HELP course on Ethics for Judges, Prosecutors and Lawyers is now available in Ukrainian.

The online course has been developed in 2020-2021 by the Council of Europe HELP Programme under the EU-CoE “HELP in the EU II” project, in cooperation with several Council of Europe entities/services such as the Secretariats of the Venice Commission, the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) and the Consultative Councils of European Judges and Prosecutors (CCJE and CCPE) as well as the Registry of the European Court of Human Rights.

The course is primarily addressed to judges, prosecutors, and lawyers, but can be also interesting for other legal professionals as well as university students and civil society organisations.

The course is primarily addressed to judges, prosecutors, and lawyers, but can be also interesting for other legal professionals as well as university students and civil society organisations.

The course consists of 2 general modules on Introduction, and International and European Framework, as well as 3 specific modules for judges, prosecutors and lawyers, respectively.

Module 1: Introduction

• Why does professional ethics matter?
• Common values and principles
• Key concepts
• Distinction between ethical principles and disciplinary rules

Module 2: International and European Framework

• Treaty norms
• United Nations
• Council of Europe
• European Union
• Professional bodies

Module 3: Ethics for Judges

• Main principles
• Qualities and virtues
• Tools
• Practical examples

Module 4: Ethics for Prosecutors

• Main principles
• Relation with the media
• Tools

Module 5: Ethics for Lawyers

• General principles
• Relation with other parties
• Values
• Tools
• Practical examples

The Ukrainian translation of the course is publicly available on the HELP online platform http://help.elearning.ext.coe.int/. To access the course, it is necessary to open a HELP account if it has not been done yet.

The course was translated within the framework of the Council of Europe Project “Human Rights Compliant Criminal Justice System in Ukraine”, which is part of the Council of Europe Action Plan for Ukraine 2018-2022.