Uzbekistan to utilize Canadian National Judicial Institute experience in training judges 

On March 27, a seminar on "The organization of educational process for judge candidates, current judges and members of the court staff" was held at the Judicial School at the Supreme Council of Judges of the Republic of Uzbekistan. As Kun.uz correspondent reports, the event was attended by Chief Justice Officer of the Canadian National Judicial Institute Adel Kent and Director of the International Cooperation Group Brenda Cooper with the support of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).

In the first half of the day, Canadian experts shared their experiences in training their candidates for judicial sphere, raising qualifications of judges and court staff. In the second half, interactive sessions were conducted with the Judicial School staff.

A professor of civil law at the Higher School of Judges Ilkhom Nasriyev said that this is the first seminar with foreign experts since the establishment of the Judicial School. 

“By the Presidential decree, in January 2019, a Judicial School of Higher Education under the Supreme Council of Judges was established, and at the moment it is being formed - staff selection, training programs, organizational issues are being considered. Today, Canadian experts in this field have visited us and they share their experiences with us. So we can make some conclusions, because Judges, for the first time in our history, will be trained in a specialized institution,” Nasriyev said. 

According to Canadian judicial system experts, today's judges should be interested in other sciences, for example, in psychology. This will help them to have a deeper and more innovative approach to different situations. They noted that today judges are trained to take a different approach to the situation. 

Foreign experts recommended that the Judicial School representatives should be guided by the specific principles of curriculum development.

For reference: Canadian National Judicial Institute (NJI) is located in Ottawa. NJI is an independent, non-profit organization, founded in 1988, under the chairmanship of the Canadian Chief Justice. Approximately 50 people are employed. The budget is about $9 million. It has four departments: education, finance, operational and international.