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Closing Conference of Strengthening the Capacity of Bar Associations and Lawyers on European Human Rights Standards Project Held
The closing conference of the European Union - Council of Europe Joint Project “Strengthening the Capacity of Bar Associations and Lawyers on European Human Rights Standards” was organised on 23 June 2022 in Istanbul. The topic of the conference was Freedom of Expression: Transformation and...
6th Awareness Raising Meeting and Launching of e-Library
The 6th Awareness Raising Meeting of the EU-Council of Europe Joint Project “Strengthening the Capacity of Bar Associations and Lawyers on European Human Rights Standards” was organised as a hybrid event in Ankara on 23 May 2002. Representatives of the Council of Europe and the Union of Turkish...
The European Union-Council of Europe Joint Project “Strengthening the Capacity of Bar Associations and Lawyers on European Human Rights Standards” held its 7th Steering Committee Meeting and 11th Management Meeting
The seventh Steering Committee Meeting and eleventh Management Meeting of the European Union-Council of Europe Joint Project “Strengthening the Capacity of Bar Associations and Lawyers on European Human Rights Standards” was held online on 11 May 2022. The representatives of the Council of...
Eighth Coordination Meeting Held Online with Pilot Bars
The Joint Project on Strengthening the Capacity of Bar Associations and Lawyers on European Human Rights Standards (SCoBAL) organized its eighth Coordination Meeting online for the pilot Bar Associations on 29 April 2022. The representatives of the pilot Bar Associations, the Union of Turkish Bar...
Turkish human rights lawyers attended a study visit to Vienna
During 22-25 March 2022, Turkish human rights lawyers visited lawyer organisations, NGOs, research centres and courts, as part of a study visit to Vienna, Austria, conducted under the EU-Council of Europe Joint Project “Strengthening the Capacity of Bar Associations and Lawyers on European Human...
Kick-off meeting of the tutored HELP Courses on ‘’Introduction to the ECHR and the ECtHR’’ and ‘’Asylum and the ECHR’’
The European Union-Council of Europe Joint Project on Strengthening the Capacity of Bar Associations and Lawyers on European Human Rights Standards organised an online kick-off meeting on 21 February 2022 to announce the launching of the tutored HELP Courses on ‘’Introduction to the ECHR and the...
4th Awareness Raising Meeting on Monitoring and Reporting Human Rights Violations
The 4th Awareness Raising Meeting of the EU-Council of Europe Joint Project “Strengthening the Capacity of Bar Associations and Lawyers on European Human Rights Standards” was organised online on 05 February 2022. Representatives of the Council of Europe and the Union of Turkish Bar Associations...
Strengthening the Capacity of Bar Associations and Lawyers on European Human Rights Standards Project organised its international conference
The International Conference of the EU-Council of Europe Joint Project “Strengthening the Capacity of Bar Associations and Lawyers on European Human Rights Standards” was conducted on 10-11 December 2021 in a hybrid format, where the opening speeches were delivered by the Head of Ankara Programme...
The European Union-Council of Europe Joint Project “Strengthening the Capacity of Bar Associations and Lawyers on European Human Rights Standards” held its Sixth Steering Committee Meeting
The sixth Steering Committee Meeting of the European Union-Council of Europe Joint Project “Strengthening the Capacity of Bar Associations and Lawyers on European Human Rights Standards” took place in hybrid format on 19 October 2021. The representatives of the Council of Europe, the Union of...
Online Training of Trainers for Lawyers on Human Rights
Online Training of Trainers was organised online on 27 and 30 September 2021 for lawyer trainers under the Joint Project on “Strengthening the Capacity of Bar Associations and Lawyers on European Human Rights Standards”. A total of 80 lawyers participated in the training. Following the briefing...
Call for Turkish Lawyers - Placements to the European Court of Human Rights (Registry Department)
The Council of Europe and the Union of Turkish Bar Association are currently looking for two placements to the European Court of Human Rights (Registry Department) for interested turkish lawyers, under the Council of Europe and European Union Joint Project on "Strengthening the Capacity of Bar...
SCoBAL Project holds its 6th Coordination Meeting
The Sixth Coordination Meeting was held online for the pilot bar associations on 22 September 2021, under the Joint Project on “Strengthening the Capacity of Bar Associations and Lawyers on European Human Rights Standards (SCoBAL)”. The meeting brought together representatives of the pilot Bar...
Union of Turkish Bar Associations Visited CoE Programme Office in Ankara for SCoBAL Project
Vice President of the Union of Turkish Bar Associations (UTBA) and responsible for ScoBAL Project Mr Ünsal Toker and Director of EU and International Affairs Department of UTBA Mr Murat Yalkın visited the CoE Programme Office in Ankara to meet with the Head of Office Mr Cristian Urse and the...
Local call in Turkey: Call for tenders for the provision of Publication Package for Strengthening the Capacity and Knowledge of Lawyers of the Human Rights Centers.
The Council of Europe is currently implementing a Project on “Strengthening the Capacity of Bar Associations and Lawyers on European Human Rights Standards”. The purpose of this call is to identify one (1) provider for the provision of preparation, printing, and distribution of Publication...
Kick-off meeting of the tutored HELP Course on Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence
The kick-off meeting brought together approximately 260 course participants, who were informed about the Council of Europe HELP Programme (Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals), practical advice on the violence against women and domestic violence HELP Course. The participants were...
Strengthening the Capacity of Bar Associations and Lawyers on European Human Rights Standards Project organised its 3rd Awareness Raising Meeting
The 3rd Awareness Raising Meeting of the EU-Council of Europe Joint Project “Strengthening the Capacity of Bar Associations and Lawyers on European Human Rights Standards” was conducted online on 25 June 2021. Representatives of the Council of Europe, the Union of Turkish Bar Associations and the...
5th Coordination Meeting held with Pilot Bar Associations
The Fifth Coordination Meeting was held online for the pilot Bar Associations on 6 May 2021, under scope of the Joint Project on Strengthening the Capacity of Bar Associations and Lawyers on European Human Rights Standards (SCoBAL). The meeting brought together representatives of the pilot Bar...
The European Union - Council of Europe Joint Project “Strengthening the Capacity of Bar Associations and Lawyers on European Human Rights Standards” held its Fifth Steering Committee Meeting Online
The fifth Steering Committee Meeting of the European Union-Council of Europe Joint Project “Strengthening the Capacity of Bar Associations and Lawyers on European Human Rights Standards” took place on 21 April 2021 on an online platform. The representatives of the Council of Europe, the Union of...
Three Publications Now Available in Turkish for All Turkish-speaking Lawyers
Within the scope of the European Union - Council of Europe Joint Project on Strengthening the Capacity of Bar Associations and Lawyers on European Human Rights Standards, three books titled “Practical Guide on Admissibility Criteria”, “The Individual Application Under the European Convention on...
Ceremony of handing over training certificates
On 26 March 2021, a ceremony was organised at the offices of the Union of Turkish Bar Associations to present certificates to those participating in the training activities implemented by the Joint European Union/Council of Europe Project on “Strengthening the Capacity of Bar Associations and...