Work visit in the National School of the Judiciary, Greece

At the invitation of the National School of the Judiciary, Greece, a delegation of the School of Magistrates, of the judiciary and prosecution, is participating in a training activity of the Program of Professional Formation of this school. This delegation is composed of lecturers and servants of the School, judges and prosecutors on duty of different levels of first instance courts.

The visit consists in the participation in two (one day) training activities on topics such as: 

• The Rule of Law;
• Natural Law; 
• Social Media;
• Political Interventions in judicial proceedings. 

On the second day the visit consists in the participation in a training session of trainers on topics such as:  

• Joint marriages;  
• Family issues between Greece and Albania; 
• New challenges for the judicial practice and procedure emphasizing the indication of new technologies and social media.

In the first day were elaborated different topics such as:  

• The logic of justice and methods of its implementation; 
• The role of facilitating circumstances and the reasoning of the judgment; 
• Reactions of the judiciary regarding the interferences of the executive authority in the field of criminal law; 
• Construction of the social reality by media; 
• The point of view of the jury of trial and of the judge; (as well as)  
• The judge and media. 

In the second day was a combination of topics regarding the training of trainers and the elaboration of topics in the field of Family Law such as marriages between Albanians and Greeks, as well as new technologies in judiciary and in judicial systems. 

At the end of the visit, the delegation held an extended work visit in the Court of the First Instance of Thessaloniki meeting Mr. Petros Alikakos, Head of the Court as well as trainer in the National School of the Judiciary, Greece.