Within the period 11 May – 14 June 2021, the National Institute of Justice will conduct an e-learning course on the topic “Domestic Violence in Cases of Factual and Legal Complexity”. The training is developed and organized under 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.
It is envisaged as a follow-on training to the e-learning course on the “Criminal law aspects of Domestic Violence” piloted within the project “Innovative products and services in the training, delivered by NIJ” funded under the Operational Programme “Good Governance” and integrated within NIJ training curriculum, and will built upon the knowledge and skills acquired within the said training course. The newly-developed course will address the current training needs of Bulgarian magistrates in the field of recognition, substantiation, qualification and individualization of the responsibility for criminal acts of domestic violence with regard to the latest amendments introduced to the Criminal Code and the Criminal Procedure Code and the identified problems related to the integration of the relevant international and European legal standards in this field.
The target group of the training comprises criminal judges, prosecutors, judicial and prosecutorial assistants working at the regional and district level.
Priority enrollment will be offered to the candidates who have completed the course “Criminal law aspects of Domestic Violence” or passed successfully the entry test to the training. The maximum number of participants is 40.
* Information on the training and the submission of applications for participation
Application deadline: 30 April 2021
Contact person: Dimitar Mitev, programme coordinator, „Continuing Training and International Exchange of Magistrates” Department, tel. 02/9359 163, e-mail: d.mitev@nij.bg
Detailed information on the course content, schedule and training methodology is available in the attached curriculum.