European Programme for Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals

On 26 November 2025, we gathered at the Lviv University of Trade and Economics for the international conference “HELP in University Education Promoting European Human Rights Standards for Future Professionals”.
With 90+ participants onsite, 70 online, and a dedicated parallel session for 97 students, the event highlighted the important role of the Council of Europe’s HELP Programme for legal professionals to apply the European human rights standards and students to understand these standards.
Participants joined separate thematic sessions focused on:
🔹 strengthening academic cooperation through the Council of Europe HELP and OCEAN Programmes;
🔹the use of HELP by national training institutions, who shared their hands-on experience integrating HELP into their training systems;
🔹 current challenges to promoting the rule of law, democracy and human rights;
📚 Discover HELP’s online courses: https://lnkd.in/da7K2Ah3
🔗 More on the Conference: https://go.coe.int/Novwk
A warm thank you to all speakers, participants, and partners who made this event possible.

📢 Embedding in University Education
Join us for an online event organised by the Council of Europe Programme!
Learn how to integrate HELP courses into university curricula and promote human rights in higher education.

🗓️ When: 11 December 2024
⏰ Time: 14:00-17:00 CET
🌍 Where: Online (in English)

This event is tailored for university professors and educators, particularly in law, human rights, political studies, international relations, journalism, and more. Don’t miss the chance to explore practical tools, key courses, and success stories from universities across Council of Europe member states.

🔗 Register here: https://lnkd.in/eAariMu9
🔗Consult the draft agenda: https://lnkd.in/ebMdhQDX

Democracy together with justice and peace stand as the essential values that support the Rule of Law and ensure good governance, both of which provide Europeans with the assurance of fair treatment and protection of their rights.

On this International Day of Democracy, we remain committed to advancing these core values across Europe through our extensive range of training activities and initiatives!

In addition to seminars on topics related to the human and fundamental rights, criminal justice and administrative and civil law, among others, we have recently been leading and collaborating on two key projects which are extremely relevant to the evolving landscape of justice, peace and democracy in Europe:

⚖️ a groundbreaking publication on the Rule of Law and good administration of justice in the digital era

⚖️ a collaborative initiative with the European Programme for Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals of the Council of Europe focusing on judicial training to enhance the protection of human rights in complex legal frameworks

For more information, have a look here: https://ejtn.eu/news/justice-peace-and-democracy-core-pillars-for-a-fairer-europe/

For our full training offer, check our Online Training Catalogue: https://catalogue.ejtn.eu/