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Certificate Award Ceremony on the HELP Course on Violence against Women and Domestic Violence

The Council of Europe Office in Pristina and the project on "Reinforcing the fight against violence against women and domestic violence in Kosovo *- Phase II" in cooperation with Kosovo* Justice Academy organized the Certificate Award Ceremony for the participants that successfully completed the Council of Europe Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals (HELP) on Violence against Women and Domestic Violence. This course was launched in February 2020 and was attended by 38 judges, prosecutors, lawyers, police and victims’ advocates involved in the combating of violence against women and domestic violence in Kosovo*.

The Certificate Award Ceremony was organized at the Kosovo* Academy of Justice, in a limited number of participants to comply with measures against covid-19 pandemics, and it featured remarks and awarding of certificates by Frank Power, the Head of Council of Europe Office in Pristina and Enver Fejzullahu, the Director of Kosovo Justice Academy. Upon obtaining the certificates, Faton Ademaj, Judge, Shenaj Berisha, Prosecutor and Xhemile Behluli, Police Sergeant on their remarks highly acknowledged the experience and knowledge gained from the HELP course.

 

*All reference to Kosovo, whether to the territory, institutions or population, in this text shall be understood in full compliance with United Nations Security Council resolution 1244 and without prejudice to the status of Kosovo.

Pristina 24 September 2020
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Fifty practitioners to enhance skills in provision of occupational therapy

Following the adoption of the Guidelines for Occupational Therapy (OT), as well as the Training of Trainers (ToT) on OT that took place in January 2024, three 2-day cascade training sessions were organised in the course of February and March 2024.  Fifty professionals, mainly from the Prison Health Department, along with representatives from the Correctional Services, Institute for Forensic Psychiatry, and the Special Institute for Persons with Mental and Physical Disabilities, were trained on this important form of therapy.

To complement the theoretical aspects and provide the trainees with practical knowledge, some of the sessions were conducted in the Dubrava Prison, in a section which houses prisoners with both mental and somatic problems. This on-site training allowed the participants to observe and understand the application of OT principles in a real-life setting, thus enhancing their learning experience by connecting theory and practice.

These cascade training sessions allowed the participants to further improve their skills in applying the OT Guidelines and tools in prisons and other closed institutions, a concept which was thus far not utilised in a structured manner. Furthermore, training healthcare and correctional professionals together helps them further strengthen the inter-institutional cooperation in the treatment and rehabilitation of some of the most vulnerable members of the society.

Each of these sessions were facilitated by two trainers who had participated in the ToT in January and were supervised and mentored by a Council of Europe consultant who has been involved in the process since the very beginning, thus further strengthening institutional capacity to provide training.

The activity was conducted under the auspices of the Council of Europe project “Improvement of the treatment of persons deprived of liberty”.

 

 

*All references to Kosovo, whether to the territory, institutions, or population, in this text shall be understood in full compliance with United National Security Council Resolution 1244 and without prejudice to the status of Kosovo.

Istog/ Istok 26 March 2024
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