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The project addresses the low trust of people in the judiciary and the lack of knowledge about the functioning of the judicial system in Slovakia.
The project promoter prepared a translation of the Norwegian book Legal Heroes, which can be a tool for better understanding of ethical dilemmas of judges and also a teaching tool for law students. The project promoter organized 2 online discussions in which judges and judicial experts talked about the current challenges in our judicial system. The project promoter also produced a webinar on how citizens can get involved in public proceedings and
Summary of the results
The project addresses the low trust of people in the judiciary and the lack of knowledge about the functioning of the judicial system in Slovakia.
The project promoter prepared a translation of the Norwegian book Legal Heroes, which can be a tool for better understanding of ethical dilemmas of judges and also a teaching tool for law students. The project promoter organized 2 online discussions in which judges and judicial experts talked about the current challenges in our judicial system. The project promoter also produced a webinar on how citizens can get involved in public proceedings and where they can find the information they need. The project promoter created an information campaign for the public to better understand how the Slovak judiciary, courts and prosecution work.
750 copies of the book Legal Heroes were published (almost half of them was distributed, e.g. to law faculties, the Constitutional Court, the Judicial Academy in the Czech Republic, Slovak and Czech lawyers, etc.). 2 online discussions, a webinar were attended by 1384 people. The author of the book Hans Peter Graver came in person to Slovakia and participated in a discussion with the judges of the new Supreme Administrative Court of the Slovak Republic. The project promoter published 2 thematic interviews on the Black Swan portal, read by at least 1381 people. The project promoter created 5 infographics, which together with other information posts had a total reach of at least 346,000 people.