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2022 HELP Network Conference

On 30 June - 1 July 2022 the Council of Europe HELP Programme (Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals) will hold its 2022 Annual Network Conference in Strasbourg, France, and online.

Primarily aimed at Judiciary Schools and Bar Associations throughout the Council of Europe member States and beyond, as well as representatives of partner international organisations working on training of legal professionals, the Conference will be fully broadcast online and is open to everyone interested in the work of the HELP Programme of the Council of Europe and in the HELP online courses.

The Conference is organised under the auspices of the Irish Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. It will be opened by the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Ireland, the Director General of Human Rights and Rule of Law of the Council of Europe and the Ambassador and Head of the EU Delegation to the Council of Europe.

The keynote speech will be delivered by Judge Tim Eicke, European Court of Human Rights.

This year, the Conference will include a special topical session on the Council of Europe’s response to the war in Ukraine.

Here you can download the Conference agenda.

To access the webstream of the Conference, please click the button below from 9:30 CET on 30 June and
from 9:00 1 July CET.

The HELP Annual Network Conference is the main gathering of the HELP Network members (Justice Training Institutions and Bar Associations) and partners such as European Judicial Training Network (EJTN), Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE), EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), UNHCR.

The objectives of the conference are:

  1. To highlight the response of the Council of Europe Programme on Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals (HELP) to the current challenges, including response to the war in Ukraine
  1. To present the developments in the HELP Programme since the 2021 HELP Network Conference:
  • update on the HELP projects and initiatives
  • presentation of newly developed or updated HELP courses
  1. To provide the HELP Network members a forum for addressing their peers.

 

Roadmap questionnaire

For HELP Focal and Info Points: please access and fill-in the 2022 Roadmap questionnaire, available here, ideally before the Conference takes place and by 15 July 2022 at latest. It will help us understand the interest in the HELP courses for your respective countries.

 

Strasbourg, France 30 June and 1 July 2022
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