On May 2 2018, Academy of Justice within its Continuous Training program, in cooperation with the USAID Justice System Strengthening Program in Kosovo JSSP, conducted a training for judges of Gjilani region on Judicial Ethics.
Purpose of this training was exchange of detailed information on implementation of the Code of Professional Ethics for Judges, discussion and case presentation, enabling judges to perform their work correctly and in line with the legal provisions of the Code of Ethic for judges.
During the training primary attention was paid to hypothetical cases identifying misconduct and at the same time elaborating on provisions of the Code of Ethics for Judges, particularly in the aspect of communication of a party with the judge, use of social media, receiving a gift, even in minimal value, which may create perception to the public that there is corruption in the justice system.
This training highlighted the necessity for judges to be cautious and mature and act with integrity in their private and professional life.
Beneficiaries of this training were judges, from Basic Court of Gjilan, including judges from branches of these courts such as Vitija and Kamenica.
02-05-2018