The kick-off the EU-COE Joint Project “Strengthening the Institutional Capacity of Court of Cassation” took place in Ankara

On 27 May 2019, the kick-off of the EU-COE Joint Project “Strengthening the Institutional Capacity of Court of Cassation” took place in Ankara. The representatives of the Council of Europe, the Court of Cassation, the Delegation of the European Union to Turkey, the Central Finance and Contracts Unit, the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs attended the meeting.

Following the opening speeches of Mr Michael Ingledow, Head of the COE’s Programme Office in Ankara and Mr Mustafa Saldırım, the Project team made a brief presentation of the Project, which was followed by questions and answers. During discussions, it was underlined that the focus of this new Project is on the effectiveness and efficiency of the Court of Cassation and its capacity to improve the delivery of justice to the citizens of Turkey. The Project seeks to increase the performance of the Court of Cassation through legislative and procedural adjustments and enhance the capacity, professionalism and competency of the Court’s members, rapporteur judges, public prosecutors and staff. It also aims to foster the effective and accurate implementation of the European human rights standards by the national courts at all levels of the civil and criminal justice system.

The Project will be implemented by the CoE between March 2019-March 2022, in partnership with the Court of Cassation, which is the final beneficiary of the Project.