Justice and Legal Co-operation Department
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Title Eastern Partnership – Enhancing judicial reform in the Eastern Partnership countries |
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| Project area | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Republic of Moldova, Ukraine |
| Budget | EUR 923 995 |
| Funding | European Union |
| Implementation | Legal and Human Rights Capacity Building Department (LHRCB) |
| Duration | 11/03/2011 - 10/09/2013 (30 months) |
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Overall objective: Specific objective: Expected result 1: Expected result 2: |
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Calendar of activities 2011-2012 : Download
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The Joint European Union and Council of Europe Programme entitled “Enhancing Judicial Reform in the Eastern Partnership countries” publishes key reports on the lawyers’ profession and judicial training The Justice and Legal Co-operation Department is publishing two reports on “The profession of Lawyers” and “The training of Judges” in Eastern Partnership countries. These publications mark the start of a series of bilateral discussions of the findings of the reports with the national authorities and representatives of civil society. They are complementary to the reports on “Judicial self-governing bodies” and “Judges’ career”, previously prepared under the Project. These reports were drawn up by representatives of Ministries of Justice, national bar associations, judicial self-governing bodies and national training institutions, with the support of CoE experts. The first bilateral meeting with representatives of the ministries of justice, judicial self-governing bodies, bar associations, lawyers and judges will take place on 22 – 23 May, in Chisinau, Moldova. “The profession of Lawyers” report dwells upon key aspects of the lawyers’ profession which include the mandate, organisation and functioning of Bar Associations, the criteria for entering the profession, the importance of initial and continuous training, ethical rules and disciplinary liability. The developments in the field of judicial training of judges in the participating countries are analysed in the report on “Training of Judges.” The analysis is focused on the structure and mandate of the training institutions, process of admission to the training; the quality and structure of initial and in-service training, and the importance of training judges on human rights issues. The national practices are assessed against Council of Europe standards. Download:
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Officials and Civil Society Forum representatives, members of the “Professional Judicial Systems” working groups of the EaP Programme meet in Strasbourg Strasbourg, 14-17 February 2012Within the framework of the Joint Programme entitled “Enhancing Judicial Reform in the Eastern Partnership (EaP) Countries” which is financed by the European Union and implemented by the Council of Europe there will be organised two meetings under the working group on “Professional Judicial Systems” on 14-17 February 2012, in Strasbourg. The group comprised of representatives of national Bar Associations and Ministries of Justice will sit on 14-15 February 2012. Another group which includes the Ministry of Justice officials and representatives of training establishments for judges will work on 16-17 February 2012.The purpose of the meetings is to discuss two draft reports, namely “Lawyer’s Profession” and “Training of Judges ”, that examine laws and practices of the participating countries as regards the role of the Bar, training of lawyers, access to the lawyer’s profession, ethics and disciplinary liability of lawyers, initial and in-service training of judges in light of relevant CoE and European standards. Final reports based on the discussions and conclusions of the working group meetings will be available at the end of April and will be widely disseminated in the EaP countries. Download:
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Eastern Partnership: first meeting on professional judicial systems Strasbourg
The Joint Programme entitled “Enhancing Judicial Reform in the Eastern Partnership (EaP) Countries” which is financed by the European Union and implemented by the Council of Europe organized on 31 August – 2 September 2011 the first meeting of the Working Group on “Professional Judicial Systems”. It gathered representatives of national ministries of justice and Bar Associations from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. The subgroup’s mandate is to review national laws and practice as regards the role of the Bar, access to the profession, training of lawyers and, finally, ethical issues and disciplinary proceedings against lawyers. The Group is also in charge of making recommendations to increase compliance of national legislation and practice with European standards, which will be subsequently presented and discussed with the national authorities. This the first time when representatives of the Civil Society Forum joined to the Project activities. Civil society and non-governmental organizations have an important role to play in the participating countries as they can provide policy input, new initiatives and hold governments accountable. Therefore, the inputs of the Civil Society Forum will contribute to making the recommendations of the Working Group more targeted.
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Eastern Partnership: second meeting on independent judicial systems
Strasbourg, 11-13 July 2011 |
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The Joint Programme between the Council of Europe and the European Union entitled “Enhancing Judicial Reform in the Eastern Partnership (EaP) Countries” organised on 11-13 July 2011 the second meeting of the Working group on “Independent Judicial Systems”, which gathers judges, members of judicial self-governing bodies and representatives of ministries of justice from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.
The meeting was focused on the identification of gaps between European standards and national legislation in EaP participating states with regard to the composition of judicial self-governing bodies, including the nomination procedures of their members. Moreover, national delegations also presented the legislative framework and practice concerning the appointment, promotion and career of judges in their countries, and discussed with the project experts possible measures and steps to be taken to meet relevant European standards.
A report summarising the conclusions of the meeting will be available by the end of August and will be widely disseminated in the EaP countries.
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Enhancing judicial reform in the Eastern Partnership countries Project
Strasbourg, 18 May 2011 The first meeting within the framework of the Joint Project entitled “Enhancing judicial reform in the Eastern Partnership countries” will be taking place 18 May 2011. It is envisaged that the meeting will be attended delegates from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine and Belarus. The participants will represent national High Judicial Councils, Supreme Courts, Ministries of Justice, Bar Association and Training Centres for judges. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the most problematic issues relating to independence of the judiciary issue and common for all beneficiary countries and select those on the basis of which the future expert groups will work out their Recommendations with a view to increasing independence, efficiency and professionalism of the judicial systems of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine and Belarus.
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