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HELP online course on Violence against Women and Domestic Violence launched for Judges, Prosecutors and other Legal Professionals

Under the project "Reinforcing the fight against violence against women and domestic violence - phase II", the Council of Europe launched the HELP course on Violence against Women and Domestic Violence, in cooperation with the Justice Academy of Kosovo*. The course was developed by the Council of Europe Gender Equality Division and the European Programme for Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals (HELP) and successfully launched through a conference which took place on 20 February 2020 in Pristina. ...

The launching conference was opened by Merita Limani, the local Project Manager, Council of Europe, and Enver Fejzullahu, Director of the Justice Academy. Welcoming remarks were provided also by Jenny Stenberg Sorvold, the Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Norway in Pristina. An introduction to the Council of Europe HELP Programme was provided by Valentina Boz, Council of Europe HELP Unit. The participants also benefited from a presentation on European standards in the field of gender based violence and domestic violence by Anca Ciupa, CoE consultant and member of WAVE Network, and a presentation on local legislation and practice by Faton Ademi, Judge with Court of Appeals.    ....

The HELP course on violence against women and domestic violence aims to provide high quality human rights training that will enable legal professionals to be more responsive to the needs of victims of violence against women and domestic violence while utilizing important standards of the Istanbul Convention within the national jurisdictions and European Court of Human Rights practices. The course incorporates the local legal framework on domestic violence and it will be offered in local official languages.

Over 50 participants will take part in the HELP online course, mainly judges, prosecutors, victims’ advocates, police and lawyers.  The participants will conduct seven online modules with the practical support and guidance of the national tutors Arberita Kryeziu and Aleksandra Dimitrijevic.


The HELP course on Violence against Women and Domestic Violence is composed of the following substantive modules:
1. Understanding violence against women and domestic violence
2. International and European Legal Framework
3. Overcoming barriers / access to Justice
4. Criminal Justice Response I – Investigation and pre-trial
5. Criminal Justice Response II – Trial and sentencing
6. Civil Justice Response
7. Alternative Dispute Resolution

The HELP course on Violence against women and domestic violence is currently available in the HELP online platform in Armenian, Bosnian, English, Georgian, Macedonian, Montenegrin, Russian, Polish, Slovenian, and Ukrainian.


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

          

Pristina 20 February 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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