Description
The project aims at the deficient exercise of rights of victims of domestic violence. There is a lack of social interest and knowledge about the work of courts. The goal of the project is to change the treatment of VAW / domestic violence cases and to help a civil court monitoring movement to evolve through mobilization, to assure the quality of the legal aspects of victim support and to make other NGOs able to use our methodology and experience. During the project the practice of court monitoring in Hungary will be developed. Jurists will be educated / trained about domestic violence. Capacity building will be provided for NGOs working with victims. Consciousness raising. Strategy developed by NGOs to improve the transparency of courts' work. Judges will be trained by holding seminars; monitoring court cases; training and consulting with other NGOs; publicity. The project builds on volunteers; university students of law; members of other NGOs (in Hu and abroad); judges; battered women. The sustainability of the project will be ensured by working with judges, universities (law faculties), providing training and informing other NGOs, and creating a joint strategy.
Summary of project results
The project was needed because of the deficient exercise of rights of victims of domestic violence in Hungarian courts. The results will be sustained by the volunteers trained for monitoring and by law students, as well as other NGOs. The objective was to develop the practice of court monitoring in Hungary; to elucidate judges’ biased attitudes; to improve jurists’ education about domestic violence. It also included capacity building for NGOs working with victims and consciousness raising on the subject. The impact includes widespread expert and media attention on the treatment of DV cases in Hungarian courts. They achieved all their planned activities and outputs. The groups they made involved include judges, universities (law faculties) and students, other NGOs (by providing trainings and consulting them). Victims of DV also shared their experiences to be included in the final study. The main benefit was the involvement of volunteers and law students and reaching out to the judges.
Summary of bilateral results