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École d’été sur les instruments de lutte contre la corruption du Conseil de l’Europe Strasbourg, 30 juin – 4 juillet 2025
Le réseau OCEAN, en partenariat avec l’École doctorale 101 et la Fédération de recherche L’Europe en mutation, organise à Strasbourg une école d’été consacrée aux instruments juridiques de lutte contre la corruption élaborés par le Conseil de l’Europe. Destinée à un public de jeunes chercheurs...
École d´été sur la Convention d´Istanbul, Université de Strasbourg
Le réseau OCEAN, en partenariat avec l'ED 101 et la Fédération de recherches l'Europe en mutation, organise un école d'été consacrée à la Convention d'Istanbul du 30 juin au 4 juillet à Strasbourg. Cette école d'été a pour objectif d'offrir aux participantes une compréhension approfondie du cadre...
Launch of three non-official language versions of the knowledge sharing platform of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR-KS)
On 27 February 2025 the Knowledge Sharing platform of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR-KS) was launched in three languages: Romanian, Turkish, and Ukrainian. This initiative aimed to enhance accessibility and promote a broader understanding of the Court’s case-law among legal...
The European System of Human Rights Protection - ECHR
This Summer Course will deal in detail specifically and exclusively with the European system for the protection of human rights. Although there are numerous summer courses and other special study programmes within Europe on human rights protection, this course concentrates on an integrated...
The third Liverpool Summer School in the Law of the Council of Europe open for applications. Effectiveness of the Council of Europe in Tackling the Pressing Challenges: Exploring the Execution of ECtHR Judgments and the Complexities of Migration (7-18 July 2025)
For over 75 years, the Council of Europe unites Europe around the values of democracy, human rights and the rule of law. In 2025, the participants of the Summer School will debate whether the Council of Europe is successful in its mission. The aim of the summer school is twofold. Firstly, the...
New Video Podcast Series
OCEAN now introduces a new format highligthing noteworthy research of its members: the OCEAN Video Podcasts. Discover our first video podcast on "Russia, the Council of Europe and the European Convention on Human Rights. A Troubled Membership and Its Legacy" with Ed Bates (University of...
Tackling overcrowding in European prisons – A workshop to strengthen NPMs' role in safeguarding rights and ensuring effective oversight, Strasbourg, France 5-6 February 2025
A workshop organised in the framework of the European Forum of National Preventive Mechanisms (NPM) gathered over 80 participants representing European NPMs, experts in criminal justice, policymakers, and other stakeholders to address the persistent issue of overcrowding in detention facilities....
Council of Europe mission to Ukraine: strengthening justice, accountability and post-war recovery in focus
On 20–24 January 2025, the Head of the Department for the Implementation of Human Rights, Justice, and Legal Co-operation Standards (DGI), undertook a mission to Ukraine. The visit represented an important portfolio of the ongoing Council of Europe’s cooperation action of support to Ukraine...
HELP-EJTN Thematic Seminar on Judges Upholding the Rule of Law for EU judges and prosecutors
A 1,5 day thematic seminar on Judges Upholding the Rule of Law was held on 17 and 18 December 2024 for judges and prosecutors from 13 EU member states. Held at the premises of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, the event is part of the EU-CoE project "Judicial Training on Rule of Law and...
In absentia proceedings: the war context. Expert discussion based on comparative study of selected Council of Europe member States
On November 22, 2024, the Council of Europe, in cooperation with the Supreme Court and the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, organised an expert discussion on in absentia proceedings within the Ukrainian legal framework and practice, with due regard to the war context. The event...
HELP in Universities Education Events
On 11th December 2024, the day after Human Rights Day, the Council of Europe Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals (HELP) Programme organised an online event, aimed at supporting universities and professors in in advancing human rights education. 88 participants from CoE member states...
HELP in university education
The Council of Europe’s HELP (Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals) Programme is pleased to announce an online event dedicated to integrating HELP courses into academic curricula. This initiative aims to support universities and professors in embedding HELP courses into university...
Digital solutions for interconnected judicial systems in Europe – Council of Europe’s “Digital Future of Justice 2.0” Hackathon announces winners
The Council of Europe’s 2nd international hackathon, Digital Future of Justice 2.0, was held on 15-17 November 2024 in Bologna. The goal of the hackathon was to develop digital solutions that would help connect European judicial systems. Twenty-six young innovators from Cyprus, France, Italy,...
Turkish Constitutional Court Delegation Visits the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg
As part of the European Union - Council of Europe Joint Programme on "Supporting the Effective Implementation of Turkish Constitutional Court Judgments in the Field of Fundamental Rights", a delegation from the Turkish Constitutional Court (TCC) led by its President, visited the European Court of...
Council of Europe provides comprehensive support to Republic of Moldova to address needs of war-displaced people from Ukraine
The Council of Europe has extended comprehensive support to the Republic of Moldova in strengthening human rights protections for refugees and migrants, particularly for those in vulnerable situations, such as women and children displaced from Ukraine by Russia's large-scale military aggression....
Strengthening judicial training on the right to liberty and security in North Macedonia
On 14-15 October 2024, the Council of Europe, in collaboration with the Academy for Judges and Public Prosecutors of the Republic of North Macedonia, conducted a Training of Trainers (ToT) session focused on enhancing judicial knowledge and practices related to the right to liberty and security...
Regional Conference on Human Rights and the Environment in Southeast Europe
A Council of Europe Regional Conference on Human Rights and the Environment in Southeast Europe took place on 17 and 18 October 2024, in Budva, Montenegro. It was organised in the framework of the Regional Project on Human Rights and Sustainable Environment in Southeast Europe, funded by the...
Post-conference impressions: the European Social Charter through the lens of the national legal systems
On 20-21 September 2024, in the framework of the 10th anniversary of RACSE/ANESC, Milan and Bergamo were the hosts of the Conference entitled The European Social Charter Through the Lens of the National Legal Systems, co-organised by Universita Degli Studi di Milano and Universita Degli Studi di...
Croatia: Implementing pilot of paperless commercial courts to improve efficiency in the judicial system
25 September – In Varaždin Croatia, high-level representatives of the Council of Europe, the European Commission’s Directorate General for Structural Reform Support (DG REFORM) and the Croatian Ministry of Justice, Public Administration and Digital Transformation attended the kick-off meeting of...
International Conference on the “12th Anniversary of Individual Application Mechanism in Türkiye” held in Ankara
An International Conference on the “12th Anniversary of Individual Application Mechanism in Türkiye” was held on 12 September 2024 at the Grand Chamber Hall of the Constitutional Court of Türkiye (TCC). The event was organised under the European Union-Council of Europe Joint Project on...
