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Basic Texts
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- Opinion no 4 of the Consultative Council of European Judges (CCJE) on appropriate initial and in-service training for judges at national and European levels
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Contact
Tatiana Termacic
Head, Human rights capacity building Unit
Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law
Council of Europe
F-67075 Strasbourg Cedex
FRANCE
Fax.:+ 33 (0)3 88 41 27 36
Tatiana.TERMACIC@coe.int