Content tagged with Capacity-building
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Resource | Training resource | 1 Aug 2018
Using the UN CEDAW Committee and Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women
These resources set out the key rights, obligations, and principles designed to prevent and remedy violence against women, incorporated in the CEDAW Convention and Special Rapporteur framework.
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Resource | Training resource | 1 Aug 2018
Training packages for human rights defenders
EHRAC is developing a series of new training resources, specifically designed to be used by lawyers and NGOs.
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Resource | Training resource | 1 Aug 2018
Requests for interim measures before the European Court of Human Rights
A package of resources on applying for emergency interventions under Rule 39 of the Rules of Court.
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Resource | Training resource | 1 Aug 2018
Friendly settlements and unilateral declarations
A series of resources on the relative merits of these means of resolving cases before the European Court, and some of the problems which can arise for applicants whose cases have been settled in such a way.
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News
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 […]