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Co-operation through EEA/Norway Grants builds on the extensive expertise of the Council of Europe and its human rights standards on gender equality and violence against women and domestic violence and, in particular, the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention).

Within the current EEA and Norway Grants cycle 2014-2021, the Council of Europe provides strategic advice through programmes on domestic and gender-based violence in the following countries:

Bulgaria

Lithuania

Romania

Slovakia

Co-operation activities under this programme aim at bringing about substantive changes on the ground in benefit of victims and building up and strengthening the countries’ capacity to prevent and combat violence against women and domestic violence.

The Council of Europe also plays an active role in the EEA/Norway Grants’ SYNERGY Network against gender based and domestic violence. The SYNERGY Network brings together governmental and non-governmental organisations from 16 European countries. It provides a platform of expertise sharing on how the Grants impact policies on violence against women and domestic violence in Europe in line with the Council of Europe’s Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention).

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Improving the effectiveness of law-enforcement and justice officers in combating violence against women and domestic violence

Enhancing the professional capacity of the Bulgarian Police to deal with cases of domestic violence and violence against women

Implementing Article 10 of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence – establishing national co-ordinating bodies

Implementing a comprehensive and co-ordinated approach - An assessment of Poland's response to prevent and combat gender-based violence

Training of Trainers Manual : Effective Multi-agency Co-operation for Preventing and Combatting Domestic Violence

Preventing and Combating Domestic Violence against Women : A learning resource for training law enforcement and justice officers

 

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Study visit to the Council of Europe for Bulgarian working group on violence against women

A working group from Bulgaria developing a case-management guide for Bulgarian magistrates joined women's rights specialists and professionals from the Council of Europe for an online study visit on 21 October 2021. Members of the working group participated in engaged discussions with Council of Europe professionals from the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), the Gender Equality Division, the Children’s Rights Division and the Violence against Women Division. Participants were also supported by the international expert Lori Mann, who presented what participants called “practical and useful advice” on the development of guidance for magistrates, based on European gender based violence standards including the Istanbul Convention.

Several cases from the Court on violence against women were presented and discussed with participants, analysing precedent set with ECtHR case-law. Study visit participants further discussed child-friendly justice practices, and the most common mistakes made by Bulgarian legal practitioners when it comes to violence against women and domestic violence. Promising practices emerging from reports by the Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO) were extensively discussed, with a focus on investigation, prosecution, procedural law and protective measures.

This working group is tasked to develop a case management guide for Bulgarian judges and prosecutors in 2022, under the project “Prevention and Combating violence against women and domestic violence” by the Bulgarian National Institute of Justice.

The study visit to the Council of Europe took place under the Bulgaria Justice Programme of the EEA and Norway Grants. The Council of Europe cooperates under the EEA/Norway Grants as an International Partner Organisation and is the main international partner of the SYNERGY Network against Gender-based and Domestic Violence.

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The Capacity Building and Co-operation Projects Unit at the Council of Europe’s Gender Equality Division

Jenna SHEARER-DEMIR, Programme Adviser