Content:

The trainees should be able to develop their abilities in solving questions of law and drafting a judgment in different languages. With the module, they will be able to draft judgment in lower or higher instance even if it comes to deal with a special judgment.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding

• List main tasks and activities of a judge in order to perform well;
• List the facts and applicable rules to be assured in the presented cases;
• Identify the necessary components of a judgement.

Cognitive/Intellectual skills/Application of Knowledge

• Analyze and interpret the law and be sure that the law will be respected;
• Draft a judgment in primary and intermediate courts, in the high court and supreme court and deal with special judgments;
• Apply the Rwandese structure of judgment.

Communication/ICT/Numeracy/Analytic Techniques/Practical Skills

• Use books, articles, internet in legal research to be informed continuously on legal developments;
• Observe the rules of natural justice;
• Verify that the facts brought by parties are reliable, valid and relevant.

General transferable skills

• Act in an independent, neutral and impartial manner;
• Supervise other judges and court staff.

Target group:

Judges, prosecutors, attorneys

Duration:

2 weeks

Period:

11 – 22 May

Venue:

ILPD Nyanza