Implementation of the European Convention for Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in the constitutional system of Kosovo

On March 31st 2017, Academy of Justice with the support of UNDP conducted training on “Importance of the European Convention for Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in the constitutional system of the Republic of Kosovo”.

Purpose of this training was extending knowledge of judges about importance of implementing the ECHR and case law of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), and their effect in the legal-constitutional system of the Republic of Kosovo.

This comprehensive training treated aspects of applying European convention on Human Rights, impact of the ECtHR decisions in national legislation, and the HUDOC portal. Particular attention was paid to interpretation of the Convention provisions using cases from the ECtHR case law and ways of practical application of its decisions from state parties of this Convention.

This training also elaborated cases from the Constitutional Court of Kosovo that had impact on regular judiciary. Discussion of case studies tackled the rights set forth in ECHR and the ECtHR case law was presented, particularly those decisions that have mandatory value for judges and prosecutors in the Republic of Kosovo, as a state with the European legal order.

Participants of this training were judges and prosecutors of the basic instance who extended their knowledge on application of ECHR provisions through explanations and answers of the trainers.