Article 6 of the ECHR and its implementation

On 8 September 2017, the Academy of Justice, within the Continuous Training Program, conducted training on: "Article 6 of the ECHR and its implementation".

The purpose of this training was to deepen the knowledge of judges and prosecutors regarding correct implementation of the criteria’s and guarantees contained in Article 6 of the ECHR.

In the first part of the training were addressed issues related to the content of the ECHR provisions, respectively Article 6 of the ECHR, procedural protection under provisions of Article 6 of the ECHR, the right to a fair and public hearing, the right to be tried without unreasonable delays, the right of the accused to question, or ask to question witnesses of the opponents, to attend and examine witnesses under his name.

While in the second part, were addressed issues related to the right of the accused to obtain free assistance of an interpreter if they do not understand or speak the language used in the court, the independence and impartiality of the courts in the context of Article 6 of the ECHR and the ECHR case-law related to this article.

During this training, combined methods of explanation were used, including theoretical and practical explanations, followed by examples from the case law of the ECHR, where each participant was active throughout the training. The training was dominated by cases related to the correct implementation of the criteria and guarantees contained in Article 6 of the ECHR.

Beneficiaries of this training were judges and prosecutors of basic level from different courts and prosecution offices of Kosovo region