Mock trial on topic: “Human trafficking”, in cooperation with OSCE Presence

The School of Magistrates, on 4 - 5 December, 2024, in cooperation with OSCE Presence organizes the mock trial on topic:

 “Human trafficking.”

 

This activity was welcomed by the Head of the OSCE Presence, his excellence, ambassador Michel Tarran and Mr. Arben Rakipi, Director of the School of Magistrates, as well as experts participating in this activity Mr. Sandër Simoni, judge in the High Court and Mrs. Doloreza Musabelliu, prosecutor in the Special Prosecution against Corruption and Organized Crime. 

The training of the format “mock trial” on issues of the trafficking of persons for candidates for magistrate of the School of Magistrates provides a training opportunity through a methodology that stands close to the reality of the court room. Mock trial is a safe space to learn and prove new solutions in criminal judgments and specifically in the offences of the trafficking of persons, known for the complexity of investigation and trial. 

The objective of the mock trial is not to be improved the general capacities of participants to the court room, but to help them understand problems and typical challenges in issues of human trafficking as well as to train them in the consolidation of skills so that to deal with these cases. 

Based on the OSCE manual, “How to Conduct Mock Trials and Investigation Simulations Based on Trafficking in Persons Cases” the mock trial is headed by a work group composed of judges and prosecutors having experience in the criminal prosecution and the judgment of trafficking and at the same time is specialized in this methodology. This training is done in the context of the project on advancing training capacities in the fight against human trafficking on advancing training capacities of the School of Magistrates and of the Safety Academy in the fight against human trafficking, which is implemented with the support of the governments of the United States, Norway and Italy.