A/HRC/20/20 GLOBAL THEMATIC STUDY HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION AND CONTINUING TRAINING OF LEGAL PROFESSIONALS Participating countries - Admission to the career as a judge, prosecutor, lawyer and public defender. 70,0% 60,0% 50,0% % 40,0% 30,0% 20,0% 10,0% 0,0% Oral/written public examination Selection based merit Executive appointment Mandatory internship Completion technical/speci alization Judges 62,1% 32,8% 29,3% Prosecutors 59,2% 40,8% 36,7% Lawyers 69,4% Public defenders 46,9% 30,6% 48,6% 40,5% 29,7% 37. Judicial academies are usually responsible for the initial capacity-building of judges and prosecutors. In some States, training precedes admission to the function (pre-service courses). In others, academies also offer ongoing training.5 38. Criteria for the promotion of magistrates, judges and prosecutors in their careers are usually based on seniority; it was noted as a criterion in 6.7 per cent of the responses in the case of judges, and 70.5 per cent of the responses in the case of prosecutors. Productivity was the second criterion for the promotion of judges (52.9 per cent) and prosecutors (59.1 per cent). Passing periodic evaluations/examinations was also noted as a criterion for the promotion of judges (35.3 per cent) and prosecutors (36.4 per cent). GLOBAL THEMATIC STUDY HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION AND CONTINUING TRAINING OF LEGAL PROFESSIONALS Participating countries - Criteria for the promotion of judges and prosecutors 70,5% 80,0% 64,7% 70,0% 59,1% 52,9% 60,0% 50,0% 36,4% 35,3% Seniority % 40,0% Productivity Passing of periodic evaluations 20,0% Training in general 10,0% Training in an area related to the vacancy 5 21,6% 21,6% 30,0% 22,7% 13,7% 0,0% Judge Prosecutor In, inter alia, Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey. 11