Strengthening the implementation of European human rights standards

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Legal aid lawyers learn about effective investigation of ill-treatment

On 3-4 September 2018 the European Union and the Council of Europe, in co-operation with the Legal Aid Service (LAS) in Georgia, organised training on “The right to life and effective investigation of facts of ill-treatment” for lawyers of the Legal Aid Service in Kutaisi.

The purpose of the training was to increase awareness of LAS lawyers on the most significant standards relating to the right to life and effective investigation of facts of ill-treatment under the European Convention. The training was not only theory, but also practice oriented. After dealing with the overview and an analysis of the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights on the relevant articles of the Convention, the participants examined hypothetical cases.

As a result of the training twenty one lawyers from regional offices of the Legal Aid Service got acquainted with the European standards on right to life and discussed topics concerning torture and other ill-treatment in the investigation of the procedural aspects.

The event was organised in the framework of the European Union – Council of Europe joint project “Strengthening the Application of the European Convention on Human Rights in Georgia”, within the EU-CoE Partnership for Good Governance.

Kutaisi 27 September 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.