Anastasia Alekseeva, coordinator of the IAC ISHR monitoring mission, spoke to *Yuridicheskaya Gazeta* about the launch of an educational and analytical project Court monitoring involves observing the administration of justice from the sidelines. It is not carried out from the perspective of a party to the case, but rather from that of an observer who carefully records how the hearing proceeds, how the participants in the proceedings behave, and whether

The IAC ISHR is finalising a practical guide on monitoring the right to a fair trial In a context where trust in the justice system depends directly on the quality of judicial proceedings, professional tools for assessing the extent to which the judicial system meets the standards of a fair trial take on particular significance. In modern democratic states, independent monitoring of court hearings is viewed not as external control,