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28-07-2016

Roundtable discussion - Novelties and amendments of the Code on Professional Ethics for judges

On 28 July 2016, KJI in cooperation with the USAID/JSSP program conducted roundtable discussion on: "Novelties and amendments of the Code on Professional Ethics for Judges”.

The purpose of this roundtable was for the judges to identify amendments and novelties contained in the new Code of Ethics for judges and recognize Rules for determining misconduct, adopted by the Kosovo Judicial Council.

During this roundtable were deeply elaborated provisions of of the Code of Professional Conduct for judges, amendments and novelties of the Code of Professional Ethics in comparison with the current applicable law, general principles structuring, as well as standards of judges behavior set out in this code. Further, was discussed the regulation for determining misconduct, its purpose, the definition of misconduct, their categorization and determination of sanctions contained in this Regulation.

This roundtable was attended by judges of the Supreme Court and Appellate Court.

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