On December 3rd, 2014 we (Liudvikas, Anne-Sophie and I) participated together with Laima (another volunteer in Vilnius) in a training for Human rights. The exactly topic was “How to Balance National Law and International Law: Theory and Practice”. It was really interesting for me, especially because the Professor Fernand de Varennes made a great presentation. He talked for about 5 hours but somehow he managed that I was interested and awake all the time. About him and the whole seminare you can read here:
Record-breaking number of participants on EFHR’s training!
European Foundation of Human Rights (EFHR) had a honor to host the training seminar “How to Balance National Law and International Law: Theory and Practice” on December 3rd, 2014. The seminar was chaired by Fernand de Varennes, world’s leading expert on human rights.
During the training participants have
discussed practical issues of applying international law in domestic
legal systems. Analyzing tensions between those two systems, professor
Fernand de Varennes mainly focused on human rights and their
implications on national law. He has also explained the nature of
relation between democracy and human rights. The activity of EFHR was
presented, too.
The training sparked a huge interest.
Among around 80 participants there were representatives of top state
legal institutions: Supreme Court of Lithuania, The District Court of
Vilnius Region, Vilnius City District Court, Ministry of Justice as well
as other lawyers, members of different NGOs and students.
Unfortunately, trainings concerning
human rights are really a rarity in Lithuania. According to Ministry of
Justice only 27 such trainings took place in Lithuania between 2004 and
2012. However, recent researches show that there is a growing demand for
trainings in this field.
All attendees received certificates, Council of Europe brochures and EFHR’s flyers.
Thank you for your interest!