The National Institute of Justice, in partnership with the Council of Europe, launched on Tuesday, 4 November 2025, the new online course under the HELP Programme entitled “Alternatives to Immigration Detention”. The event marked the beginning of the training for 86 legal professionals, including judges, prosecutors, judicial assistants, court clerks, prosecutors’ consultants, lawyers providing state-guaranteed legal aid, and officers of the General Inspectorate for Migration.
Several trainers from the National Institute of Justice participated, on 23-24 October 2025, in an online training course designed for potential certified tutors of the Council of Europe’s European Programme for Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals (HELP).
On Friday, August 23, 2024, the online launch of the distance learning course "Personal Data Protection in the Context of Publishing Court Decisions" took place. Developed by the European Program for Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals (HELP Program), the e-course is being piloted at the national level by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) for 71 legal professionals, including judges, prosecutors, prosecutors' consultants, heads of secretariats, judicial assistants, clerks, court and prosecution office employees, lawyers providing state-guaranteed legal assistance, NIJ trainers, and others.
In the context of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, which is celebrated annually on June 26, the National Institute of Justice has activated two e-courses provided on the ILIAS of NIJ and HELP of CoE training platforms: „Standards of the European Committee for the prevention of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (CPT)” and „Prohibition of ill-treatment in law-enforcement, security and other coercive contexts”.
Tuesday, January 16, 2024, was launched the online course „Labour rights as human rights”, developed by European Programme for Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals (HELP) piloted, at national level by the National Institute of Justice for judges, prosecutors and lawyers providing state-guaranteed legal assistance.
