On 5 October 2016, legal professionals from Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" and Croatia gathered in Belgrade to discuss the relevant European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) standards and related ECtHR case law relating to asylum. The event was organised by the HELP Programme of the Council of Europe, UNHCR and the Belgrade Law Faculty and was intended to address the protection of asylum-seekers under the ECHR in particular regarding non-refoulement, access to a fair and efficient asylum procedure and adequate reception conditions as well as protection from arbitrary and unlawful detention. Despite the decrease of the numbers of arrivals through the Balkan Route following notably the implementation of the EU/Turkey Statement since March 2016, the proper interpretation and application of the ECHR in the region remains critical to ensure persons in need of international protection, still present in the concerned countries, are treated in accordance with relevant European standards. The event was followed on the same day by the launching of the HELP/UNHCR Course on the ECHR and Asylum for a pilot group of Serbian legal professionals. Serbia is the first country in the Western Balkans where this training tool is being rolled out.