The Council of Europe and the European Union organised a second peer to peer training for prosecutors on International Cooperation in Criminal Matters (ICCM). The participants learned about fundamental principles of ICCM and the range of legal frameworks and legal instruments for co-operation applied under a general consideration for human rights issues.

The participants discussed matters related to extradition, mutual legal assistance, transfer of sentenced persons, supervision of offenders, international validity of criminal judgments and transfer of proceedings, seizure, and confiscation of proceeds of crime.

The training increased knowledge about open sources of evidence gathering, existing schemes of co-operation with foreign countries, specifics of investigative actions and the national and international standards on application of detention with regards to extradition.

Trainer prosecutors informed their peers on international cooperation networks such as EUROJUST and EUROPOL, reviewed the main challenges faced by prosecutors in relation to extradition cases and discussed the ways of overcoming them.

“This training was organised in the framework of the Project "Supporting the criminal justice reforms - tackling criminal aspects of the judicial reforms in Georgia", funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe and implemented by the Council of Europe in their Partnership for Good Governance II.