School for the Judiciary

Joint EUAA and SSM Workshop on Trafficking in Human Beings (THB) and international Protection

28-29.9.23. The second training course organised by the Scuola Superiore della Magistratura in collaboration with the European Asylum Agency (EUAA), following the signing by the two institutions in May 2022 of a protocol for the development of cooperation in the field of international protection training, kicked off today at the School’s premises in Castel Capuano.

The seminar (workshop) is dedicated to the theme Trafficking in Human Beings and International Protection, which will also be addressed with the contribution of international speakers, in order to compare Italian case law and practice with that developed in other EU countries in the context of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) and in compliance with the 1951 Geneva Convention.
During the seminar, which opened with a definition of the phenomenon and forms of trafficking in human beings and will continue with a presentation of the applicable international legal framework, various profiles will be discussed on the examination of applications for international protection submitted by victims of trafficking in human beings, the difficulties of the international protection judge in applying international and national forms of protection, the relationship with the criminal trial, and mechanisms and referral tools available to magistrates will be presented.

The seminar will be held in Italian and English, with simultaneous translation into Italian, and will alternate between lectures and group work and discussions.

EJTN: meeting (21 September – Naples Castel Capuano)

The meeting of the European Judicial Training Network (EJTN) working group on judicial training methods started today, 21 September, at the SSM headquarters in Castel Capuano.
The meeting was attended by the EJTN General Secretariat and delegates from the countries participating in the network.

EXCHANGE PROGRAMME 2024 INFORMATION WEBINAR

The Italian School for the Judiciary, together with the European Judicial Training Network (EJTN) and the Exchange Programme team, are delighted to invite judges, prosecutors and judicial trainers of the EU Member States to the
EXCHANGE PROGRAMME 2024 INFORMATION WEBINAR
to be organised on WEDNESDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2023 from 12:00 to 14:00 (CET)

The webinar aims at introducing the training activities offered under the EJTN Exchange Programme 2024 and providing an overview of the application, implementation, and financial processes.

The following activities will be presented:
• Judicial exchanges: General exchanges, Specialised exchanges, Court Presidents and Chief Prosecutors exchanges, Trainers exchanges
• Project-based exchanges: Bilateral exchanges, Regional exchanges, EJTN-CEPOL exchanges, Judiciary Learning Grants.
• Long-term training periods: Court of Justice of the European Union, European Court of Human Rights, Eurojust, and the upcoming EPPO.
• Study visits: Court of Justice of the European Union and EPPO, European Court of Human Rights, EU institutions, Eurojust, European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, the Hague Conference on Private International Law, the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology.
The webinar will be held in English on Zoom and interpreted in French.
It is open to everyone upon registration. To register, simply click here.

The first call for applications of 2024, dedicated to judicial exchanges, bilateral exchanges, and long-term training periods, will open on Friday 1st September 2023 on: https://exp-platform.ejtn.eu/ .

The Italian School for the Judiciary will soon be launching a call for applications.
The pre-selection of candidates is the prerogative of the national training institutions and the EJTN has no influence on this.

Publication of ‘Country Guidance: Somalia’ | CG Talks: Somalia | 6 September 2023
Registration deadline: 4 September 2023

We are also pleased to invite you to the webinar ‘Country Guidance Talks: Somalia’. This online event, taking place on 6 September 2023 from 11.00 to 12.00, will be an opportunity to briefly introduce this first update of ‘Country Guidance: Somalia’ and to engage in a conversation driven by your interest and questions.

Registration to this event is now open at https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/Somalia2023

When registering, take the opportunity to ask any question related to the country guidance work and our recent publication, and the colleagues will respond in the upcoming session.

You are welcome to register and to forward this communication and registration link to others within your court/tribunal. The event will be open to staff of national determining authorities in the EU+ as well members of courts and tribunals. Staff of the EUAA, the European Commission, and UNHCR is also welcome to join.

Deadline for registrations: 4 September 2023

Invitation to the online event will be sent upon registration.

info: country.guidance@euaa.europa.eu

Online the study on the evaluations of the initial and ongoing training courses of the SSM

In the context of a European and internation­al dimension of continuous comparison with other judicial training institutions belonging, primarily, to the European Judicial Training Network (EJTN) and in­ternational organisations dealing with the training of magistrates, such as the European Union and the Council of Europe, the Italian School for the Judiciary (Scuola Superiore della Magistratura, SSM) is committed to the elaboration and development of new and effective methodologies in the field of judicial training in order to improve the quality of initiatives in all areas of its work.

So, the SSM decided to verify the quality of the training provided through a study, carried out in collaboration with the National Research Council of Italy (IGSG – CNR, Bologna Branch), aimed at data processing and statistical analysis of the medium- to long-term evaluations of the initial training courses and ongoing training courses organised by the School.

The research started from an analysis of the data obtained through the admin­istration of a questionnaire for the mid- and long-term evaluation of courses for ordinary magistrates in training (magistrati ordinari in tirocinio, MOT) and the realisation of three focus groups for the mid-term evaluation of some training courses, carried out with the participation of a selected number of trainees and the expert trainers.

The reserach report is published in the Quaderni (Notebooks) series, realised in collaboration with the Italian Institute of Printing and Minting (IPZS – Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato Italiano),  to extend the scope of use of training materials and the findings of the School’s research activity.

The research can be downloaded through the link below:

• The medium-to long-term evaluation of the initial and continuous training courses