The Council of Europe HELP course on Child-friendly justice was officially launched in Tbilisi, Georgia in partnership with the Chief Prosecutors Office and the Georgian Bar Association.
Mr Giorgi Gabitashvili, Deputy Chief Prosecutor of Georgia, stated in his opening speech that child-friendly justice is one of the key priorities of his office and affirmed his commitment to work with the Council of Europe to further strengthen the capacities of prosecutors.
The primary purpose of the HELP course is to strengthen and harmonise the knowledge of the relevant ECHR and other European standards on child-friendly justice across the Council of Europe member States. This free on-line course is primarily addressed to legal professionals and other professionals working for and with children.
Apart from the adaptation of the on-line course to the Georgian legal context, the Council of Europe will pilot the on-line training with 45 lawyers and prosecutors and supports the involvement of two national tutors assigned by the Chief Prosecutor’s Office and the Georgian Bar Association to supervise the distance learning.
The launch was organised as part of the Council of Europe project “Responding to child sexual exploitation and abuse in Georgia, phase I”, implemented in the framework of the Council of Europe Action Plan for Georgia (2016-2019). The project aims at strengthening the capacity of authorities and professionals to prevent and protect children from sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and other forms of violence, and to promote child-friendly practices in Georgia.
The European Programme for Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals (HELP) is the only pan-European Network of national training institutions for judges, prosecutors and lawyers in the 47 member states of the Council of Europe. It is an e-learning platform with free on-line courses on human rights and a human rights training methodology for legal professionals.
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