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Sarajevo / Bosnia and Herzegovina 17–18 November 2025
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Strengthening the judicial training system in Bosnia and Herzegovina with CEPEJ tools

Representatives of judicial training institutions and the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina gathered in Sarajevo for a two days workshop to increase efficiency and quality of judicial training programmes in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

This workshop follows an in-depth analysis of the judicial training system in Bosnia and Herzegovina, conducted earlier this year by the CEPEJ. The workshop aimed to discuss and exchange with beneficiaries the assessment of training needs as well as the development and implementation of future training programmes in the field of justice. Participants have also identified ways to sustainably incorporate CEPEJ topics related to the efficiency and quality of justice into judicial training programmes in BiH.

Discussions explored practical ways to strengthen inter-institutional co-ordination and quality assurance within the judicial training system, including approaches to address recommendations from the EC Progress Report. The event concluded with reflections on the way forward and on areas where CEPEJ could continue to provide support.

 

This activity was organised by the BiHSEJ action “Strengthening the Efficiency and Quality of Justice in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiHSEJ)” in the framework of the European Union/Council of Europe joint programme Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Türkiye (Horizontal Facility III), co-funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe and implemented by the Council of Europe.

Work in this thematic area focuses on prisons and police (including human rights in policing, healthcare in prisons and safeguards against torture and ill-treatment), human rights standards in the judiciary (focusing on enhancing the application of case-law of the European Court of Human Rights), migration issues, the efficiency of justice systems (with a focus on analysing judicial statistics to optimise court administrations) and/or legal co-operation (which concentrates on increasing the individual independence of judges and prosecutors and the accountability of the judicial system).

*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence.