Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms

The EJTN Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms Sub-Working Group (HFR SWG) brings together judicial training institutions and representatives from the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) and the HELP in the 28 project of the Council of Europe (CoE) to design and implement high-quality trainings in a wealth of Human and Fundamental Rights areas.

AIM

The HFR trainings seek to bring together judges, prosecutors and trainers and provide participants with unique events offering an opportunity to exchange experiences and best practices with their counterparts across Europe as well as to discuss the most recent developments in their field of professional interest with leading experts and practitioners.

All trainings include a set of framework lectures and multiple workshops where participants discuss practical cases and exchange views on their domestic legislation and the application of the relevant EU legal instruments.

KEY TOPICS

In addition, through its longstanding partnership with the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), one training session is organised each year at this Court, providing magistrates from across the EU with the opportunity to attend a Grand Chamber hearing and to discuss the most pressing issues in the field of EU Human Rights with current and former ECtHR officials.

EVENTS IN 2019

Date	Place	Title	Activity reference
5-6 February	Zagreb, Croatia	Human Rights and Access to Justice in the EU – 1	HFR/2019/01
14-15 March	Ljubljana, Slovenia	EJTN-AEAJ Training on Conflicts of Norms/ Multi-level protection in the Application of Fundamental Rights	HFR/2019/02
11-12 April	Vienna, Austria	EJTN-FRA: Applicability and Effect of the EU Charter on Fundamental Rights in National Proceedings	HFR/2019/03
12-13 September	Bucharest, Romania	Freedom of Speech	HFR/2019/04
23-25 September	ECtHR, Strasbourg, France	EJTN-ECtHR training on Human Rights for EU Judicial Trainers	HFR/2019/05
8-9 October	CoE,Strasbourg, France	Human Rights and Access to Justice in the EU – 2	HFR/2019/06
6-7 November	Utrecht, The Netherlands	Cultural diversity in the courtroom - judges in Europe facing new challenges	HFR/2019/07

2018 SEMINARS

2017 SEMINARS

ANY QUESTIONS?

For any queries regarding the Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms Project, please contact Mr Arno Vinkovic at the EJTN Secretariat: arno.vinkovic@ejtn.eu