We are launching a new e-course - "Environment and human rights"!
Dear INJ beneficiaries!
We invite you to apply for a new e-course, launched on the CoE's HELP Platform – Environment and human rights.
Training hours: 24 hours.
Participants: 10 judges, 10 prosecutors, 10 judicial assistants, 5 lawyers providing state-guaranteed legal aid, 5 civil servants, 5 USM students.
Course registration period: November 11, 2021 – November 17, 2021.
Active period of the course: November 19, 2021 – December 30, 2021.
Equipment needed by the student: computer/laptop/tablet, speakers or headphones, internet connection.
General description of the course: The course "Environment and human rights", developed by the Council of Europe, has meanwhile become one of the imperative topics of discussion and training, considered a priority for all CoE member states. Biodiversity loss, climate change, pollution and the general degradation of ecosystems have a profound global impact and respect for human rights, requiring constant international cooperation.
A number of international legal standards developed by the Council of Europe, in particular the European Convention on Human Rights, the European Social Charter, the Berne Convention on the Conservation of Wildlife and Natural Habitats in Europe, have been successfully applied to contribute to progress in solving environmental problems.
The jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights and the conclusions of the European Committee for Social Rights based on the European Social Charter confirm the undeniable relationship between the protection of the environment, on the one hand, and human rights, on the other. In particular, to date, the ECtHR has ruled in approximately 300 cases with reference to issues related to the environment, applying concepts such as the right to life, freedom of expression and the right to respect for private and family life to a wide range of matters indicated in the requests, including pollution, anthropogenic or natural disasters and access to environmental information.
This course is structured in four modules to provide legal professionals with the necessary knowledge of how human rights and Council of Europe instruments can be used to achieve environmental protection.
The course begins by showing how human rights interact with environmental protection and their importance. Afterwards, the available international and European standards regarding the protection of the environment and human rights are addressed, including referring to the protection of the environment based on the general protection of human rights. Finally, the course will provide details on how business and private entities have obligations, responsibilities and liabilities in relation to the environment and human rights.
Test mode: mandatory testing.
Certification: Beneficiaries who pass the course will receive certificates, issued by HELP.
Course tutors:
Oleg Rotari, Master of Laws, Government Agent, INJ trainer, trainer of the HELP Program of the Council of Europe.
Technical support: [email protected]
The e-course launch event will take place online on November 19, 2021, participants will receive the additional information!