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IKOS and Justice Academy introduced the Istanbul Protocol - UN Manual on Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Ill-treatment, adjusted to local context

On 8-10 September, IKOS in partnership with Justice Academy organized training of trainers (ToT) on investigation, documentation and processing of cases of torture and ill-treatment. 18 trainers of the academy including judges, prosecutors and police officers accompanied with members of the national mechanism for prevention of torture (NPM) benefited from three-day workshop facilitated by experts of the International Committee for Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture (IRCT). Participants were trained on standards, principles, and advanced methodology of “medico-legal” documentation and reporting of torture and ill-treatment, applying techniques and tools developed in the Istanbul Protocol. The manual is based on effective cooperation and coordination among multidisciplinary professionals in the referral system including police and prison inspectorates, prosecutors, prison health service, forensics, psychiatrists, and psychologists, in investigating and documenting allegations of ill-treatment.

 

More details about IKOS project could be found at the project web page:

https://www.coe.int/en/web/national-implementation/kosovo-strengthening-the-kosovo-institutions-in-fight-against-torture

7-8 September 2021
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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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