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Online Round Table: The Right to Fair Trial

Online Round Table: The Right to Fair Trial

On 11 and 15 June, project: "Improving the protection of European Human Rights Standards by the Constitutional Court" organised Online Round Table with the participation of the Constitutional Court, dedicated to fair trial. The discussions were facilitated by two international experts: Mr Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou, Professor of the University of Liverpool, and Mr Dmytro Tretyakov, Senior Lawyer at the Registry of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). The program was prepared in close collaboration with legal advisors of the Constitutional Court, who were the main target audience of this activity.

Participants discussed different aspects of application of Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) through analyses of the relevant case law of the ECtHR, with emphasize on some landmark cases.

Particular attention was given to such questions as reasonable time of proceedings, independence and impartiality of the court, adversarial proceedings, limitations of the right to a court, equality of arms and civil and criminal limbs of Article 6. Apart from the presentations and interactive discussions, the participants were involved in practical exercises through group work on hypothetical scenarios involving different aspects of fair trial. Beneficiaries were also provided with relevant materials developed by the ECtHR and the Council of Europe.

This was second online round table which replaced thematic workshops foreseen by the project in order to adjust to the situation caused by the outbreak of COVID-19. The project “Improving the Protection of European Human Rights Standards by the Constitutional Court” is funded by Norway and implemented by the Council of Europe.

Pristina 17 June 2020
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Fifty practitioners to enhance skills in provision of occupational therapy

Following the adoption of the Guidelines for Occupational Therapy (OT), as well as the Training of Trainers (ToT) on OT that took place in January 2024, three 2-day cascade training sessions were organised in the course of February and March 2024.  Fifty professionals, mainly from the Prison Health Department, along with representatives from the Correctional Services, Institute for Forensic Psychiatry, and the Special Institute for Persons with Mental and Physical Disabilities, were trained on this important form of therapy.

To complement the theoretical aspects and provide the trainees with practical knowledge, some of the sessions were conducted in the Dubrava Prison, in a section which houses prisoners with both mental and somatic problems. This on-site training allowed the participants to observe and understand the application of OT principles in a real-life setting, thus enhancing their learning experience by connecting theory and practice.

These cascade training sessions allowed the participants to further improve their skills in applying the OT Guidelines and tools in prisons and other closed institutions, a concept which was thus far not utilised in a structured manner. Furthermore, training healthcare and correctional professionals together helps them further strengthen the inter-institutional cooperation in the treatment and rehabilitation of some of the most vulnerable members of the society.

Each of these sessions were facilitated by two trainers who had participated in the ToT in January and were supervised and mentored by a Council of Europe consultant who has been involved in the process since the very beginning, thus further strengthening institutional capacity to provide training.

The activity was conducted under the auspices of the Council of Europe project “Improvement of the treatment of persons deprived of liberty”.

 

 

*All references to Kosovo, whether to the territory, institutions, or population, in this text shall be understood in full compliance with United National Security Council Resolution 1244 and without prejudice to the status of Kosovo.

Istog/ Istok 26 March 2024
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