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ANTI-CORRUPTION TRAINING FOR JUDGES AND LECTURERS OF LAW SCHOOLS AND IMPROVEMENTS MADE TO THE JUDICIAL CODE OF ETHICS . Transparency International-Mongolia. OBJECTIVES. Awareness raising of judges, court workers, auditors, investigators, NGO’s and lecturers/students
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ANTI-CORRUPTION TRAINING FOR JUDGES AND LECTURERS OF LAW SCHOOLS AND IMPROVEMENTS MADE TO THE JUDICIAL CODE OF ETHICS Transparency International-Mongolia
OBJECTIVES • Awareness raising of judges, court workers, auditors, investigators, NGO’s and lecturers/students • Breaking the silence and initiating debate and engagement of academics and experts of public services • Publishing recommendations to assist in further deepening of judicial reforms • Improving court services and restoring trust in judiciary thru improving judicial CoE • Assisting MAJ to become an independent NGO, which would safeguard judicial independence thru enhancing accountability and promoting ethical behaviour
ACTIVITES • Publishing of handbooks on PP and judicial corruption • Trainings for judges, court workers, auditors, investigators, NGO representatives and lecturers • Making improvements to the judicial CoE • Participation of MAJ reps at IAJ’s int’l conference • Disseminating handbooks and other material previously published by other NGO’s on COI, freedom of expression and FOI • 30 min interview on TV, 3 articles on the trainings and the COE, in daily papers
LESSONS LEARNT • Hiring peers as trainers enhanced efficiency of the trainings • Strong commitment from judiciary ensured almost 100% coverage of the target groups and sent messages that wrongdoings shall not be tolerated • Projects involving GCC, CCAC, MECS and MAJ with media coverage helped raise debate over the issues • Literature analyzing corruption in judiciary and PP provided opportunity for research by students, lecturers, judges and court workers
LESSONS LEARNT • Unforeseen delay in project implementation due to political reasons, this should be foreseen when developing the project • When publicizing about the project and the results achieved it is better to deliver the message in a way such that public understand that the project was initiated by the public organization, the gratitude of whom can do miracles later (we have people sitting on important decision-making positions)