Get to know the most recent publications published under the Horizontal Facility programme!

In this edition of Highlights, we are bringing you three publications published in the framework of the programme to enhance knowledge and bring the European standards in various areas closer to the beneficiaries in the Western Balkans and in Türkiye.

With the aim of supporting law enforcement in protecting societies in all their diversity and complexity, the Manual for police education on equality & non-discrimination is tailored to police trainers, police training institutions, or key police partners, including municipal authorities, NGOs, specialised community services. The manual provides training methods, exercises, and practical activities to plan and implement effective training programmes for police officers. Now it is available in the languages of the Western Balkans: Albanian, Bosnian, Macedonian and Serbian.

Following previous successful initiatives of publishing summaries of judgements from Albanian judicial practice, a third resource material, for the period 2021-2023, is prepared for Albanian judges of First Instance and Appeal courts, prosecutors, and lawyers, as a tool for to strengthen uniform implementation of the most important decisions of the High Court, as well as to nurture legal precedent between judicial institutions and other legal professionals. You can find the Selected decisions of the Albanian High Court 2021 – 2023 on this link.

The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) approved the Resolution 2543 (2024) on Freedom of expression and assembly of LGBTI people in Europe calling on member and observer states to implement European Court of Human Rights judgments on LGBTI rights, repeal discriminatory laws, and enforce anti-discrimination legislation. It also urges authorities to condemn and prosecute bias-motivated violence and to improve LGBTI visibility. The Resolution was translated into Macedonian language through the Horizontal Facility programme.