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Familiarising judges with the most recent landmark case-law of the European Court of Human Rights

European Union and the Council of Europe, in co-operation with the Supreme Court of Georgia, organised a workshop on the most recent case-law of the European Court of Human Rights and national court practices, involving 30 judges from all instances.

Participants of the workshop, held on 30 November, became familiar with the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights concerning adversarial procedure in criminal law, principles of witness interrogation, drug-related crimes, and Georgian legislation and practice on cases related to domestic violence. In addition, judges from all instances discussed judgments of European Court of Human Rights in relation to state’s obligation to respect the right to private and family life, right to life, prohibition of torture and discrimination, right to education, right to liberty and security, fair trial standards, freedom of thought, conscience and religion, protection of property, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and association.

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

Tbilisli 2 December 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.