Newsletter - March 2021

Mandat

La Division des migrations et des réfugiés (DMR) a été créée le 1er février 2025 au sein de la Direction Générale Droits humains et Etat de droit (DG1) pour assurer le suivi de l'action de l'ancien Représentant spécial du Secrétaire général sur les migrations et les réfugiés. Son mandat consiste notamment à proposer une assistance et un soutien aux Etats membres, en particulier par le biais du Réseau de correspondants sur les migrations, à rechercher, collecter et analyser des informations sur la situation des droits de l'homme des migrants et des réfugiés, ainsi qu'à compléter et coordonner les activités d'autres organes compétents du Conseil de l'Europe et notre action avec d'autres partenaires internationaux, notamment le HCR, l'OIM, l'UE et ses agences spécialisées, et d'autres parties prenantes nationales, régionales et internationales, y compris des organisations de la société civile. La DMR représente le Conseil de l'Europe au sein du Comité de sélection du Distinction Nansen pour les réfugiés du HCR, ainsi que dans les Forums consultatifs de Frontex et de l'EUAA.

Retour Launch of the HELP course on Asylum and European Convention on Human Rights in Turkey

On 4 March 2021, In Ankara, the European Programme for Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals (HELP) course on “Asylum and European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)” was launched in Turkey. The online event brought together 40 lawyers of the Bursa Bar Association with the tutor of the course, the representatives of the HELP platform and the action team.

In their opening speeches, both the President of the Bursa Bar Association Mr. Gürkan ALTUN and the Head of Ankara Programme Office of the Council of Europe Mr. Cristian URSE highlighted the importance of the course for the lawyers, having in mind the high number of migrants in the country. The head of the HELP Unit Ms. Eva PASTRANA emphasised that Turkey was one of the countries with highest number of users on the HELP platform and that this number was increasing every day. It was also stated that due to the high demand for HELP Courses, several launches and virtual classes were to be organised for the lawyers of the Bursa Bar Association, for all six courses provided by the action, namely “Alternatives to Immigration Detention”, “CPT Standards”, “Prohibition of Ill-Treatment”, “Refugee and Migrant Children” and “Child Friendly Justice”.

The HELP Course on “Asylum and ECHR” covers the key provisions of the European Convention of Human Rights and the related case-law of the European Court of Human Rights which are particularly relevant for asylum-seekers and refugees.

The course was provided within the framework of the action “Strengthening the human rights protection of migrants and victims of human trafficking in Turkey”, part of the joint European Union/Council of Europe Programme “Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Turkey 2019-2022”.