HELP course on the Introduction to the European Convention on Human Rights and the European Court of Human Rights

This HELP course on the Introduction to the European Convention on Human Rights and the European Court of Human Rights 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 aiming to support legal professionals and to enhance their capacities to effectively and coherently apply European fundamental rights standards at the national level. 

The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is the most important instrument of the Council of Europe. The ECHR constitutes an important part of the everyday practice of legal professionals. In order to apply it properly, national actors need to have basic knowledge on the ECHR and how it is interpreted by the ECtHR. 

This course aims to provide this necessary basis. It offers a possibility to be acquainted both with the text of the ECHR itself and with the methodology and the procedure followed by the ECtHR in interpreting it. 

The course is addressed to legal professionals (judges, prosecutors, lawyers). It consists of the following 3 substantive modules: 

• The European Convention on Human Rights 
• The European Court of Human Rights 
• Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights

If you are interested in this course or another, you simply need to register in order to access the website resources. An explanatory document is available to make it easier for new persons to find their way around the site. To access the course, firstly you need to open yourself an account at HELP website. Once logged in to the HELP platform you can click here to access the course directly.