METHODOLOGY METHODOLOGY The Implementing Partner of the programme, the NGO Centre of Policy and Legal Reform, was tasked with conducting training on trial monitoring (in line with the methodology described in OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine’s publication “Trial Monitoring: Manual for Non-governmental Organizations”, available only in Ukrainian at http://www.osce.org/ ukraine/233521 and based on OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights’ “Trial Monitoring: A Reference Manual for Practitioners, Revised edition 2012” available at http://www.osce.org/odihr/94216), conducting trial monitoring, analysis of monitoring findings, and producing an Assessment Report with recommendations. The monitoring was conducted in closed form, i.e. the monitors did not inform the courts that they were present at open trials specifically for monitoring purposes. Within the framework of the monitoring programme, the CPLR: 1. Held trial monitoring training for future monitors. 2. Conducted trial monitoring. 3. Analysed and produced a report on the monitoring findings. PREPARATION AND TRAINING OF MONITORS 50 legal professionals, selected on a competitive basis from among 217 candidates, completed a training course, which included theoretical part and a quest in Kyiv courts, as well as a mentoring programme in the regions, which included attendance of 90 trials together with their mentors and preparation of reports on their work. 217 50 Based on the results of the mentoring programme, 25 best monitors were selected, 24 of whom together with 5 mentors implemented the monitoring programme. 217 6 50 MONITORING OF ADHERENCE TO FAIR TRIAL STANDARDS IN UKRAINE