THE FIRST MEETING WITH THE HIGH JUDICIAL COUNCIL‘ BOARD OF ETHICS HELD IN DECEMBER

On 3 December, the Project representatives held the first meeting with the President of the Board of Ethics of the High Judicial Council (HJC BoE) and the Deputy President of the HJC BoE, to present and discuss the foreseen Project activities aimed at supporting the work of the Board of Ethics and promoting the ethics of judges.

It was agreed, in principle, for the Project to provide support in drafting the necessary amendments to the existing of the Board of Ethics of the High Judicial Council with the aim of its improvement to enable the smooth operation of this body in exercising its competencies. Also, it was agreed for a potential series of debates on the ethics of judges to be organised in the period from December 2021 to February 2022 on various topics, in order to increase the awareness of judges on the respective issue, as well as on the work of the Board of Ethics (BoE). The representatives of the Project and the Board of Ethics agreed on the organisation of trainings for members of the BoE in order to improve their presentation skills both in regular and digital environment, necessary for active promotion of the work of the Board of Ethics.