Within the period 22 March – 22 April 2021, the National Institute of Justice will conduct an e-learning course on the topic “Domestic Violence in a Civil law context. Psychological aspects”. The training is developed within the project “Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence”, implemented with the support of the “Justice” Programme of the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2014-2021, under Contract No BGJUSTICE-4.001-0002/12.02.20.
The course will examine the civil law aspects of domestic violence in the context of the international legal standards of protection established in this field and the relevant case-law of the European Court of Human Rights, with regard to ensuring their effective implementation at the national level.
The training course will provide for raising the awareness of Bulgarian magistrates on the psychological aspects and factors of the said phenomenon, which predetermine the acts of domestic violence as well as on the psychological consulting in domestic violence cases and will contribute to overcoming the existing stereotypes in the understanding of this institute and to more efficient implementation of the protection measures for victims of domestic violence.
The target group of the training comprises civil judges at the regional and district level and judicial assistants. The maximum number of participants is 40.
* Information on the applications for participation
Application deadline: 10 March 2021
Contact person: Svetla Todorova, programme coordinator, „E-learning and Information Resources” Department, tel. 02/9359 104, e-mail: todorova@nij.bg
Detailed information on the course content, schedule and training methodology is available in the attached curriculum.