Chapter 12 — Advocacy Strategies
OSCE trial-monitoring programmes have also endeavoured to advance domestic training centres
responsible for the continuing education of justice-system actors.187 By lending support to the development and expertise of these permanent institutions, even through “train the trainers” programmes or by channelling training through them, monitoring organizations and other education
providers strengthen domestic ownership, sustainability and the efficient co-ordination of training activities. Field operations have further encouraged those responsible for training to employ
adult learning and interactive methods, in order to maximize the relevance and effectiveness of the
training.188
12.4.4 Supporting the development and work of domestic institutions
Through their human rights and rule of law departments, alone or jointly with donors and authorities, OSCE field missions have assisted in the creation and maintenance of institutions that fill in
gaps identified in the justice system. Examples of these are the legal clinic established in Baku with
the support of the OSCE Mission to Azerbaijan and the support provided by the OSCE to the establishment of the Kosovo Judicial Institute, the Kosovo Law Centre and the Criminal Defence
Resource Centre. Although OSCE staff charged with supporting these institutions may not be involved in trial-monitoring activities, the trial-monitoring programmes can channel their findings
of systemic weaknesses to these institutions, so that they can play their part in addressing them. 189
187 For example, the OSCE Mission to Skopje has embarked on a far reaching two-year training programme for legal practitioners and aimed at improving their knowledge and skills on various topics related to international humanitarian law, including
war-crimes investigation, witness protection, international fair trial standards, evidentiary issues and amnesties.
188 See also Chapter 8.4, “Training sessions”.
189 For example, findings of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo are regularly used in the training curriculum of the Kosovo Judicial
Institute, which is responsible for training judges and prosecutors.
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