The European Union (EU) and the Council of Europe (CoE) in co-operation with the High Scholl of Justice (HSoJ) officially launched the online HELP course on Reasoning of Criminal Judgments Justice on 23 October in Tbilisi, Georgia.

This free on-line course has been designed to address the needs of judges, who, in their National Courts are required to reference the judgments and case-law of the European Court of Human Rights.

The course is developed in an interactive way; it has 7 different modules including Right to fair Trial under article 6, reasoning of criminal judgments in the context of articles 2, 3, 5, 8 and 10. Apart from the adaptation of the online course to the Georgian legal context, the EU and the CoE support the involvement of two national tutors, who will supervise the distance learning of 20 judge assistants whose terms of references include preparation of draft judgments. The activity aims at strengthening application of the ECHR standards by the national courts and thus, contributing to the better quality of justice.

The event was organised in the framework of the European Union – Council of Europe joint project “Strengthening the Application of the European Convention on Human Rights in Georgia”, within the EU-CoE Partnership for Good Governance. The online HELP course can be accessed in English language at this link.