On 8 June, a joint seminar was held by the Council of Europe Project "HELP (Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals) for Ukraine, including during wartime", European Commission and UNHCR for European lawyers on European asylum/migration legal practices to assist people fleeing the consequences of Russian aggression in Ukraine. The seminar was held on the invitation and in cooperation with the Slovak Bar Association.
The experts have highlighted generally successful implementation of the EU Temporary Protection Directive and identified the key challenges in its implementation.
The participants have also discussed the main challenges in providing legal assistance to Ukrainians displaced due to the war in the areas of protection of children's rights and family law, family reunification, parallel education of children, etc.
45 lawyers and attorneys specializing in migration law and dealing with the protection of the rights of Ukrainians with temporary protection status in EU countries participated in the seminar in Bratislava and more than 80 participants joined online.
The seminar was a follow up of the previous seminar on the European legal practices and procedures with a focus on the assistance to Ukrainian refugees on 27 September 2022 in Warsaw by the Council of Europe, European Union and the UNHCR, in cooperation with Warsaw bar Association. See summary here.
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More information:
- Agenda
- Photos and presentations
- Asylum/Migration HELP e-Desks
- COEHELP e-learning platform
- Human Rights Education for Legal Professional (HELP Programme)
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