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The minister of justice, Pilar Llop Cuenca, has chaired the 12 december 2022 the annual meeting in ordinary session of the council of the centre for legal studies, governing body of this autonomous agency.
Attended the Council of the JRC, and vocal, the president of the General council of the judiciary, Rafael Toothache Waiter, who up until now was used as a member of the General council of the judiciary in the field of training; the state secretary for justice, Tontxu Rodríguez Esquerdo; the Chief Prosecutor of the technical secretariat of the attorney General's office, Ana Isabel García León; the Advocate-General of the state, Consuelo Castro King; the Director of the national institute of Toxicology and Forensic Sciences, Antonio Alonso Alonso, and the director of legal studies centre, Abigail Fernández González. Intervened as secretary General of the centre for legal studies, Isabel Herranz Donoso.
Also attended as invited the secretary-General of the administration of justice and the Secretary-General for innovation and quality of public service of justice, Manuel Olmedo palace, the chief, General Estudios-Subdirectora cej, Teresa Muñoz-reja Herrero, chairman of the committee of the Council Científico-técnico Forensic Doctor, Rafael City González, Director of training for a prosecutor, Félix Martín González, and counsel of the administration of justice at the centre, Montserrat Aguilera Lara.
Once the chairperson opened the meeting, the director of Legal studies centre briefed the council on the memory of the centre's activities in 2022, reported on the agreements signed and projections to 2023, made a presentation on the budgetary situation, and submitted the annual training plans and the Plan of action of the Legal studies centre to 2023. Following that presentation, the council unanimously adopted documentation provided.
Amid all the work performed by 2022, highlights two actions: the fellowship programme of the ministry of justice for the preparation for oposiciones racing Judicial and Prosecutor, the body of Counsel for the Administration of justice and the body of State lawyers, and enrolment in the Centre, last november, a Pedagogical Transformation in the framework of the recovery Plan, transformation and Resilience of the government of Spain.
The fellowship programme, implemented in the centre for legal studies, has allowed, in less than one year, the convening and granting of 245 scholarships for the preparation for oposiciones, with a global envelope of €1.619.940. The programme has involved the recovery of financial grants removed a decade ago, greatly increasing the volume and impact with the goal of eliminating the socio-economic gap in access to the bodies of more responsibility in the area of justice.
For its part, the office of Pedagogical Transformation will be supportive of Legal Studies Centre for the preparation of training programmes for knowledge areas and the definition of itineraries, develop educational multimedia learning content and will, both to improve the processes of identification of needs and evaluation and impact of the training activities, as providing a more personal service to teachers.
On the plans of specific training courses and bodies of justice to 2023, include more than 125 activities and 6,300 places, which were compounded by the 55 activities included in the plan.
The incorporation of continuing education, addressed to all races and bodies of justice, including general and special Bodies in the service of the administration of justice on which is competent centre for legal studies, includes an additional supply nearly 9,000 places and 20,000 available in foreign languages., among other areas of learning:
the enhancement of training in digital skills, noting the offer of more than 6,000 places in online courses of office automation equipment (Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook).
• an offer of up to 20,000 places for general training in english, french, german, italian and portuguese; english specialist training in legal and professional skills in english as the leadership or participating in meetings.
• the recovery of the study of the civil rights of the autonomous communities that own them estatutariamente, providing more than 800 beds in 7 online courses in a practical and interactive dialogue.
In addition, training in equality, inclusion and combating gender violence continues to occupy a dominant role.
Finally, we underline the gradual mainstreaming evaluation tests in the training activities, to support the acquisition of knowledge and skills, giving rise to new certificates of use, as well as the development of a specific plan of the training of trainers, who will provide a training programme 360 to support them in their teachers.

Byresolution of the legal studies centre, 5 december 2022summoned places addressed to the prosecutor to attend the training activity:
EU WASTE LEGISLATION AND COMBATING WASTE CRIME to be held from 15 to 17 february 2023 in sofia (Bulgaria), format in English.
This activity aims to shed light on environmental protection, through criminal law, with particular attention to the treatment of waste, of its main topics:
· Directive on waste
· Directive on crimes against the environment
· Crimes associated with the movement and the treatment of
· Investigation of crimes related to waste.
· Ecj rulings Jurisprudence
· Practical cases
Requests until 15 december 2022 to 14h (peninsular time) is only through thevirtual legal studies centre. It will not be possible to request submitted by other means.
Proof of at least one level B1 of english at the time of the making of the request if the JRC did not count as its accreditation.
It provides a test of english online downloadable resulting in pdf format, will be appended to the request:

At the meeting, chaired by the director of the centre, presented the conclusions of the working groups, the summary of the training activity developed in 2022 and formative lines planned for 2023.
The Education Commission of the centre for legal studies met on 2 december 2022 in plenary ordinary session via videoconference, and was chaired by the director of the centre, Abigail Fernández.
The meeting, following the adoption of the record of the previous meeting, started with the statement of conclusionsworking groupsfor the Prosecutor and the body of counsel for the administration of justice. These working groups are intended to facilitate the participation and of the implementation of agreements relating to the formation of groups with a greater presence in the commission, and also allow plenary meetings will be more Agile and effective.
The meeting presented the summary of thetraining activity developed in 2022as the training planned for 2023. Previously, had been transferred to the audience the motion for a continuous professional development plans to be submitted to the council of Legal Studies centre for approval. These proposals have been prepared both institutionally and through the contributions of those who are members of the Commission. In Addition, in the case of the bodies of Counsel for the Administration of justice, Forensic doctors and INTCF Protocols to the public consultations were conducted for the proposed training activities.
To 2023 is expected to maintain a balance betweenclassroom formatand those inonline format. In the incorporation, however, the bet online in order to reach a larger number of participants. In this way, in addition, it promotes the reconciliation of personal and professional life and is provided, as a result, access to training.
Furthermore, it is important to strengthen the provision of trainingdigital skills and linguistic minorities, with special attention to the specialized training in english. It is noteworthy that in 2023 is expected to recover the formation of civil rights of the autonomous communities that estatutariamente the holding.
It also reported on the progressive expansion of the participation of the bodies of justice ininternational training, especially within the European Network of Judicial Training (EJTN-REAFJ) and the academy of European Law (WAS), whose results have already been seen by 2022.
The Education Commission, legal studies centre is a collegiate body of transparency, advice and participation of civil society and corporate interests in the formation of the justice sector. Article 15 of the statute of the Autonomous Body attaches main task is to make recommendations and reports on training programmes, legal studies centre

The state secretary for justice, Tontxu Rodríguez Esquerdo, delivered the offices of female students who succeed in the course of selective access to the body of Protocols in a ceremony held yesterday afternoon in the centre for legal studies.
Accompanied the secretary of State the director of legal studies centre, Abigail Fernández González, and the Director of the national institute of Toxicology and Forensic Sciences, Antonio Alonso Alonso.
The Director of the centre welcomed the audience and, after congratulating the students for a selection process as complex, the legal studies centre will always be the house that help them acquire the skills and knowledge needed to bring its work in the service of citizenship.
The event was attended by a presentation by the number one of the promotion, which appreciated both the legal studies centre and the National Institute of Toxicology and Forensic Sciences, as well as the teaching team, its efforts in organizing the workshop targeted.
Closed the event, the secretary of State, who, in his speech, he stressed the academic and professional female pupils in the 7th promotion of the Protocols, comprising, among other merits, various studies, and extensive as some sort of female staff in the service of the administration of justice. The secretary of State also had a memory to the families of female students, and moved to the new optional holder will always support the ministry of justice.
The course selective, which has been taught in classroom format of 10 october to 18 november 2002, has three strategic lines:
- The promotion of professional identity of the Protocols, through the acquisition of skills, abilities and skills necessary for the exercise of the profession.
- The deepening of the model of organisation and operation of the departments of the national institute of Toxicology and Forensic sciences.
- The empowerment of knowledge of digital environments and Digital justice project with which the ministry of justice is strengthening justice as a public service for citizenship.
In addition, the course selective has included visits to forensic laboratories in Spain, and cross-cutting training in strategic areas, such as on data protection, digital transformation in the field of administration of justice, and training in equality and against violence against women.
From today, female students are incorporated into their new jobs in their destinations.
From the centre for legal studies we congratulations and wish you a successful professional life, whose achievements, in both improve the livelihoods of people, will also be the entire society.
Link to the broadcasting of YouTube for people interested in seeing the holding of the acthttps :// youtu.be/RbBcW-TYMx8.

The Guide, prepared by the working group that the legal studies centre established in the month of may, is intended primarily for Professionally Qualified lawyers and in the administration of justice, but is a tool that can provide guidance to other professional groups involved in the protection of victims of violence on women.
On wednesday, 23 november, the director of legal studies centre, Abigail Fernández González, and members of the working group, María José Costa Lamenca e Ignacio Ramiro Albalate,presented to the minister of justice in an actalso attended by the state secretary for justice, the secretary-General for innovation and quality of public service of justice and the director-General for the public service of justice.
The director of the JRC and authors of the work presented the background and context in which it established the working group, the methodology used and results achieved.
Theobjectivesthe guide are:
- To summarize the applicable rules and jurisprudence on the civil jurisdiction in criminal proceedings and civilians in the area of violence on women.
- Collect elements of consensus and good practices identified by the working group, and make possible proposals to standard.
- Improve the detection of a history of violence on women in the family.
The Centre for legal studies, among other things, the powers of promotion and realization of studies, research, publications, and activities which may help to improve the training of the police Justice.
Therefore, in parallel with training técnico-jurídica, JRC has sought to encourage conclusions, the generation of good practices, and, ultimately, to contribute to building asoft lawto unify criteria and produce a more consistent treatment of similar issues, promoting legal certainty and increasing the quality of the justice system in respect of the assessments of those involved in the proceedings, and assume responsibility and competence of each of the decisions taken.
The result of these commitments, and since the concern about the impact of violence against women in the area of family, the guide arises coordinated approach in the area of criminal proceedings and civilians in the area of violence on women, which will be issued for its free consultation (Laboratory of Ideasthe site of the JRC, integrating into the same time, therepertory jurídico-científicothe agency.

The Centre for legal studies ismemberof the board of the government of the academy of european law, and, as a result of this professional relationship, you want to make known the holding of theconference “ to maintain the attractiveness of the legal professions: how we can anticipate future trends ”.
This is an activity completelyfreein formatonlineon 2 december In this.websiteyou can find information about the Forum and to register, at the same. The conference aims to initiate a structured dialogue between representatives of the legal professions in europe.
The JRC is firmly committed to the training of all their students and, therefore, advertises this activity carried out with the intention thatjudges, prosecutors, judicial personnel, private lawyers and other officials of the euto address and analyse the challenges and common concerns, and, at the same time, can make a common position on those professions.
Given itsinternationalityit will be participating organizations as the renowned european network of councils for the judiciary (ENCJ), the council of bar associations and societies of europe (CCBE), the european association of judges (EAJ) and the association of European Administrative Judges (AEAJ), among others.
EUFLP (EU Forum of the Legal Professions) is a collaborative project between and evolving legal professions in which the academy of european law (WAS, by its acronyms in german) plays the role offacilitator. This feature coincides with the objective of the ERA, and that is intended to organise an event each year, where the latest trends and the most important issues of common interest can be discussed by the members of the forum.

Byresolution of the legal studies centre, 18 november 2002places, addressed to the Prosecutor and the body of counsel for the administration of justice to participate in study visits of the european network of Judicial Training (REFJ-EJTN) to different institutions and courts of the european union, during the first half of 2023.
Organized for groups of participants of different nationalities in the european court of justice (ECJ RULINGS), the european court of human rights (ECHR), Eurojust, the eu institutions in brussels, the agency for fundamental rights of the european union (FRA, by its initials in english) or the Max Planck institute, provide their beneficiaries a perspective on the operation and procedures of the host institutions.
Applications until the day15 december at olivier jacque(hour Brussels) through the platform for the EJTN.
It will be compulsory to substantiate, FOR THE APPLICATION PROCESS, at least level B1 of language (english or french according to the visit, see Annex I to the resolution). With the exception of the visit to the Max Planck Institute will be necessary where the minimum level B2 of english.
Accreditation is emailed topintercambio@cej-mjusticia.es
In the event you have no accreditation of the english language: in the following link can be carried out a test of languages, whose outcome will be the accreditation of downloadable mentioned:https :// learning.ejtn.eu/login/
In the case of a visit in french, can request proof of standard phone/online, at the same email address.
Only be possible to request the races that convenes each activity (see Annex I).

The legal studies centre considered that the coordination between all operators of justice is key to provide a quality public service capable of meeting in each case to the needs of persons. This idea is particularly important in situations like those that affect many victims, in which transcends the individual sphere is the collective.
With this point of departure within the Training Plan for forensic physicians 2022, and inserted into the strategic area of identification of human remains and situations of multiple victims, has conducted a training activity on management of situations of Multiple Fatalities and coordination between Police and Judicial Institutions in the facilities of the commander of the Guardia Civil of Barcelona, in Sant Andreu de la Barca.
The activity opened the director of legal studies centre, Abigail Fernández González, Director, Institut of Legal medicine and Forensic Ciències of catalonia, Eneko Barberia Marcalaín, and the chef de zone of the Guardia Civil of Catalonia, General José Luis Tovar Jover.
Over the past two days, the people involved addressed issues such as information management, the quality of data to analyse the reliability of the results of laboratory, the role of the forensic dental or the National Protocol for action Médico-forense and Scientific Police in Events with Multiple Victims, in this case, from the perspective of the judiciary, administration of justice at the state and autonomous groups, of the security forces, and from medicine In Health Care, In Addition discussed concrete experiences in situations of multiple fatalities.
There was also a practical exercise of an alleged incident with multiple victims with an explanation from the scene, and description of activities and forms of use in such cases. The closure of the simulation, directors of the activity, Nicomedes Expósito Márquez and Rafael City González, analyzed the exercise and identified the critical points of action.
We appreciate the participation of all institutions and authorities involved, and especially that of the Guardia Civil of Barcelona, without whose help this activity would not be possible.