The CJC specific training methodology is based on the premise that judicial training is a continuous process which should be the result of mutual exchange and learning between academics and legal practitioners, and between legal practitioners from different jurisdictions, Member States, and legal traditions. Our methodology includes a toolkit that offers not only basic, detailed information but also stimulates the active engagement of legal practitioners with the practical problems concerning the scope and application of fundamental rights.
The objectives of the CJC training methodology are the following:
– Creation of a common legal culture
– Enhancement of mutual trust and exchange
– Dissemination of judicial interaction techniques.
Therefore, the training tools elaborated by the CJC are not the result of an academic exercise; rather, they are based on direct and continuous collaboration with the legal practitioners, selecting and testing the most relevant issues, and consequently national and European cases, that are then included in the training tools made available to the public.
Given that there is an increasing body of rules that are not only based, but also influenced and affected by EU law in many fields, legal practitioners may have difficulties in understanding the boundary between purely national and “unionised” legal rules, which have to be benchmarked against a different set of fundamental principles.
In this sense, the CJC toolkit provides for a full-fledged training where the EU’s most recent legislative and judicial intervention are analysed from both the European and national perspectives.
Online Training Courses
Crash Course on the Application of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
e-NACT 0 is an introductory additional course allowing all the learners to test and update their knowledge on the general principles connected with triggering the application of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights in national contexts.
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Freedom of Expression
This course offers an overview of the main challenges in the protection of what can be considered a cornerstone of European democracies: freedom of expression. Taking the protection afforded by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the European Convention of Human Rights, the course will guide you through different facets of freedom of expression, showing you how far each citizen may exercise his right but also when the State may legitimately limit the possibility to speak out.
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Children’s Rights in the EU Charter
The course takes learners across the general presentation of the varieties of contexts where children’s rights emerge. In doing so, it builds on the guiding principle of the best interest of the child both in the EU and international context.
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Fundamental Social Rights in the European Union
This course offers an overview of the main challenges in the protection of social rights, easily one of the most sensitive topics in EU politics. Contrary to other legal systems solely dedicated to the protection of social rights (such as the International Labour Organisation or the European Social Charter of the Council of Europe), the EU has a broader political and economic agenda.
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The European Charter of Fundamental Rights and Data Protection in the European legal framework
This course will provide an overview of one of the crucial areas of law, namely the right to the protection of personal data and the right to privacy, provided by Articles 8 and 7 of the EU Charter.
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Asylum and Immigration Detention: the Protection of Fundamental Rights in the European Union
The course is aimed at providing the audience with knowledge and skills on a very sensitive topic, especially since many migrants moving from third countries to Member States are in vulnerable conditions.
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Residential Training Courses
organised by Centre for Judicial Cooperation
Overview
The ‘Transnational Training Workshop’, involving legal practitioners from EU Member States, will take place in the framework of the Facilex Project (Facilitating Mutual Recognition: Analytics and Capacity Building Information Legal Explainable Tool to Strengthen Cooperation in the Criminal Matter). For more details about the project, please visit the webpage: https://site.unibo.it/facilex/en/the-project This workshop aims to improve knowledge on horizontal harmonization relating to three EU mutual recognition instruments: European Arrest Warrant, European Investigation Order, Reg. 1805/2018 on the mutual recognition of freezing and confiscation orders. To achieve these objectives, a selection of the most relevant issues revolving around the lack of judicial harmonization will be analyzed during the Transnational Training Workshop. It will be devoted to the analysis of the most relevant-case law surrounding the three EU mutual recognition systems with special focus on effective judicial protection, procedural rights, and fundamental rights protection. Each day will be split in two parts: in the first part, 3 renowned practitioners and lecturers will deliver distinguished lectures; in the second part, practical sessions involving case analysis and discussion on hypothetical will be facilitated by working groups activities. In particular, legal analysis of case studies will be conveyed through the explanatory use of Facilex Platform (available from Spring 2024) that provides a database of EU and national legislation and case-law as well as an automated legal advice tool aimed at customizing legal assessment on available legal remedies. The platform will build upon an already existing advisory tool, focused on the procedural rights of defendants, which can be already freely accessed here. Useful materials for the Working Groups’ activities included in a User Manual will be shared in advance with selected participants.Target group
The event is particularly aimed at:- Lawyers/ representatives of bar associations
- Judicial/prosecuting authorities
- Legal Officers
- NGO Operators
- Researchers/academics in the field of Criminal Justice and Fundamental Rights
Application
The deadline for the submission of applications is 30th April 2024. Submit your application, including the documents mentioned below, to mariavittoria.catanzariti@eui.eu You should mention in the title of your email the title of the workshop. The following documents shall be attached to the application:- CV in English (including a section on proof of knowledge of English)
- A brief motivation letter in English explaining the candidate’s reasons of applying, how he or she would benefit from and contribute to the project. This letter should not merely restate the candidate’s CV.
Selection Procedure
The selection process aims to identify participants who will effectively and substantially contribute to dissemination of project results. Thus, candidates are expected to have:- An excellent knowledge of English language.
- A general knowledge of and experience in the topic of the workshop.
- Inter-disciplinary representativity: the selection will ensure, as much as possible, equal representation of legal practitioners working on civil, criminal and administrative cases. The mix of those three categories shall depend on the topic of a particular workshop.
- Gender balance.
- Age balance.
- Geographical representation: Geographical distribution shall be taken into account, with the aim of selecting participants who work in different areas and regions within the participating countries.