Judge Dr Jamal Hosni Haroun, General Director of the Jordanian Judicial Academy and participants of the online exchange of experiences on effective training measures, success models and best practices. Jordan
When are training measures effective and successful, which practices have proven their worth? In June 2024, IRZ, the Jordanian Judicial Academy and Dr Jeldrik Mühl, Head of Training as a representative of the Judicial Academy of North Rhine-Westphalia (JAK), discussed these questions online.
The Jordanian Judicial Academy is a long-standing partner of IRZ and is responsible for the basic and further training of legal personnel in Jordan. The JAK is the central training institution of the judicial administration of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and offers a comprehensive training programme for the judiciary.
Both institutions reported on their central tasks, the country-specific circumstances in the area of further training for legal personnel, their practical work and the associated training measures. The long-term effectiveness and efficiency of training models were a particular focus, but the discussions also covered the challenges, such as needs-based planning and the most effective and needs-based implementation of training programmes, the introduction of digital processes and technologies, as well as continuous further development and modification in the area of training.
IRZ would like to thank the participating institutions for the successful exchange, which contributes to the more effective initial and further training of legal staff and thus to the professionalisation of legal staff and the improvement of the functioning of the courts.
Participants of the delegation with the President of the Federal Court of Justice, Bettina Limperg (1st row, 3rd from left) and His Excellency Judge Mohammad Al Ghazo, President of the Jordanian Court of Cassation and President of the Jordanian Judicial Council (1st row, 3rd from right) during the visit to the Federal Court of Justice. Jordan
In cooperation with USAID and the Jordanian Judicial Council, IRZ conducted a study trip from 22 to 26 April 2024 on the topic of ‘Exchange of experience on revision procedures and the digitalisation of the judiciary’ - led by His Excellency Judge Mohammad Al Ghazo, President of the Jordanian Court of Cassation and President of the Jordanian Judicial Council.
The delegation visited the Ministry of Justice and Migration of Baden-Württemberg as well as the Federal Supreme Court and the Federal Constitutional Court, among others, where current initiatives and challenges in the field of justice administration as well as the enforcement and application of alternative penal sanctions were discussed.
The delegation participants and representatives of the courts and the ministry reported on their experiences with the legal framework for appeal proceedings, the challenges and opportunities of digitalisation in the justice system and the practical implementation of digital processes and technologies. The diversity of the issues and legal questions illustrated the complexity of the topics and the associated opportunities and challenges for the judiciary.
The study trip was an important step towards an efficient and modern judicial system and helped to strengthen cooperation and the bilateral exchange of experience between the participating institutions.
Working group meeting in Amman: Digitalisation efforts within criminal proceedings and evaluation of the project with participants from the Jordanian Ministry of Justice and Judicial Council. Jordan
The last working group meeting was held on 5 and 6 December 2023 in Amman, marking the conclusion of the Federal Foreign Office-funded project "Promoting legal certainty: Supporting criminal law reforms in Jordan (2020-2023)".
The focus of the first day of the seminar was on the digitalisation efforts of the Jordanian judiciary to increase the efficiency of Jordanian criminal proceedings.
Electronic criminal file, artificial intelligence
The German working group of the project presented the efforts of the judiciary to digitalise its investigative work and its practical implementation in Germany. The focus here was on electronic criminal files and the use of artificial intelligence. They discussed how the latter can be used in criminal proceedings in order to achieve an increase in efficiency in court proceedings, for example in the case of class actions with similar or identical facts.
Digital documentation in criminal proceedings
The speakers also discussed the digital documentation of the main criminal trial and current developments in the German draft of a main trial documentation law.
Mizan" system
The Jordanian speakers presented the current status of the digitalisation of their criminal proceedings and explained the "Mizan" system. This is a digital platform with which members of the judiciary can work and which is intended to speed up court proceedings.
Review of the project results
The second day of the working group meeting was dedicated to evaluating project implementation since 2020. The final recommendations of the German experts were made on the basis of international comparative law standards and taking into account the needs formulated by the Jordanian cooperation partners and participants.
