On 4 and 5 July 2024, the Council of Europe Programme for Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals (HELP) held its 2024 Network Conference under the auspices of the Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers. The Conference was held in the Council of Europe (CoE) premises in Strasbourg, France and was attended by 125 participants in person and by some over 100 online. This time HELP also celebrated its 20^th anniversary. The agenda can be consulted here.

The HELP Annual Network Conference is the main gathering of the HELP Network members (representatives of national judicial training institutions for judges, prosecutors and lawyers) and partners such as the European Judicial Training Network (EJTN), the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE), the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), etc. The event was also streamed online. The recording of the Conference is available here.

On the margin of the HELP annual conference, a regional workshop for the Southern Mediterranean region was organised on 5 July 2024 gathering representatives from Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia.

The regional workshop was a forum for discussion on the main HELP achievements in the Southern Mediterranean region allowing participants to share experiences and good practices. It was an opportunity to discuss common challenges and future activities in the region.