About the Project
Project starts: January 2010
Project ends: July 2012
Total budget: € 3 300 000, 96% of which will be funded by the European Union, 4% by the Turkish Authorities and the Council of Europe.
Target group
Members and Rapporteur Judges from the Constitutional Court, the Court of Cassation, the Council of State and the High
Council of Judges and Prosecutors.
Activities
5 round tables to be held in Ankara from March to November
2010. The target group will exchange experiences on the European
Convention on Human Rights and the European Social
Charter with their peers from European institutions and other
Council of Europe member states.
16 study Visits to Strasbourg and Luxembourg from May
2010 to May 2012. The participants will have the opportunity to
visit European Union and Council of Europe institutions.
Placements: The selected judges will be placed in Council
of Europe bodies, such as the European Court of Human Rights
and the Venice Commission, as well as in the European Court of
Justice and other institutions for a maximum of one month. The
participants will get an in-depth understanding of the European
Union institutions and of the European Courts.
12 conferences to be held in Ankara in 2011. Each Court will
participate in four conferences.
Conference Topics of the Constitutional Court
The Constitutional Court as a “domestic remedy to be exhausted or effective” within the meaning of the European Convention on Human Rights; the prohibition and dissolution of political parties and associations; financing of political parties and election campaigns.
Conference Topics of the Court of Cassation
The relations between higher courts and courts of appeals; the performance evaluation of the judiciary; court management within higher courts; possible solutions to the workload of higher courts; access of citizens to higher courts.
Conference Topics of the Council of State
Relations between higher courts and administrative courts of appeal, social rights, gender equality, immigration and asylum, expropriation procedures.
9th Study Visit was aranged on 23-26 May 2011.