Self-learning Materials

This HELP course on the standards of the Council of Europe Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) is part of a series of courses created by the European Programme for Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals (HELP) of the Council of Europe (CoE) aiming to support legal professionals and to enhance their capacities to effectively and coherently apply European fundamental rights standards at the national level. The course was developed in cooperation with the Council of Europe Commitee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) and with the support of the Project “Strengthening the application of the European Convention on Human Rights in Georgia”, under the European Union-Council of Europe Partnership for Good Governance. It aims at preventing ill-treatment of persons deprived of their liberty and familiarizing legal professionals with the CPT’s key standards concerning the five most important places of deprivation of liberty: police stations, prisons, immigration detention facilities, psychiatric establishments and social care homes.

This HELP course on Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence is part of a series of courses created by the European Programme for Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals aiming to support legal professionals and to enhance their capacities to effectively and coherently apply European fundamental rights standards at the national level. Violence against women is a grave violation of human rights and a form of discrimination against women. This comprehensive course aims at improving the quality of the judicial response in violence against women cases and supporting the access to justice for victims of violence. It covers in an interactive way the international and European legal framework and case-law governing the prevention and protection of women and girls from violence, focusing in particular on the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention). Furthermore, the course provides legal professionals with practical tools for dealing with cases of violence against women and domestic violence with respect to a human rights and victim centred approach. The course is addressed to legal professionals (judges, prosecutors, lawyers).

This product is available after registration to the CEPOL LEEd platform . Please see the below Registration Guide for details. The aim of the training is: • To identify the knowledge related to cross-border hot pursuit • To raise awareness on the added value and options...

This product is available after registration to the CEPOL LEEd platform . Please see the below Registration Guide for details. Target audience Law enforcement and judicial authorities dealing with cybercrime investigation. Aim: Provision of knowledge and insight to law...

This specialised e-learning course offers a practical overview of the guidelines developed by the CJEU in its preliminary ruling decisions on the EU copyright framework. The content is structured in ten key questions helping legal practitioners across Europe to understand how these concepts should be interpreted before national courts. On completing the course you will have a good overview of the most relevant issues concerning the EU copyright framework.

The European Programme for Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals in the European Union member states (HELP in the EU) supports legal professionals to enhance their capacities to effectively and coherently apply European fundamental rights standards at the national level and through cross-border training, mainly referring to the EU Charter on Fundamental Rights (the Charter), the European Convention on Human Rights, the European Social Charter and relevant EU and Council of Europe Law via a series of online courses. The HELP online courses are addressed to legal professionals (judges, prosecutors and lawyers). They cover various human rights related topics, reflecting the different areas of work of the Council of Europe.

This series of handbooks cover the following topics: the right to respect for private and family life, the right to a fair trial, the right to personal liberty and security, freedom of thought, conscience and religion; freedom of expression, the right to property, the prohibition of torture, the right to life and the protection of migrants.

Generally, the three EU directives are quite well implemented in the Hungarian legal environment at the theoretical level. However, there are still discrepancies in everyday practice regarding compliance with the directives.

This product is available after registration to the CEPOL LEEd platform . Please see the below Registration Guide for details. The aim of the training is to explore illicit amphetamine laboratories, which safety measures to take when approaching such hazardous...

This product is available after registration to the CEPOL LEEd platform . Please see the below Registration Guide for details. The aim of the training is to explore locations of illicit cannabis plantation, which safety measures to take when approaching such hazardous...

This product is available after registration to the CEPOL LEEd platform . Please see the below Registration Guide for details. The aim of the training is to explore illicit drug waste dumps, which safety measures to take when approaching such hazardous sites. The...

This product is available after registration to the CEPOL LEEd platform . Please see the below Registration Guide for details. The aim of the training is to explore illicit MDMA laboratories, which safety measures to take when approaching such hazardous manufacturing...

This product is available after registration to the CEPOL LEEd platform . Please see the below Registration Guide for details. The aim of the training is to explore laboratories for production of new psychoactive substances (NPS), which safety measures to take when...

This product is available after registration to the CEPOL LEEd platform . Please see the below Registration Guide for details. The aim of the training is to explore illicit drug precursor laboratories, which safety measures to take when approaching such hazardous...

This product is available after registration to the CEPOL LEEd platform . Please see the below Registration Guide for details. The aim of the training is to explore illicit small-scale kitchen-style methamphetamine production sites, which safety measures to take when...

This product is available after registration to the CEPOL LEEd platform . Please see the below Registration Guide for details. The aim of the training is to explore illicit drug tableting laboratories, which safety measures to take when approaching such hazardous...

The training module addresses judges and prosecutors dealing with environmental issues with previous general, and in certain cases specific, knowledge regarding the subject. The module will provide judges and prosecutors with relevant information on the latest developments of the EU environmental law acquis, relevant jurisprudence of the Court of Justice of the EU and an in-depth analysis of the topic with a special focus on EU Industrial Emissions Directive.

National infosheets on the application of three EU procedural rights directives (access to a lawyer, presumption of innocence, and legal aid) in 9 EU jurisdictions (Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, France, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Spain).

This introductory module gives a basic understanding of the EU Law, it's application and what triggers infringement procedures.