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
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
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. Network's strategy