Chisinau international conference examines best practices on strategic litigation and procedures before the European Court of Human Rights
17 December, 2014, Chisinau, Moldova - An international conference brought together representatives of bar associations, NGOs and experts from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine on 16 and 17 December to discuss procedures before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), the Revised European Social Charter and strategic litigation for human rights, and served as a forum for exchanging existing best practices.
”The joint programme EU/CoE is being implemented satisfactorily more than one year after its inception, with several hundred legal professionals trained in different aspects of the application of the European Convention on Human Rights. We hope that the impact on the local capacity to apply the Convention will be felt, both in terms of better guaranteeing fundamental rights at the domestic level and diminishing the work load of the European Court on Human Rights. It is an open ended process of capacity building in which the local Moldovan structures will ensure a leading role in the future”, said Jose Luis Herrero, Head of the Council of Europe Office.
Gheorghe Amihalachioaie, the Head of the Union of Lawyers of Moldova expressed his appreciation of the Programme's efforts and emphasised that “The Union of Lawyers of the Republic of Moldova has always had a close and fruitful collaboration with the Council of Europe, including in the field of training of lawyers. Activities under this programme will also provide substantial support to the efforts of the Union to increase the professional qualifications of lawyers and their knowledge in the implementation of the Convention at national level”. “Non-discrimination is becoming an issue of increased interest in our country, and with the adoption of the appropriate legal framework the importance of training in this field will be of great value to society", added Amihalachioaie.
The present joint regional Programme funded by the European Union and implemented by the Council of Europe aims to ensure a proper support to the Republic of Moldova in respecting its obligations to secure the rights and freedoms enshrined in the ECHR at the national level. Appropriate response to discrimination cases is of high importance to the European Union and I am confident that the implementation of this Programme will give an additional impetus to the strengthening of the justice sector reform and will consolidate human rights standards in Moldova‘’, said Wicher Slagter, Head of Political and Economic Section of the Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Moldova.
The event was organised in the framework of the Council of Europe and the European Union Joint Programme “Strengthening the capacity of lawyers and human rights defenders for domestic application of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and of the Revised Social Charter”. It is a regional project implemented in Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia and Ukraine in the period 2013-2015. |
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