1. Eva Pastrana, Council of Europe
European Programme for Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals From HRE to HRELP
Eva Pastrana, Council of Europe
Strasbourg, June 2017

2. Overview – HELP What is HELP Links to HR education in Europe
Regional approach: EU
Western Balkans and Turkey
Russia

3. CoE Report on State of Citizenship and HRE in Europe
HRE, asap in life-long journey
2010 Charter’s for EDC and HRE importance
Report recommendations: focus on topics
From HRE to HRELP
From learning to live together to live together – similarities
Challenges: lack of resources and mindset
Methodology: knowledge, skills & attitudes

4. Goal of HELP ?
HELP legal professionals to apply ECHR and (Revised) ESC + CoE legislation in daily work
+ EU Charter and EU law for EU countries

5. You can watch these videos HELP (5.29’) Courses:
Labour rights (1.31’)
Data protection & private life (2.40’)

6. Courses available ‘HELP in the 28’ courses
Introduction to the ECHR and the ECtHR
Admissibility criteria (ECtHR)
Asylum
Family law
Child-friendly justice and children’s rights
Anti-discrimination
Hate crime/hate speech
Community sanctions and alternative measures to detention
International co-operation in criminal matters
Business and human rights
Counterfeiting of medical products and crimes against public health
Transitional justice
Property rights
Freedom or expression
Trafficking in light of the ECHR
Pre-trial investigation in the light of ECHR
Reasoning of judgments
Fight against racism, xenophobia and homophobia
Data protection and privacy rights
Labour rights
Right to the integrity of the person (bioethics)
‘HELP in the 28’ courses

7. Optimising HELP courses
Admissibility criteria (ECtHR)

8. Number of new subscribers in the HELP e-learning Platform
Average per month Total per year
ONLY AS OF jUNE

9. Number of HELP users HELP in EU: 11.700 HELP in WB and TK: 2.070
HELP in Russia: 1.220
Eastern Partnership: 1.880
Others: 2.040

10. How to enrol in HELP courses?
Click in our e-learning platform

11. www.coe.int/HELP Thank you very much for your attention!
HELP Head of Unit:
HELP in Russia:
HELP in Western Balkans: