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Study visit to the Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights inspires future legal professionals
Nine students and their mentor from the University of Southeast Europe in North Macedonia and Aleksander Xhuvani University in Elbasan, Albania, winners of a Moot Court competition, embarked on a study visit to the Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on 17 July 2024....
Summer school in Liverpool examines Council of Europe law
The second Liverpool Summer School is underway at the University of Liverpool. The twelve day event, titled “Council of Europe at 75: Protecting Human Rights, Democracy, and the Rule of Law in a Rapidly Changing World” has been organised by the university’s School of Law and Social Justice in...
HELP Network Conference, 4-5 July 2024
2024 HELP Network Conference
2024 HELP Network Conference held in Strasbourg marks Programme’s 20th anniversary On 4 and 5 July 2024, the Council of Europe Programme for Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals (HELP) held its 2024 Network Conference under the auspices of the Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of...
2024 HELP Network Conference
Council of Europe’s HELP Programme celebrates its 20 anniversary, the 2024 Annual Network Conference takes stock of its achievements and explores avenues for the future (4-5 July 2024, Strasbourg) This year marks the 20th Anniversary of HELP and it will be an occasion to look back at what has...
Meeting of Co-ordinators of the execution of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights held in Helsinki
At the 4th Council of Europe Summit in Reykjavik, the Heads of States and Governments recommitted to ensuring the full, effective, and prompt execution of the final judgments of the Court, and also affirmed the need for a co-operative and inclusive approach, based on dialogue, in the supervision...
Summer School - The European System of Human Rights Protection - ECHR, 1.-12. July 2024 at Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder)
This Summer School will deal in detail specifically with the European system for the protection of human rights. Although there are numerous summer schools and other special study programs within Europe on the human rights protection, this school concentrates on an integrated treatment of the...
Conference on “Human rights and migration in the context of natural disasters and emergency situations” held in Ankara
An international conference on “Human rights and migration in the context of natural disasters and emergency situations” was held in Ankara on 11-12 June 2024. The two-day conference was organised within the framework of the European Union/Council of Europe joint action “Strengthening the human...
Innovative Criminalistics at the Time of War – workshop for investigators of the National Police, State Bureau of Investigation and Security Service of Ukraine
Investigation of crimes in the modern world is becoming more and more technological, so investigators need to constantly improve their knowledge and skills of forensic techniques. Given number of war crimes and gross human rights violations stemming from the Russian Federation's aggressive war...
The Council of Europe supported the workshop for media on investigation of international crimes in the context of Russian aggression against Ukraine
On June 7-8, 2024, the Council of Europe contributed to the workshop for media on investigation of crimes in the context of Russian aggression against Ukraine and issues of international law, organised by the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine. The event was attended by over 40...
Over 350 university representatives from Ukraine meet online to discuss the Strategy for the Implementation of the Council of Europe HELP Courses into the Ukrainian educational process
On 18 June, the Council of Europe Project "HELP (Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals) for Ukraine, including during wartime", in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and the Commission for Legal Education and Awareness, presented the Strategy for the...
EU-ECHR Interplay: Council of Europe HELP course launched for judges and prosecutors from Romania and Lithuania
On 17 and 18 June 2024 over 70 judges and prosecutors from Lithuania and Romania attended two separate launch seminars, organised for their respective countries, of the Council of Europe HELP course on Introduction to Human Rights Protection in Europe – the Interplay between the ECHR and the EU...
HELP course on International Cooperation in Criminal Matters for prosecutors of the Higher Court of Belgrade, Serbia completed
The HELP course on International Cooperation in Criminal Matters was completed with 92% success rate for 24 prosecutors from the Special Courts for Organised Crime and War Crimes in Belgrade, Serbia. The course was implemented through cooperation of two CoE projects "Preventing money laundering...
Professionals of Kosovo* Constitutional Court and Information and Privacy Agency enhance knowledge of European standards under the Right for Respect of Private and Family Life
Protection of the right to privacy faces many challenges in modern age considering the rapid digital transformation of society. The expansion of internet and electronic communications in last decades brought many advantages for humankind, but also serious concerns for protection of personal data...
Updated course on Combating Hate Speech now available on the HELP e-learning platform
Ahead of the first Council of Europe No Hate Speech Week taking place from 17 to 20 June 2024 in Strasbourg, an updated course on Combating Hate Speech is available on the Council of Europe’s European Programme for Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals (HELP) online platform. This new...
European NPM Forum: sharing practices on monitoring of pre-trial detention facilities and other important subjects
On 4-5 June 2024, the joint EU-CoE project “Support to Council of Europe for EU network of prison monitoring bodies” (the European National Preventive Mechanisms (NPM) Forum), which aims at harmonising standards of detention in all places of deprivation of liberty, organised a workshop on...
Combating Trafficking in Human Beings: Council of Europe HELP course launched for EU judges and prosecutors
On 3 and 4 June 2024 thirty judges and prosecutors from 15 EU Member States attended the launch of the Council of Europe HELP course on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings. The event was held in Strasbourg, France and it was organised by the Council of Europe in the framework of the EU-CoE...
Practical Discussions on Mutual Legal Assistance and Extradition with Regional Prosecutors in Ukraine
From May 28 to 31, 2024, the Council of Europe and the EU project "Pravo-Justice" (Phase III), in collaboration with the Office of the Prosecutor General, held discussion sessions on practical aspects of international cooperation at the Prosecutors Training Center of Ukraine. The target audience...
Justice professionals start training on CPT Standards in Spain and Romania
The Council of Europe Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals (HELP) Programme launched the online tutored course focused on the standards of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) for legal professionals from Spain. This...
Judges and prosecutors in Kosovo* deepen understanding of the Right to an Effective Remedy
The Right to an Effective Remedy, protected under the Article 13 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), contains key guarantees for individual’s access to remedies for human rights violations that must be effective in practice as well as in the law. Article 13 has no independent...
Annual Conference of Judges of the Republic of Serbia Judicial days - 2024
The Annual Conference of Judges of the Republic of Serbia - Judicial days 2024 was traditionally organised in Vrnjačka Banja from May 23 until May 25, 2024. The joint CoE/EU project “Support for the implementation of the Judicial Reform in Serbia” contributed to the organisation of the Annual...
