Anti-Corruption, Building Legal Skills and Capacity, Events at Villa, Materials, Newsletter
THE CEELI INSTITUTE’S 20th ANNIVERSARY ANNUAL REPORT
Click here to review our most recent Annual Report highlighting some of the most exciting accomplishments and collaborations from the past year at the CEELI Institute. A special thank you to all of the incredible faculty, partners, and community members who made 2019 one of our most impactful years yet. Read More
Building Legal Skills and Capacity, Events at Villa, Newsletter, Programs
CEELI Hosts Bangladeshi Judges for Intensive Counterterrorism Program
Five Bangladeshi judges spent two weeks at the CEELI Institute in September as part of a collaboration with the National Centre for State Courts’ (NCSC) program, “Countering Terrorism Through a Strengthened Rule of Law Framework”. During the first week, the judges participated in substantive exchanges led by judicial and prosecutorial experts from Canada, the Czech… Read More
Events at Villa, Newsletter
CEELI Sponsors: “The Rule of Law Under Threat: Challenges and Responses”
The Institute was delighted to welcome Pavel Zeman, the Prosecutor General of the Czech Republic as our keynote speaker. Among those joining him was the Hon. Stephen B. King, U Ambassador to the Czech Republic, Baroness Helena Kennedy, Director, International Bar Association (IBA) Human Rights Institute; Veysel Ok, Media Lawyers Studies Association, Turkey; the Hon.… Read More
Events at Villa, Newsletter, Strengthening Judicial Independence and Integrity
CEE Judicial Network: Supporting Judicial Independence and Integrity
With the ongoing support from the US State Department’s INL Bureau, the CEELI Institute’s Network for Rising Judges from Central and Eastern Europe continues its robust schedule of activities for a seventh year. The Network engages over 150 judges from 18 countries of the region, and continues to focus on issues that are of priority… Read More
Anti-Corruption, Events at Villa, Newsletter, Supporting Civil Society
Identifying Unexplained Wealth of Public Officials: CEELI Assists Civil Society in Developing New Anti-Corruption Tools
Over the past year, CEELI has worked closely with NGOs from across Central and Eastern Europe who actively engaged in developing tools to more effectively monitor “Politically Exposed Persons” of PEPs, a category that includes parliamentarians, the judiciary, and senior government officials. PEPs, in most countries, are subject to enhanced legal requirements to publically disclose… Read More
Events at Villa, Newsletter, Supporting Civil Society
Responding to “Illiberal Democracy” in Central and Eastern Europe
CEELI Promotes Effective Use of the European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights and other International Instruments as Tools of Resistance As governments across Europe continue to restrict the independence of the judiciary, limit the free function of the media and generally curb civil and human rights, the CEELI Institute is increasing its efforts to work… Read More
Events at Villa, Programs
CEELI Welcomes the Hon. Beverley McLachlin, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
The CEELI Institute was delighted to welcome the Hon. Beverley McLachlin to Prague, as the keynote speaker for our Annual Meeting in late June. Justice McLachlin recently completed her 17 year term as Chief Justice; she was the first woman to hold that position, and was also the longest serving Chief Justice of Canada. Justice… Read More
Events at Villa, Programs
Training on Application of EU Instruments in Criminal Law
In February and April, the CEELI Institute hosted three sessions of a new program, focused on application of EU instruments in criminal justice. Organized in cooperation with the Association of Croatian Judges, the program brought together in total 83 criminal judges from Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia. The program focuses on… Read More
Events at Villa, Newsletter, Programs
Voices of the Next Generation: Bringing Change to the Middle East
The CEELI Institute is delighted to be able to announce the continuation of its groundbreaking program bringing together young lawyers from the Middle East to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the role that international law can play in its resolution. This program has been generously supported by the International Bar Association for a second year.… Read More
Events at Villa
Save the Date! The CEELI Institute Annual Meeting: July 9-10, 2017
Mark your calendars to join us in Prague, at the Villa Grebovka, on July 9-10, 2017 for the CEELI Institute‘s Annual Meeting. Once again we look forward to bringing together a diverse cross-section of academicians, government officials and experts, as well as our board members, funders, partners, and friends, to discuss some of the most… Read More