Four one-day seminars on practical issues of the Criminal Procedure Code were organised for 70 judges specialised in criminal law in September and October in Yerevan.  The proposed topics derived from Poghosyan v. Armenia group of cases that are under standard supervision of the CoE Committee of Ministers where the European Court of Human Rights found lack of relevant and sufficient reasons for the applicants’ detention as well as other issues related to the lawfulness of detention.  In proclaiming the “right to liberty”, Article 5 of the European Convention of Human Rights contemplates the physical liberty of the person, its aim is to ensure that no one should be deprived of that liberty in an arbitrary fashion. More specifically, the judges improved their knowledge and skills on such topics as restriction of the right to liberty and security including European standards and national practice, as well as on practical issues related to the judicial safeguards of pre-trial proceedings. Concrete examples were prepared for each topic of the training seminars that greatly facilitated the communication among the participants and the trainer. 

The training seminars were organised in cooperation with the Justice Academy within the framework of the Project  “Support to the effective execution of the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights in Armenia”, implemented under the Council of Europe Action Plan for Armenia for 2023- 2026 and funded by Human Rights Trust Fund.