Human rights training of judges, prosecutors and lawyers

Name of Organization: 
Council of Europe
Geographical Scope: 
Regions:
Country:
Purpose: 
  1. General Objective: Knowledge of and practical skills in European HR standards by judges, prosecutors and lawyers are improved in Serbia and Montenegro.
  2. Need that prompted the initiative: Respect of CoE post-accession commitments, in particular ratification and implementation of CoE HR Convention.
  3. Links to human rights treaties or norms: European Convention on human rights
  4. Target population: judges, prosecutors and lawyers
Area of Governance : 
Human Rights
Justice
Website of initiative: 
http://www.coe.int/awareness
Cost (specify currency): 
200 000 EUR
Funding sources: 
CoE Ordinary Budget and Voluntary Contributions
Source of Data: 
Using a combination of own and existing data
Type of Data Collection: 
Administrative Data
Events registration
Secondary sources
List of Indicators: 
Performance indicators:
  1. Arguments making reference to the ECHR in pleadings and court judgments increase
  2. In the long run, cases brought to the Strasbourg Court decrease
 
Sources of Verification:
 
  1. Audits on the efficiency of the judiciary
  2. Case law of domestic courts.
  3. Number of applications to the European Court of Human Rights
  4. Articles and media reports
Main Users: 
Civil society
Donor agencies
Policy makers