New event – Revisiting judicial independence, impartiality and accountability in the context of emerging European standards

On 31 March and 1 April Maastricht University is organizing a Cross-border training inviting judges, magistrates and legal professionals to join the discussion and assess the strengths and weaknesses of their own system of judicial appointments, the functioning of their respective Councils of the Judiciary and the position of individual judges in the judicial process, more particularly relating to their freedom of expression.

The event is divided in two parts, starting with the discussion of the European standard on 31 March in English and moving the discussion to Dutch and Belgian context on 1 April (in Dutch).

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