Corruption in the justice sector

27 April – 18 May 2020 and 14 September – 4 October 2020. 3 week, expert-led course. Learn how to integrate justice sector institutions in programming for judicial reform and rule of law. Suitable for practitioners involved in the justice sector, and general governance experts with a good understanding of the sector.

Type

Facilitated, expert-led course.

Free of charge.

course is for practitioners involved in rule of law and judicial reform programmes. You should have a good understanding of how the justice sector (or particular institutions) work. If you are interested knowing more about anti-corruption measures in this and other sectors, and/or would like to raise internal integrity issues with your counterparts, this course can be helpful.

If you are a general governance expert with a good understanding of the rule of law who would like to integrate justice sector institutions your programming, this course will benefit you.

Length

3 weeks.

Participants will need between 3 and 5 hours per week to go through the material and to complete a short assignment.

When

27 April – 18 May 2020.

14 September – 4 October 2020.

Who can apply

U4 online courses are primarily for U4 partner staff and their guests. Partner staff can sign up directly, see below.

We sometimes have limited spaces available for anti-corruption practitioners from NGOs. Write to course@u4.noif you are interested, or if you are a U4 partner inviting a guest.

Course prerequitsites

In order to ensure a shared basic knowledge of definitions, terminology and concepts of corruption and anti-corruption, prospective participants must complete our self-paced Essentials of Anti-Corruption I module before they can take this course. Essentials of Anti-Corruption II: Development Programming is also recommended, but not required.

What you'll learn

Week 1 – Corruption risks and tools to assess them

Corruption risks along the criminal justice chain
Overview on surveys and assessment tools of corruption and corruption risks in justice sector
Case: Police corruption in Indonesia

Week 2 – Internal and external oversight

Overview of anti-corruption tools
Overview of international standards and guidelines of professional behaviour
Oversight mechanisms
Recruitment and dismissals
Case: Judicial appointments in Ukraine

Week 3 – Other integrity-supporting approaches

International support, collaboration and peer-to-peer learning
Judicial specialisation as a means for more efficiency, expertise and integrity?
A live webinar covering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the justice sector

Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to

Describe the major ways in which corruption in justice sector institutions can arise;
Find and evaluate strengths and weaknesses of various assessment tools for identifying corruption risks in justice sector institutions
Propose and prioritise a set of anti-corruption approaches and ways to integrate anti-corruption measures into justice sector programming

Questions about the course? Contact our course coordinator, Vera Devine.