Prosecutors from state agencies benefited last week from two days of training on a number of areas including the ethical use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in managing their work flows.
Prosecutors from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU), the Office of the Police Legal Advisor, and the Guyana Police Force took part in specialised training on Criminal Practice and Procedure Rules and AI in Legal Research and Writing, delivered under the European Union-funded Partnership of the Caribbean and the European Union on Justice (PACE Justice) Regional Programme.
The two-day training, held on September 10 and 11 at the Pegasus Exhibition Centre, supported ongoing efforts to enhance the knowledge and skills of Guyana’s prosecutors and, by extension, the criminal justice sector. A release from the UNDP said participants were to be engaged in session on rules of evidence, hearsay, identification evidence, confessions, money laundering prosecutions, and plea bargaining and plea agreements. The training was to also focus on how prosecutors could ethically leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to more efficiently manage their workflows.
Delivering the feature remarks at the opening, the release said that the Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, SC, reflected on the importance of maintaining balance within the criminal justice system and ensuring that legal processes uphold the rights and interests of all parties in accordance with the law.
“We’re really happy to continue this work with the criminal justice sector, with the support of the European Union-funded Partnership of the Caribbean and the European Union on Justice,” said UNDP Resident Representative for Guyana, Katy Thompson.
She highlighted the contribution of Justice of Appeal Gillian Lucky of Trinidad and Tobago, whose participation, she said, reflected the value of regional knowledge-sharing and collaboration in strengthening criminal justice systems.
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