INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITY OF THE JRC DURING THE WEEK FROM 19 TO 21 SEPTEMBER 2002

Last week the JRC took an active international and institutional nature, in response to a number of activities with a presence of different countries and in different contexts:

Firstly, on19 and 20 septemberat the headquarters of the attorney-General took place the training Plan addressed to the Prosecutor of the JRC:“ Curso monographic of gender-based violence, equality and non-discrimination on grounds of gender ”. In addition to the spanish participants, this activity during the European network of Judicial training, abriéndola to foreign participation. It was attended by 11 prosecutors, judges and other personnel of the Administration of justice of various european countries (Estonia, germany, Greece, france, Netherlands, poland, Portugal and romania), which expressed a high interest and participation, as well as a very favourable assessment of its content and multidisciplinary approach.

Wednesday21 septemberthe JRC wasvisit institutional peruvian delegationin the framework of the international project: “ Support of the forces of law of the eu in the fight against drugs and organised crime in Peru. ” this delegation included the presence of the prosecutor of the nation, Mrs Liz Patricia Benavides, the president of the national board of justice (JNJ: agency constitutionally autonomous and independent appointments, assess, ratify and disciplining judges, prosecutors, and other national authorities of control of the public prosecutor and the Judiciary), D. Henry Jose Avila Herrera, and the president of the academy of the judiciary (AMAG: official institution of the peruvian state in charge of the training of judges and prosecutors), Carlos Giovani Arias Lazarte.

During this visit, the director Abigail Fernández gave them the welcome, and the director of studies, Teresa Muñoz-reja attached to the Deputy head of studies, maría de Galardi, together with the Director of training for a prosecutor, Felix Martin, the Legal adviser to the JRC Aguilera, Montserrat and the chief, international training Area, clear Pascual, were able to convey how the JRC designs, develops and implements the initial and continuing training of the Prosecutor and the body of counsel for the administration of justice, including the training site and distance learning.

Finally, on22 and 23 septembertook place in the JRC themeeting of the sub-working group of criminal law of the European Network of Judicial Training (REFJ-EJTN).In this group the JRC has the status of "" convener or coordinator in the shape of Mrs Carmen de la Fuente Méndez.