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The project aims at improving the education of judges and the judicial personnel in order to improve response to the needs of vulnerable and marginalised groups; Roma-population, foreigners and migrants, persons with disabilities, children; victims of gender-based violence and domestic violence. The project will address the position of children in court proceedings in line with the principles of child-friendly justice and it will have a multidisciplinary approach comprising of law, psychology, sociology, social work and other disciplines necessary in dealing with children.
The project will, inter alia, include the following main activities:
- Training of judges, public prosecutors and judicial personnel. Part of the activities will be targeted to the members of the relevant multidisciplinary team (judicial staff, child protection service officials, social workers, psychologists, judicial experts, mediators, solicitors etc.). Also, Part of the activities will be targeted to sensitisation of judges, prosecutors and other legal professionals to all forms of violence against women and domestic violence,
- Development of e-learning materials for judicial personnel,
- Translation, adaption and implementation of the existing e-learning courses prepared by the Council of Europe within the program HELP (Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals),
- Development of educational videos for the use at the Judicial Academy and on the websites of the courts,
- Piloting a “Children’s commission for the quality of justice” as an advisory body to the Judicial Academy,
- Piloting a new position as forensic social worker at selected district courts to improve communication and consultation with target groups, realisation of participation rights of children and secure coordination of interdisciplinary teams,
- Study visits to project promoter’s counterparts in EU/EEA to exchange know-how, experience and best practices within judicial systems in the area of project’s focus.