Newsroom Supporting the criminal justice reforms - tackling criminal aspects of the judicial reforms in Georgia
Purchase of consultancy services to conduct quantitative and qualitative research on application of the European Convention on Human Rights and the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights and performance of criminal justice system
The Joint EU/Council of Europe Project “Supporting the criminal justice reforms – tackling criminal aspects of the judicial reform” is launching a tender procedure for purchase of consultancy services to conduct quantitative and qualitative research on application of the European Convention on...
Purchase of consultancy services on legislative expertise and capacity development
TENDER Announcement _Project: “Supporting the criminal justice reforms – tackling criminal aspects of the judicial reform”
Deadline for tender’s submission is 10 January 2021. Tenders shall be submitted by email only (with attachments) to the email address) dgi-coordination@coe.int with the following reference in subject: Tender - Purchase of consultancy services on legislative expertise and capacity development....
Series of cascade trainings for prosecutors on application of pre-trial measures completed
The Council of Europe and the European Union completed series of cascade trainings for prosecutors on application of pre-trial measures following the development of training manual and setting up pool of trainer prosecutors. As a result, more than 80 prosecutors increased qualification on...
Another training for judges on the latest case-law of the Supreme Court of Georgia and the European Court of Human Rights
In co-operation with the High School of Justice, the Council of Europe and the European Union organised the second seminar for judges on the latest case-law of the Supreme Court of Georgia and the European Court of Human Rights. The training facilitators informed judges about the recent...
Supporting legal debate on human rights protection in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic
To mark the Human Rights Day the Council of Europe and the European Union published an annual collection of articles on human rights. The publication covers various issues of international and national standards in protection of human rights. Along with the problems identified at the...
Series of trainings for the Legal Aid Service completed
The Council of Europe and the European Union completed a series of trainings for the lawyers of the Legal Aid Service. The activity chain is a follow up of the development of a guidebook focusing on practical skills and the protection of human rights standards in criminal proceedings. As a...
Working together with lawyers on better protection of human rights in criminal proceedings
A two-day training was organised as a follow up to the development of guidebook focusing on practical skills and the protection of human rights standards in criminal proceedings for state funded Legal Aid Service lawyers. The Council of Europe expert together with defence counsels explored...
60 prosecutors are better aware of standards on substantiation of pre-trial measure’s requests in line with European Convention on Human Rights
On 26-27 July, the Council of Europe and the European Union completed another set of trainings for prosecutors on application of pretrial measures. As a result of cascade trainings more than 60 prosecutors increased knowledge on application of pre-trial measures in line with the case-law of the...
45 prosecutors are better aware of main principles and modalities of International Cooperation in Criminal Matters
On 22-23 July the Council of Europe and the European Union completed series of training for prosecutors on International Cooperation in Criminal Matters (ICCM). As a result of peer-to-peer trainings around 45 prosecutors are better aware of fundamental principles of ICCM and a range of legal...
Judges, prosecutors and lawyers discuss practice and law in respect of application pre-trial measures in line with European Convention on Human Rights
The Council of Europe and the European Union, together with the General Prosecutor’s Office, the Georgian Bar Association and the Supreme Court of Georgia organised meeting with judges, prosecutors, and lawyers to discuss the main challenges faced by legal professionals in application of ...
