Three handbooks were published in 2012 by the Justice and Legal Co-operation Department for the attention of legal professionals who wish to deepen their knowledge of the European Convention on Human Rights. They focus on the right to a fair trial, the right to respect for private and family life and the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion.

These handbooks have been conceived as practical tools to support judges and prosecutors to apply the Convention at national level and assist lawyers to use Convention-based arguments in national litigation. They are based on the most updated case law of the European Court of Human Rights. The authors include an academic, a national lawyer, a human rights consultant, and a lawyer of the Registry of the European Court of Human Rights.

– Protecting the right to respect for private and family life under the European Convention on Human Rights (Ivana Roagna)

– Protecting the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion under the European Convention on Human Rights (Jim Murdoch)

– Protecting the right to a fair trial under the European Convention on Human Rights (Dovydas Vitkauskas,Grigoriy Dikov)