In November – December 2017, the “Strengthening the Capacity of the High School of Justice of Georgia” Project has completed a number of pilot training modules with the trainers of the High School of Justice. The training modules covered four areas: International Humanitarian Law, Anti-Trafficking in Human Beings, Communication and Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence. The pilot training modules are the last stage in the process of development of new modules for the High School of Justice of Georgia.

The pilot training modules enabled trainers to practice and further enhance their training skills. As testified by one of the participants in the Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence training, a judge of the Tbilisi Court of Appeals: ‘the training will be in high demand since the number of domestic violence cases has increased dramatically and now constitutes one of the largest shares among the total number of cases in courts.’

Overall during its lifespan, the Project has developed 9 training modules. As a result, these modules will be included in the curriculum of the High School of Justice of Georgia and will be available for the continuous training of judges and court staff.

The modules were prepared within the framework of the Council of Europe Project “Strengthening the capacity of the High School of Justice of Georgia”. This Project is funded by the voluntary contributions of Bulgaria, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Norway, the Slovak Republic and Sweden to support the implementation of the Council of Europe Action plan for Georgia 2016-2019. The training on Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence was prepared in collaboration with UN Women Georgia.