22 Lawyers from the Registry of the European Court of Human Rights (the Court) participated in the HELP Training-of-Trainers (ToT) session aimed at equipping them with the necessary practical skills to effectively implement HELP online courses in their countries of origin.

The training session was opened by Michael Wischuf, Deputy to the Registrar, Registry of the European Court of Human Rights, and Eva Pastrana, Head of HELP Unit.

Following the general presentation on the Council of Europe HELP Programme and the basics of the HELP training methodology, the participants could benefit from a presentation on Implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights at national level by Judge Erik Møse, Judge at the European Court of Human Rights.

Ana-Maria Telbis, HELP Project Officer, provided to the participants practical information on effectively fulfilling all functions as a HELP tutor and on the effective use the HELP online portal, hosting all HELP online courses.

The participants could also hear about the experience of their colleague Marta Cabrera, Lawyer at the Registry of the European Court of Human Rights and HELP national tutor for Spain, on the very successful implementation of the HELP course on Admissibility criteria of applications submitted to the Court in Spanish.

Participants who will complete the final ToT assignments will be certified as HELP tutors.