September 2019, Academy of Justice within its CTP with the support of UNICEF conducted training for judges and prosecutors on “Protection measures for juvenile victims and criminal offences”.
Purpose of this training was to extend the participant’s knowledge through discussions and presentation of best practices, and elaboration of practical cases on correct implementation of protection measures for juvenile victims and witnesses of criminal offences in order to respect their personality and dignity.
This training elaborated on issues that relate to the definition of juvenile victims and witnesses (children, minors, young adults) that have been victims of a crime, mainly of sexual integrity crimes. Particular attention was paid to techniques and approach of examining these sensitive victims, including the examination through video-conferencing and the witness rooms. Initially the training elaborated on the rights of these victims, psycho-social follow up in this process, the aid structures for these victims, as well as their right to compensation, their right to exclude the public as a procedural rule in order not to expose them to vulnerability again.
Beneficiaries of this training were juvenile department judges, judges of the general departments, and juvenile prosecutors of the basic instance.
09-09-2019