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58.
The Committee of Ministers decided in 2005 to create the Consultative Council of
European Prosecutors. This consultative body has, in particular, the task of preparing
opinions for the Committee in order to facilitate and promote the implementation of
Recommendation No. 19 (2000) and collect information about the functioning of
prosecution services in Europe. The Consultative Council has also been given the task of
continuing to organize regular European conferences of prosecutors.
59.
Under its various programmes, the Council has developed a number of assistance
activities in order to help its member States on issues relating to the reform of their justice
systems. Current programmes for supporting judicial reforms are being implemented in
Armenia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Ukraine and, at a regional level, with the countries of the
Eastern Partnership (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Republic of Moldova and Ukraine) and
soon in Albania. In addition, cooperation is taking place within the framework of the
Council’s neighbourhood policy with Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia.
60.
The European Network for the exchange of information between persons and
entities responsible for the training of judges and public prosecutors supports the
development of judicial training in the Council’s member States. The Network meets
regularly to discuss topics of common interest, such as the training of judges and
prosecutors, in matters relating to their professional skills, obligations and ethics.
61.
The HELP Programme supports the Council’s member States in implementing the
European Convention on Human Rights at national level. This is done by enhancing the
capacity of judges, lawyers and prosecutors in all 47 member States to apply the
Convention in their daily work.
62.
A large peer-to-peer European Human Rights Training Network among national
training institutions for judges and prosecutors and bar associations has been created, with
the aim of encouraging and facilitating multilateral meetings, the identification of the most
urgent training needs for legal professionals, the sharing of best practice and the knowledge
of different national jurisprudence based on the Convention.
63.
The HELP website provides free online access to materials and tools for
professional training on the Convention. Following the recommendations of the participants
of the 2012 HELP Network Conference, several initiatives have been taken in the last
months:
(a)
National pages in national languages have been created and made available
on the HELP website for a first group of pilot countries;
(b)
National experts have been appointed as HELP Focal Points in 14 pilot
countries, to cooperate with national training institutions and organize national events
focused on disseminating the use of the HELP resources among national legal professionals;
(c)
New curricula and training materials are being developed;
(d)
The HELP website is undergoing continuous improvement and now includes
a section entitled “HELP in 47” where news on Convention training activities from all
member States is published in English to serve as examples of best practice.
64.
In the framework of the HELP Programme, a separate project has been developed on
enhancing the capacity of lawyers to comply with the admissibility criteria in applications
submitted to the European Court of Human Rights. This project is currently focused on 6
pilot countries: Albania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, the Russian Federation
and Turkey.
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