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School on the execution of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights held for young legal professionals of Serbia

Twenty-four legal professionals from various public bodies, law students and researchers and human rights NGOs’ representatives participated in the first School on the execution of the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) organised by the Council of Europe in Vršac, from 1 to 3 November 2019.

In an intensive three-day course, participants had an opportunity to learn about legal basis for execution of the judgments of the ECtHR, main actors in the process and their role, general and individual measures and compensation schemes.

The trainers included former judges of the European Court of Human Rights, lawyers of the Department of the Execution of the Judgments of the ECtHR of the Council of Europe Secretariat, experienced legal practitioners from Serbia and other European countries.

Lectures were combined with panel discussions, where the participants could hear more on the institutional role and challenges before the government agents in the execution process, and the role of law faculties and judicial academies in raising awareness of the European Convention on Human Rights.

The school was organised within the Action “Strengthening effective legal remedies to human rights violations in Serbia”, which is being implemented under the joint program of the Council of Europe and the European Union “Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Turkey II”, in co-operation with the Department for the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights, Center for Human Rights of the Law Faculty in Belgrade and Judicial Academy of the Republic of Serbia.

Vršac 18 November 2019
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Horizontal Facility III

The joint European Union and Council of Europe programme “Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Türkiye” (Horizontal Facility III) is a co-operation initiative, running from 2023 until 2026. The programme covers actions in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Türkiye. It enables the Beneficiaries to meet their reform agendas in the fields of human rights, rule of law and democracy and to comply with European
standards, which is also a priority for the EU enlargement process. 

The envelope of this facility amounts to ca. 41 million EUR (85% funded by the EU, 15% by the CoE).

*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence.