Supporting curriculum development for the International Institute of Justice and the Rule of Law in Tunisia Date: 2013-04-10 to 2013-04-11 Venue: Sheraton Hotel , Brussels One of the key challenges of developing a successful training institute is the design and delivery of a holistic curriculum that provides: 1) comprehensive practical training for rule of law professionals, 2) specialized training for domestic interagency and cross-border legal cooperation against transnational terrorism and organized crime, and 3) training to complement rule of law-oriented institutional development. A key task for the International Institute for Justice and the Rule of Law (the Institute) will be to develop a tailored curriculum for criminal justice practitioners — including prosecutors, prosecuting judges, judges, law enforcement, and correctional officers — as well as officials charged with oversight of criminal justice officials, including parliamentarians. This initiative, which consists of a series of stakeholder and expert meetings, provides the first opportunity to bring together experts to focus particular attention on the Institutes curriculum. The workshop focused on refining the scope and parameters of the curriculum, further defining the intended audience for the training, and narrowing capacity building good practices. This meeting in Brussels was the start of the development of a curriculum for key law enforcement and criminal justice officials: police, judges, prosecuting judges, prosecutors, and corrections officers. The outcome of this meeting will inform the drafting in May and June 2013 of an initial curriculum by meeting organizers and experts. Practitioners will then discuss this draft curriculum at a second follow-up meeting, to be held in Geneva in July. The Geneva meeting will serve to highlight two to three suggested courses which could then be offered under the auspices of a newly established International Institute for Justice and the Rule of Law in early 2014. Related documents: Draft agenda Concept note Participant list Meeting summary note Supporting curriculum development for the International Institute for Justice and the Rule of Law
