STARLIGHT webinar: Unlocking the power of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee and the Hertie School are holding a closing webinar for the STARLIGHT programme on Thursday, 12 September 2024 at 10:00-11:30 CET on Zoom. Registration is now open!
The European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights is an underused tool in the struggle to protect rights across Europe. Yet, it has huge potential, and with rights under attack across many countries in the region, the imperative to equip EU lawyers with the skills and knowledge to use the Charter to protect rights, is increasingly important.
STARLIGHT – Strategic Litigation for Rights in Europe – has trained two cohorts of lawyers from across the EU to use the Charter for the protection of rights. The programme focused firstly on the use of the Charter in three thematic areas: the rule of law, asylum and migration and criminal justice, and secondly on the skills to engage in strategic litigation. It drew on the expertise of academics, lawyers and practitioners who have worked on recent, precedent setting cases, before the Court of Justice of the European Union, and through lectures and legal clinics developed model legal arguments to support future litigation.
As the programme draws to a close, the Hungarian Helsinki Committee and the Hertie School invite you to join this closing webinar to hear why the Charter is such a valuable and powerful tool in defending human rights and how it can be used in concrete cases. Joining us are STARLIGHT programme trainers and alumni.
STARLIGHT Closing Webinar will take place on Thursday, 12 September 2024 at 10:00-11:30 CET on Zoom. Please register for the event here
STARLIGHT is a joint programme of the Hertie School and Hungarian Helsinki Committee (HHC), in collaboration with the Hertie School Centre for Fundamental Rights.
The project is funded by the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme of the European Union.