Promotion of the Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights through High-Quality Online Trainings in the Croatian Judiciary
20 months (15 September 2021 - 14 September 2023
Funded by European Union and Council of Europe within the REFORM/COE Framework agreement.
MAIN OBJECTIVES
- To support the Judicial Academy in Croatia to improve the methodology, tools and expertise to design and deliver high-quality trainings
- To strengthened capacities of the Judicial Academy to design and implement online training and their general ability to meet the trainings needs through digital solutions
EXPECTED OUTPUTS AND RESULTS
- Reinforced the Judicial Academy training methodology with more focus on e-learning
- Improved Judicial Academy’s capacity to deliver high-quality trainings tailored to the needs of the Croatian judiciary
- Provided training and upgraded the digital tools used by the Judiciary Academy
- Provided trainings on rule of law and fundamental rights
KEY ACTIVITIES
- Establishment the needs of new trainings and further upgrade and improvement of digital tools
- Development of recommendation on the training methodology of the Judicial Academy, with more focus on e-learning and support in their implementation
- Establishment of pilot trainings on rule of law and fundamental rights developed, to be implemented jointly with Judicial Academy
PARTNERS AND BENEFICIARIES
- Judicial Academy of Croatia, the Office of the Representative of the Republic of Croatia before the European Court of Human Rights, representatives of the judiciary in Croatia, judges, prosecutors, judicial advisors, attendants of the State School for Judicial Officials (i.e. future judges and prosecutors) and judicial trainees.
Change Management workshops successfully implemented
Change Management trainings for top officials and staff of the two Croatian beneficiary institutions were successfully implemented in form of three workshops dedicated to various change management topics: Change management strategy and implementation on 19 July 2023; Effective communication and...
Concluded CoE/DG-Reform project on high-quality online training for Croatian Judiciary
The Closing conference of the project “Promotion of the rule of law and fundamental rights through high-quality online trainings in the Croatian Judiciary” was held on 5 September 2023 in Zagreb. The Council of Europe (CoE), in cooperation with the EU Commission DG REFORM, has implemented a...
Capacity training for Judicial Academy on technical design for online training
The interactive Capacity training was successfully implemented on 13 July 2023. It was organised under the Project to strengthen the capacity of the Judicial Academy and the respective digital skills on the development and holding of training and deployment of various on-line tools. In total 9...
Croatian Delegation at the annual HELP Network Conference 2023
The Project “Promotion of the rule of law and fundamental rights through high-quality online trainings in the Croatian Judiciary” implemented by the Council of Europe (CoE) in cooperation with the European Commission DG REFORM is aimed at providing support to the Judicial Academy of Croatia to...
Eighth pilot training for Croatian judges and prosecutors successfully delivered
A one-day training on “Procedural rights arising from Articles 2 and 3 of the European Convention and the rights of victims and injured parties” took place at the Judicial Academy in Zagreb on 7 July 2023. In total 16 judges and prosecutors from all over Croatia took part in the training that was...
Ninth pilot training implemented with the Judicial Academy in Zagreb
The Judicial Academy in Zagreb hosted the ninth Pilot training “Family law - Protection of children in the case law of national courts of the Republic of Croatia and the European Court of Human Rights” on 30 June 2023. The training was delivered for 11 judges from municipal and county courts from...
Eleventh pilot training implemented as interactive e-learning workshop
A one-day training on the “Rights of victims of domestic violence – legal framework (criminal and misdemeanor aspects) and case law of the European Court of Human Rights” took place online on 26 June 2023. Participants from all over Croatia took part in the training held by two tutors, Natalija...
Tenth pilot training implemented as an interactive e-learning workshop
A one-day training on “Hate crime – in the light of the practice of the courts of the Republic of Croatia and the European Court of Human Rights” took place online on 12 June 2023. Judges and prosecutors from all over Croatia took part in the training, that was delivered by Dijana Rizvić, Judge...
Successful implementation of the Fourth Pilot training Session II
The training session on “Application of standards of independence and impartiality of courts and judges (Article 6 of the European Convention)” took place on 27 April 2023 in Zagreb. In total 27 judges and court advisors from municipal and county courts, from all over Croatia attended the...
Capacity building workshop at the Spanish Judicial School in Madrid
On 19 and 20 April 2023 representatives of the Judicial Academy of Croatia (JA) and the Office of the Representative of the Republic of Croatia before the European Court of Human Rights participated in a capacity building workshop at the Spanish Judicial School in Madrid. The visit was organised...
Seventh pilot training successfully implemented as e-learning workshop
One-day training on “Application of Article 6 European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in Proceedings before Administrative Courts” took place online on 30 March 2023. Judges of administrative courts and hight administrative courts from all over Croatia took...
Sixth training successfully implemented in two online sessions due to huge interest of participants
The two-day training on “Application of the principle of proportionality in Art. 1 P1 cases” took place online on 17 and 20 March 2023 and on 02 and 03 May. The training was delivered in two sessions due to a huge interest for the training topic reflected in 63 applications from judges of...
Fifth pilot training successfully implemented as two-day training online
The two-day training on “Content of the right to a fair trial (Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights and Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union)” took place online on 24 and 27 February 2023. Judges of municipal and administrative courts from all over...
Fourth training successfully implemented under the Project Pilot Program
The training session on “Application of standards of independence and impartiality of courts and judges (Article 6 of the European Convention)” took place on 22 February 2023 in Zagreb. In total 23 judges from municipal and county courts, from all over Croatia attended the training which was...
Third training successfully repeated under the Project Pilot Program due to huge interest of participants
Following the high interest in the training topic within the Croatian law practitioners, an additional training session on the criminal law principle “Ne Bis in idem” took place on 10 February 2023 at the Judicial Academy in Zagreb. In total 21 prosecutors from all over Croatia attended the...
Third training successfully implemented under the Project Pilot Program
The third pilot training session on the criminal law principle “Ne Bis in idem” took place on 20 January 2023 in Zagreb. In total 24 participants, judges and prosecutors, from all over Croatia attended the training which was delivered by two tutors: Ms Lara Barberić, Assistant representative of...
Training successfully continues under the Project Pilot Program
The second pilot training session on “Rights of victims and injured parties” took place on 5 and 6 December 2022 in Zagreb. In total 20 participants, judges and prosecutors, from all over Croatia attended the training which was presented by two tutors, Ms Natalija Slavica, Deputy State Prosecutor...
Training of Trainers for on-line sessions
The Training of Trainers (ToT) was successfully implemented on 15 and 16 November 2022 in Zagreb, Croatia under the “Project 21HR21 Promotion of the rule of law and fundamental rights through high-quality online trainings in the Croatian judiciary”. The training was organised in cooperation with...
Successful implementation of the first Pilot Training under the Project Pilot Program
The first pilot training session on “Resolving conflicts between the right to freedom of expression (Article 10 of the ECHR) and the right to private life (Article 8 of the ECHR)” took place on 12 and 13 October 2022 in Zagreb. In total 16 participants, judges and prosecutors, from all over...
Study visit of Project partners to the Centro de Estudos Judiciários (CEJ)
From 5 to 8 October 2022 ten representatives of the Judicial Academy of Croatia (JA) and the Office of the Representative of the Republic of Croatia before the European Court of Human Rights participated in a Study visit to the Center for Judicial Studies (CEJ) in Lisbon, Portugal. The visit was...
