminal judicial practice of courts from Cluj County – 2nd
Quarter 2002”, published in the review “STUDIA UNIVERSITATIS BABES-BOLYAI.
IURISPRUDENTIA no.1/2003
Article “Temporary replacement of the preventive detention measure with the measure of
not leaving the locality in order to allow the defendant to participate at the funeral of his
mother”, published in the “LAW” Review no.5/2003
Remark to the case study “Preventive detention by the prosecutor. Unfulfilling the conditions
of article 148 paragraph 1 letter h of the Criminal Procedure Code. Appraisal criteria”,
published in the review “Curierul Judiciar” no.9/2002.
Article “Abuse of trust: The passive subject other than the owner of good”, published in the
Law Review no.11/2001
“Commentary on the Principles of Bangalore of Judicial Conduct”, (translation into
Romanian), CH Beck, Publishing House, April 2010
http://cristidanilet.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/principii-si-comentarii-ro-08-11-2009.pdf
“Mediation guide”, co-author, University Publishing House, Bucharest, January 2010
“Corruption and anti-corruption in juridical system” CH Beck, Bucharest, 2009
“Mediation. Standards and procedures” University Publishing House, Bucharest 2009
“Efficiency and fairness of justice. European standards”, translations and coordination,
IRDO, Bucharest, 2008.
Recommendations and Resolutions of the Council of Europe (translation into Romanian),
2008
www.irdo.ro/file.php?fisiere_id=539&inline
“Pressure factors and conflicts of interests in the Judiciary – Handbook for judges”, coauthor, edited by Konrad Adenauer Foundation and SoJust, Iasi, 2007.
www.kas.de/wf/doc/kas_12544-544-2-30.pdf
“The Justice System in Romania”, co-author, edited by the Society for Justice (SoJust),
Bucharest, September 2006.
www.sojust.ro/uploaded/raport_1_EN.pdf
Independence of justice, impartiality of judges, integrity of judiciary, ethics of magistrates;
Alternative dispute resolution of cases
Trainer for ethics and deontology, appointed in the framework of the programme of continuous
training, by Decision no.200/2006 of SCM, respectively by Decision no.554/2008 of SCM.
Lecturer for decentralized continuous training sessions for magistrates on methods for
improving the confidence of population in the judiciary, respectively on the three “I”s:
independence, impartiality, integrity.
Lecturer on the independence of justice within the extracurricular conferences for justice
auditors.
Personal skills and
competences
Mother tongue(s)
Other language(s)
Self-assessment
European level (*)
English
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Romanian
English, French
Understanding
Listening
C
Speaking
Reading
C
Spoken interaction
C
Writing
Spoken production
C
C
French
C
C
C
C
C
(*) Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
Organisational skills and
competences
Recent projects
Computer skills and competences
Driving licence
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Ability to work under pressure and meet strict deadlines;
Strong analytical skills for managing and reviewing programmes/projects related to justice reform;
Ability to organize work and collaborate effectively with a wide range of teams and work with
individuals of different national and cultural backgrounds, including networking across professional,
thematic and organizational boundaries;
Excellent interpersonal, communication and representational skills;
Strong analytical and conceptual skills to think and plan strategically and the ability to translate this
into practical and feasible operational programme planning;
Demonstrates integrity and ethical standards;
Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
Treats all people fairly without favoritism;
Ability to work with a team in a multi-cultural environment
“Judges support mediation” – national project, 2010, initiator and coordinator
“Legal education for high school pupils” – local project, Oradea. 2010, initiator and lecturer
“Litigants` opinion on Justice” – project at county level, Bihor 2009, initiator and coordinator
Excellent command of MS Office and Internet Explorer applications;
Ability to use information technology as a tool and as a resource;
European Computer Driving Licence, complete level, 2006
B category (since 1994)