OSCE - Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

Published purpose

The project aims to increase the protection of human rights of Ukrainian citizens in the courts by ensuring that Ukrainian legal professionals are well informed about the norms of the European Court of Human Rights. The project seeks to develop a training methodology and ten courses on the European Convention on Human Rights and the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights for the National School of Judges of Ukraine and for Ukrainian universities. The project also provides training to improve the skills and strengthen the abilities of 1,000 Ukrainian judges representing all trial, administrative and commercial courts, and 3,000 lawyers, legal scholars and human rights defenders. To ensure sustainability, the project aims to develop a trainers’ network by training 250 judges to train other judges on the application of human rights law. In addition, the project provides support to improve the ability of civil society organizations to monitor how the European Convention on Human Rights is applied and the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights. The project also supports a public awareness campaign on human rights and the European Convention. The main partners are the National School of Judges, and the Commercial, Administrative and First Instance Courts.