Ador Koleka, senior representative of the School of Magistrates of Albania, has joined legal professionals and judicial training institutions from across Europe at the 2025 Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals (HELP) Network Conference, taking place in Strasbourg on 3–4 July.

The conference focused on strengthening co-operation through peer-to-peer learning, digital innovation, and harmonisation of legal training across jurisdictions. The event paid special attention to the role of HELP courses in supporting the effective implementation of the European Court’s judgments.

With the support of the Euorpean Union and the Council of Europe action on  Improving the protection of the right to property and facilitating the execution of ECtHR judgments in Albania (D-REX III), the Albanian representative participated in discussions, workshops, and networking sessions, contributing to the exchange of good practices and reaffirming Albania’s commitment to aligning judicial training with European human rights standards.

Mr. Koleka will continue to apply his expertise in the efforts to reinforce the integration of European human rights standards within the domestic judicial training curricula.

The event also reaffirms the Council of Europe’s long-standing support to the Albanian School of Magistrates in strengthening judicial training and practice in line with Council of Europe principles and jurisprudence.

This initiative was supported in the framework of the action Improving the protection of the right to property and facilitating the execution of ECtHR judgments in Albania (D-REX III), co-funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe and implemented by the Council of Europe under the Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Türkiye III programme.