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Second working group meeting for developing an online course on ensuring women’s access to justice
The second working group for the development of a HELP course (Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals) on Ensuring Women’s Access to Justice took place on 30-31 May 2018 in Strasbourg. It brought together a group of three legal experts with a e-learning designer, the regional project...
Final conference of the current PCF project to improve the efficiency and quality of judicial services in Azerbaijan
Between July 2015 and March 2017 the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) and judicial authorities of the Republic of Azerbaijan co-operated actively to improve the efficiency of courts and the quality of judicial services. Designated pilot courts and the Justice Academy of...
Autumn School on Human Rights for judges and prosecuters in Moldova
On 14-17 November 2016, the Council of Europe (CoE) in partnership with National Institute of Justices of the Republic of Moldova (NIJ) organized the Autumn School on Human Rights, Fundamental Freedoms and the Internet designed for 40 judges and prosecutors selected from all districts of the...
President of Georgia attends conference on the profession of lawyer
Yesterday, the President of Georgia, Giorgi Margvelashvili, opened the International Conference on the Independent, Qualified and Ethical Exercise of the Profession of Lawyers. He stressed the significance of the advocate’s profession for strengthening the rule of law: “Democratic society does...
Publication of a report on Law Bar Associations best practice
The report of International Conference on the Independent, Qualified and Ethical Exercise of the Profession of Lawyers has just been published. The Conference took place on 20-21 June 2016 and was opened by the The President of Georgia, Giorgi Margvelashvili in Tbilisi Inspired by the...
Support to the Moldovan Bar Association: working towards better self-governance through strengthened internal audit
On 30 May, the "Support to the Moldovan Bar Association" component of the "Strengthening the efficiency of justice and support to lawyers' profession in the Republic of Moldova" organised in Chisinau a workshop on internal audit for the Audit Commission, the Council and the Secretary General of...
Call for expression of interest for local consultants
The Council of Europe's Directorate General of Human Rights and the Rule of law has issued a call for interest for local short term consultants for the Council of Europe and European Union's joint project: support to increased efficiency of courts, improved training of judges and judicial...
Call for expression of interest for local short-term consultants
The Council of Europe's Directorate General of Human Rights and the Rule of law has issued a call for interest for local short term consultants for the Council of Europe and European Union's joint project: support to increased efficiency of courts, improved training of judges and judicial...
სასამართლოს ეფექტურობის შესწავლის პროგრამის დაწყება CEPEJ საშუალებების გამოყენებით საპილოტე სასამართლოში
1-3 სექტემბერს ევროპული კომისიის ექსპერტები მართლმსაჯულების ეფექტურობის საკითხებში (CEPEJ) ეწვივნენ კიდევ სამ სხვა საპილოტე სასამართლოს (სოროკას საოლქო სასამართლო, კაჰულის სააპელაციო სასამართლო და იალოვენის საოლქო სასამართლო) და განიხილეს მიმდინარე სასამართოს მართვის მეთოდები და CEPEJ-ს...
Regional conference on access to justice for women victims of violence in Eastern Partnership countries
The objective of the conference is to review progress made in the field of women’s access to justice in the Eastern Partnership countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova), in the light of the principles of the Council of Europe’s Istanbul Convention....
Working group meeting to develop an online course on women's access to justice
A new e-learning course on women’s access to justice is being developed and will provide a tool for the promotion of gender-sensitive justice in the Council of Europe member states. On 28-29 March 2018, a group of experts from the United Kingdom, Georgia and the Republic Moldova came together...
Continuing impact from the project to support the Moldovan Bar Association
In 2016, the Moldovan Bar Association received expertise and capacity building to improve the clients data protection within its functioning and organisation through the EU and Council of Europe “Support to the Moldovan Bar Association” Project. As a direct result of the support provided, the...
The Moldovan Young Lawyers Association became a member of the European Young Bar Association
On 19 May 2017 the Moldovan Young Lawyers Association became a member of the European Young Bar Association . The membership in the European Association of young lawyers is an important milestone reached by the Moldovan Young Bar. In the words of its president, Mr Vadim Vieru, the membership in...
Support to the Moldovan Bar Association: regional Bars cooperation continued
On 6-10 June 2017, a delegation of Gdansk lawyers visited the Southern Regional Bar in Cahul and the Moldovan Bar Association in Chisinau. The peer-to-peer exchange included challenges faced by the profession of lawyer in young democracies and ways to overcome them, the importance of an effective...
Report on the implementation of selected CEPEJ tools in pilot courts of the Republic of Moldova
Between June 2015 and March 2017 the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) and judicial authorities of the Republic of Moldova cooperated actively to improve the efficiency of courts and the quality of judicial services. Six pilot courts implemented tools developed by the...
Graduation of the ‘Admissibility of Evidence in Criminal Proceedings’ course in Armenia
On 27 April 2017, Deputy Head of the Council of Europe Office in Yerevan, Ms Loreta VIOIU, awarded certificates to 15 Armenian legal professionals who successfully completed the Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals (HELP) distance-learning course on “Admissibility of Evidence in...
Final conference of the PCF current project to improve the efficiency and quality of judicial services in Azerbaijan
The Council of Europe and judicial stakeholders of Azerbaijan held a conference on the results and best practices achieved by the national pilot courts and other major actors of the justice sector in the implementation of the methodology and tools developed by the European Commission for the...
Final conference of current project to improve the efficiency and quality of judicial services in the Republic of Moldova
Between June 2015 and March 2017 the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) and judicial authorities of the Republic of Moldova co-operated actively to improve the efficiency of courts and the quality of judicial services. Six pilot courts and the National Institute of Justice...
Council of Europe and European Union to organise Bench and Bar meeting on Jury Trials for legal professionals in Georgia
On 22 March, 2017 The Council of Europe office in Georgia and EU4Justice Judiciary Support Project will organise a Bench & Bar Meeting on Jury Trials. The event will take place within the joint project of the Council of Europe and European Union – “Application of the European Convention on Human...
Training sessions for newly selected judge candidates
In co-operation with the Academy of Justice of Azerbaijan, in March 2017 the Council of Europe started the series of European Court of Human Rights training sessions for 126 judge candidates who are going through the preparatory training phase of the judicial selection process. The training...