Reflections of the trained judges on the impact of training
30 November 2018
“Continuous professional development is important for judges who take decisions that can have a profound effect on people’s lives. This training is not only about teaching judges how to apply the case law of the European Court of Human Rights. It is also about encouraging their lifelong learning,” said Sergiy Ukhanenko, a judge of Dnipropetrovsk Administrative Court of Appeal during the interview in June 2017. (OSCE)
“The European Convention on Human Rights is not a universal panacea,” says Vitaliy Bragar, a PCU-trained judge of Mykolayiv District Administrative Court, “It is only a roadmap for the work of judges. We wanted the judges to grasp and reflect on the rule of law principle and its components, so that they refer to them in their judicial practice. In my opinion, we succeeded in this.” (OSCE)
“The hardest thing was to find time to prepare training materials. It takes a lot of time to process all the necessary materials for training seminars: methodological textbooks, ECtHR judgments, articles on the case-law, national legislation and practice," said Yaroslav Levyk, a judge-trainer of Lviv Oblast Court of Appeal. (OSCE)