Twelve lawyers (8 men and 4 women) were introduced to the scope of Article 10 of the European Court of Human rights as well as to the constitutional and local legal provisions in force. During the two-day training, the role of the media and watchdog organisations on one hand and the negative and positive obligations of the state on the other were discussed.
The trainers presented the clash of freedom of expression (Article 10) with the protection of privacy and reputation (Article 8). Moreover, the notions of reputation and defamation have been defined and thoroughly discussed by the trainers and participants.
Participants had the opportunity to widen their knowledge via practical and concrete examples of how to deal with court cases related to freedom of expression and also how to adapt and use the practice of the ECHR in their daily work.
The event was organised under the Grant Agreement with the Bar Association.
This initiative is conducted in the framework of the Horizontal Facility II programme, a co-operation initiative co-funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe and implemented by the Council of Europe.