The Council of Europe is offering the free six-hour online course ‘Introduction to the European Convention on Human Rights and the European Court of Human Rights‘. The course offers legal professionals and others a way to get familiarized with the text of the Convention and the interpretation thereof by the Court. It offers basic knowledge on the ECHR and the Court, necessary for anyone interested in the field. The course consists of three modules: one introductory module on the Convention, one introductory module on the Court, and one module on the execution of the Court’s judgments. The course is available in 26 languages. A statement of accomplishment is obtained after completing the course. Here is the outline of the course:
Introductory Module: welcome message; navigation instruction; course authors; course target group
Module 1: Introduction to the European Convention on Human Rights
– Structure of the ECHR
– Interpreting the ECHR
– the ECHR within the national legal order
Module 2: Introduction to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR)
– Structure of the ECtHR
– The life of an application before the ECtHR
Module 3: Execution of the Judgments of the ECtHR
– Introduction to the module
– Supervision of the implementation of the ECtHR judgments
– Execution of the ECtHR judgments
The course is publicly available on the Council of Europe HELP platform.
