HIJ TEAM TRAINING WITH BRITISH PROSECUTION INSPECTORATE ON INSPECTIONS

The team of Inspectors and assistant inspectors from the High Inspector of Justice Office, the Secretary General and members of the Cabinet, conducted an online training session with Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate, United Kingdom.

In his welcoming remark, High Inspector of Justice, Mr. Artur Metani, expressed his satisfaction for this new cooperation, as part of the institution’s vision for continuous capacity growth. “Being a new institution of justice, HIJ aims at raising and strengthening the practices and best work standards in order to contribute to the improvement of the justice system quality and thus increasing public trust. We greatly appreciate the assistance in this aspect from any international partner”.

Deputy Chief Inspector of the United Kingdom, Ms. Lisa Morris said that it was a privilege for them to share their experience with inspectors from other countries regarding inspection as the focus of their work and it helped them understand the problems that other inspection services had.

Ms. Morris and Senior Legal Inspectors, Business Management Inspectors, Legal Inspectors of the British Inspectorate presented their work in terms of the role, responsibility and values of the institution.

Inspectors and assistant inspectors of the High Inspector of Justice Office were informed about the inspection procedure, the way they are decided and planned, their organization way, pre-inspection, site visits, situation assessment and investigation report preparation.

Common thematic inspections as well as differences in their methodology were discussed during this training.

This training with Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate of the United Kingdom, is part of the ongoing process of the capacity building of the High Inspector of Justice Office with the best work practices with international partners regarding disciplinary investigation and inspection.

The High Inspector of Justice has already formalized special collaborations with the counterparts of the Inspection Services of Romania, Italy and Bulgaria, with the European Network of Inspection Services (RESIJ), which HIJ is part of, as well as with assistance missions for justice CEPEJ, EURALIUS and OPDAT, since its establishment as an institution.