About the Lisbon Network... |
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Its background |
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The multilateral meeting on: "The training of judges and public prosecutors in Europe" (Lisbon, 27-28 April 1995), was aimed at promoting European co-operation in the field of training for judges and prosecutors. The participants supported the implementation of a European information exchange network between persons and bodies in charge of the training of judges and public prosecutors. The Lisbon Network thus created meets once a year to discuss topics of common interest. | ||
Its composition |
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All the member States may be represented in the Network. The members of the Network are national judicial training institutions. In 2004, the Lisbon Network established a Bureau, responsible for defining the Network’s strategy and to help ensure continuity. |
The members of the Bureau are: |
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Its missions |
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The mission of the Lisbon Network lies within the fulfilment of the goals of the Council of Europe, i.e. in particular the independence and efficiency of justice, which are a key factor in a State that guarantees Human Rights and founds its institutions on the Rule of Law.
The Council of Europe attaches special importance to
the legal professions’ role - and in particular magistrates – taking
into account the fact that unless the right training is provided for
legal professions, judicial systems cannot function effectively and will
forfeit public trust. The appropriate training of the judge partakes of
its independence and its efficiency. This is why the Lisbon Network,
whose main goal is to help the development of the training of
magistrates, in particular through the strengthening of exchanges of
experience between the judicial training institutions and the common
examination of shared problematics, contributes to the fulfilment of
these essential goals, namely judicial independence and efficiency. |