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Human rights publications presented in Minsk

On 30 May 2018 the Council of Europe organised in Minsk, Belarus a panel discussion on the right to a fair trial in the light of the law of the European Court of Human Rights. The event was combined with the presentation of the Russian editions of the three Council of Europe publications: the second edition of the book “Human Rights and Criminal Procedure” by Jeremy McBride; the fourth edition of the “Law of the ECHR” by David Harris, Michael O'Boyle, Ed Bates and Carla Buckley; and the second edition “Handbook on Article 6 of the ECHR” by Dovidas Vitkauskas and Grigory Dikov.

The event was attended by more than 60 Belarusian legal professionals, including judges, prosecutors, lawyers, representatives from the Ministry of Justice, National Centre for Legal Information and other public institutions, as well as legal scholars and civil society. The panellists included Mr Jeremy McBride, UK barrister, Mr Yuri Berestnev, the publisher of the Russian editions of the three books, and Mr Vladimir Moroz, deputy director of the Institute for re-training of judges and prosecutors under Belarusian State University. The discussion turned around the possibility of application of the Court's standards and approaches in non-Council of Europe jurisdictions and on the necessity to boost the training on the fair trial standards among legal professionals in any country.

After the discussion, the Council of Europe representatives donated 50 copies of each publication to the libraries of Belarusian State University, in the presence of the libraries’ directors and the director of the publishing house.

The activity was organised in the framework of the project “Human Rights for All”, which aims at raising awareness of Belarusian legal professionals on the ECHR and the standards of the Council of Europe. The project is a part of a joint programme between European Union and the Council of Europe “Partnership for Good Governance”.

Minsk 13 June 2018
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Specific objective 1: support the alignment of human rights policies and practice by ensuring compliance of legislative and regulatory frameworks with European standards and capacity-building for legal professionals and National Human Rights Institutions, including the reinforcement of Ombudsmen Offices

Indicators:

  • relevant national legislation is in place and/or amended in line with European human rights standards (criminal justice, social rights, non-discrimination, data protection, social rights).
  • institutional mechanisms and structures are in place and/or operational (e.g. Human Rights Centres, Focal Points and mechanisms as required by conventions, institutionalised consultation procedures).
  • relevant professional groups have knowledge about human rights standards and are able to apply them in their work.
  • relevant national training organisations have strengthened capacity to continuously and sustainably train their target groups on human rights standards.
  • interaction between civil society and authorities in the democratic decision-making process is reinforced.
  • national parliaments have increased awareness of the necessity to revise national legislation and bring it in line with the European Social Charter (revised) as ratified by their country.

 

Specific objective 2: support the full execution of the European Court of Human Rights judgments through reinforcement of parliamentary involvement

Indicators:

  • increased awareness of members of parliaments in the EaP countries’ on the existing parliamentary mechanisms to ensure execution of European Court of Human Rights judgments.
  • increased compliance of the national legal framework with the European Convention of Human Rights and the case law of the European Court of Human Rights.
  • parliamentary committees’ staffs have better capability to assist MPs in ensuring compatibility of national legislation with the ECHR and compliance with European Court of Human Rights case-law.