Mentoring and supervision
The mentoring program is intended to assist junior lawyers who feel that they would benefit from the experience and knowledge of a more senior lawyer to acquire or enhance particular skills and practical knowledge to carry out their professional work. The Centre supports young lawyers by advising them on litigation strategy and procedure, relevant substantive law, and preparation/drafting of complaints and communications to international judicial and quasi-judicial human rights bodies.
Any young lawyer could be eligible to request mentoring assistance if he or she has less than five years of work experience and has a case that could potentially be lodged with international judicial and/or quasi-judicial bodies.
To request mentoring, kindly write to us, inserting the title “Mentoring”,and the Centre’s legal experts will respond if the request is within the scope of our mission and activities
Training
For more than a decade the Centre and its experts have offered intensive interactive training seminars that have helped more than 400practicing lawyers and human rights defenders from Council of Europe countries enhance their professional skills and knowledge in international human rights to defend and promote human rights in Europe and Central Asia. The alumni of the Centre’s trainings are playing critical roles in promoting human rights and rule of law in their countries.Dozens of trainees are working at leading human rights NGOs and human rights institutions in post-Soviet countries;many participants became leading experts in this field in different regions; some trainees became legislators and actively promote human rights laws; others became judges and leaders in organizations of lawyers; many of the alumni train other lawyers in need of practical knowledge and skills in the field of human rights protection.
The Centre’s trainings provide unique opportunities for human rights lawyers to acquire practical tools to use international human rights mechanisms to protect fundamental human rights and freedoms. The trainees also obtain skills and practical knowledge on effective execution of decisions of international human rights bodies.
The Centre organizes trainings for CIS lawyers twice a year. Another training is designed for Russian human rights lawyers. Please follow the Centre’s website and Facebook page to learn more about training announcements and eligibility criteria.