Self-learning Materials

This HELP course on combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims 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. This course is primarily addressed to legal professionals (criminal judges, prosecutors, lawyers or senior court staff) and law enforcement and other state authorities as well as NGOs dealing with individuals affected by trafficking in human beings. It is designed to equip practitioners to effectively apply the standards developed under the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (the CoE Convention) in their daily work. Besides the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings, the course explores the case law of the European Court of Human Rights as well as other international legal instruments and national good practices, always focusing on the protection of the victims of human trafficking.

This HELP course on Data Protection and Privacy Rights is part of a series of courses created by the European Programme for Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals (HELP), with EU financial support, aiming to support legal professionals and to enhance their capacities to effectively and coherently apply European fundamental rights standards at the national level. This course aims at providing a comprehensive curriculum, which covers in an interactive way the key concepts, the legal framework of the CoE and the EU (directly applicable at national level), the case-law or the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and specific areas of data protection. It is primarily addressed to legal professionals (judges, prosecutors, lawyers, senior court staff).

This HELP course on Family Law and Human Rights is part of a series of courses created by the European Programme for Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals (notably with EU financial support) aiming to support legal professionals and to enhance their capacities to effectively and coherently apply European fundamental rights standards at the national level. This course has been jointly financed by the European Union-Council of Europe "HELP in the EU" project and the European Union-Council of Europe Horizontal Facility Action "Strengthening the Human Rights Ombudsman to fight discrimination”, in cooperation with the Council of Europe Children’s Rights Division. It is addressed to legal professionals (judges, prosecutors, lawyers). The course aims at providing a comprehensive overview of International and European family law related standards, case-law and good practices. It discusses and analyses the influence of human rights law, notably Articles 8 (private and family life) and 12 (right to marriage) of the ECHR on national family law.

This HELP course on Human Rights in Sports is part of a series of courses created by the European Programme for Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals (HELP) aiming to support legal professionals and to enhance their capacities to effectively and coherently apply European fundamental rights standards at the national level. The complexity of the question in the field of sports and its increasing popularity leads to an increase of the number of sport-related legal disputes. Disputes are often of a general criminal, administrative or civil nature, with the added specificity of sport, including short deadlines and criminal groups extending wider than simply the athletes. These disputes are adjudicated by national courts as well as by special sport tribunals. The questions on the application of the procedural safeguards enshrined in Article 6 of the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) in such proceedings have been raised before the European Court on Human Rights (ECtHR).The course has been developed jointly with the Children’s Rights and Sport Values Department of the Council of Europe, with the collaboration of MGIMO University. It aims at increasing the awareness of human rights and related legal issues in the field of sport among legal professionals and specialists involved into sport and at assisting legal professionals to apply the related domestic and international law standards in the field of human rights in sports in their daily work.

This HELP course on Internal Displacement is part of a series of courses created by the European Programme for Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals (HELP) aiming to support legal professionals and to enhance their capacities to effectively and coherently apply European fundamental rights standards at the national level. Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are among the most vulnerable people in Europe and beyond, and the protection of their rights is a key tenant of international and regional human rights instruments. This course offers a comprehensive curriculum to improve the quality of the response to internal displacement, supporting those who work towards providing IDPs with access to their rights. It covers in an interactive way some of the key concepts on the protection of IDPs, giving an insight into the international and European legal framework and the case law of the European Court of Human Rights. The course is addressed to legal professionals (judges, prosecutors, lawyers).

This HELP course on International Cooperation on Criminal Matters is part of a series of courses created by the European Programme for Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals (HELP), with EU financial support, aiming to support legal professionals and to enhance their capacities to effectively and coherently apply European fundamental rights standards at the national level. In a rapidly changing world under the challenges of globalization and new technologies; to combat transnational crimes such as organized crime, corruption and terrorism and national crimes, mechanisms and instruments of international cooperation in criminal matters are of paramount importance. This course aims at providing an overview of fundamental principles of International judicial cooperation and a range of legal frameworks and legal instruments for cooperation-applied under a general consideration for human rights issues. The course covers extradition, mutual legal assistance, transfer of sentenced persons, supervision of offenders, international validity of criminal judgments and transfer of proceedings, seizure and confiscation of proceeds of crime, an International Cooperation Toolbox with links to relevant information and organisations related to International Cooperation in Criminal Matters, as well as Help and Guidance on making and carrying out requests.

This HELP course on Pharmaceutical crime and the MEDICRIME Convention 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. The falsification of medical products and other similar crimes effectively deny patients the necessary medical treatment and are harmful to the health of individuals. In addition, the circulation of counterfeit (or falsified) medical products undermines public confidence in healthcare systems. In response to this global threat, the Council of Europe has drawn up the first international treat against counterfeit medical products and similar crimes involving threats to public health, the MEDICRIME Convention. The Convention establishes several offences such as the manufacturing, supplying, offering to supply and trafficking in counterfeit medical products, as well as the unauthorised manufacturing or supplying of medicinal products and the marketing of medical devices that do not comply with conformity requirements. This course aims at assisting legal professionals to appropriately address pharmaceutical crime.

This HELP course on the Environment and Human Rights 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. The protection of the environment and the protection of human rights are interconnected: one cannot be achieved without the other, nor at the expense of the other. Life and well-being on our planet are contingent on our collective capacity to guarantee both human rights and a healthy environment to future generations. A human rights-based approach-using human rights laws and mechanisms in the context of environmental impacts -offers an innovative and evolving tool for environmental protection. A number of international human rights standards, including the European Convention on Human Rights and the European Social Charter, have successfully been invoked in environmental issues. Furthermore, the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights and the case-law of the European Committee of Social rights affirm the undeniable inter-connections between environmental protection on the one hand and human rights on the other. This course aims at supporting legal professionals and others in understanding the connections between human rights and the environment, in particular how to apply a human rights-based approach to environmental protection.

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).

This HELP course on the Right to the Integrity of the Person (Bioethics) is part of a series of courses created by the European Programme for Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals in the European Union member states (HELP in the EU) of the Council of Europe, with EU financial support, aiming to support legal professionals and to enhance their capacities to effectively and coherently apply European fundamental rights standards at the national level. The right to integrity of the person is a very important aspect of bioethics (biology and medicine). This course aims at assisting legal professionals to better identify situations of potential violations of the right to integrity of the person within the fields of medicine and biology and to apply the relevant legal framework their daily work. The course covers in an interactive way synergies and differences between the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU, the European Convention on Human Rights and the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine (Oviedo Convention). It also reviews the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) pointing out to problems such as medical interventions or removal of organs without consent, medically assisted procreation, physical abuse and end-of-life situations. The course is addressed to legal professionals (judges, prosecutors, lawyers).

This HELP course on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 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, with EU financial support, aiming to support legal professionals and to enhance their capacities to effectively and coherently apply European fundamental rights standards at the national level. Legal professionals are at the front line in that respect, with their work being of critical importance in ensuring the effective and efficient protection of the rights of persons with disabilities. This comprehensive course aims at increasing the knowledge of legal professionals on the applicable international and CoE standards for a better protection of the rights of persons with disabilities. Throughout the course international standards on rights of persons with disabilities under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) and the CoE instruments (European Convention on Human Rights –ECHR, the revised European Social Charter-ESC(r) and soft law documents) will be identified and compared. The course is addressed to legal professionals (judges, prosecutors, lawyers).

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...

Target audience Law enforcement and judicial authorities dealing with cybercrime investigation. Aim: Provision of knowledge and insight to law enforcement officials on investigating IP addresses. The webinar series consists of six (recorded) webinars and quizzes for...

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.