Content tagged with Capacity-building
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Legal Skills Development Programme 2018
From 5 to 8 March 2018, twelve lawyers from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia and Ukraine joined the EHRAC team for our annual Legal Skills Development Programme (or LSDP) in Strasbourg.
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EHRAC in Ukraine: Training for human rights lawyers
In February 2018, we delivered a skills-based training for Ukrainian lawyers, providing practical tools and advice for use in European Court litigation.
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Victim participation at the ICC: the Georgian and Ukrainian contexts
The last ten years have seen Russian military incursions into Abkhazia and South Ossetia in Georgia, and Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk regions in Ukraine. In January 2018 we invited 12 participants to a webinar with Fiona McKay, the former Head of the Victim Participation and Reparations Section of the ICC.
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Webinar: How can human rights NGOs communicate their achievements more effectively?
In December 2017, EHRAC invited NGO communications expert Genia Mineeva to lead a webinar on ‘Effectively Communicating International Human Rights’ for 16 participants from Russia, Ukraine, and Armenia, as well as the EHRAC team in London.
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Yale students conduct research for EHRAC case on internet restrictions in Azerbaijan
Students from Yale Law School are collaborating with EHRAC lawyers on a case challenging a block the government of Azerbaijan has placed on four news websites in Azerbaijan.
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Bespoke training
In addition to mentoring partner lawyers, we conduct regular training for lawyers on specific and thematic aspects of European Court or international human rights litigation, in our target countries and region, Strasbourg, the UK and online. We run an annual Legal Skills Development Programme, which we tailor to participants’ levels of experience in litigating before […]
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Litigating in partnership through mentoring
Our intensive, bespoke legal mentoring enables our partners to learn through experience how to effectively use international mechanisms (predominantly the European Court of Human Rights) to reform and protect individuals’ human rights. Through our mentoring, and together with partner lawyers, we identify and litigate human rights cases which are strategic and have the potential to […]
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Legal Skills Development Programme 2017
From 7 to 10 March 2017, nine lawyers from across Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Ukraine joined the EHRAC team for our annual Legal Skills Development Programme (LSDP) in Strasbourg.
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EHRAC secures first crowdfunded grant from Avaaz to mentor human rights lawyers
EHRAC has been awarded a crowdfunded grant by the Avaaz Foundation to cultivate a highly-skilled cadre of lawyers equipped with the knowledge and skills to challenge systemic human rights breaches in their countries.
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EHRAC is inviting applications for a bursary to attend training for human rights defenders
EHRAC is offering a bursary to cover the costs for a human rights defender from Russia, Georgia, Armenia or Ukraine to attend the ‘40th Training Course for Defenders from the Regions’ run by Geneva for Human Rights which takes place on 25 February-10 March 2017. The course will focus on the UN Human Rights Council, international human rights and […]