ViSAR contributes to realising effective, efficient, and coherent application of EU law in the area of rights of victims of crime, focussingon domestic violence in the context of the interplay of Dir 2012/29, 2011/99 and 2004/80 against the background of the IstanbulConvention and priorities of the EU Strategy on victims’ rights (2020-2025). With a consortium composed of prosecutors, judges, lawenforcement practitioners, CSOs and research institutes in EU Member States (5, incl. 1 OCT), ViSAR strengthens cooperation andcoordination among all relevant actors (primarily and direct: justice, law enforcement, public social services, CSOs, legal practitionersincl. restorative justice and psycho-social accompaniment professionals) through mutual learning and exchange events (400 participants)and a newly developed common AI-supported search-and-response platform (1 tool) for victims and service providers. 1 symposiumjoins min. 50 participants from all target groups, incl. the academic sphere; 2 academic journal publications and 1 book will be published.Mutual learning and professionalisation material (3 sets) – on the Directives, structured psycho-social accompaniment and restorativejustice measures – are developed, tested by the target group members and disseminated across the EU to shareholders (WP5). Resultsof previous projects are integrated and further developed into a comprehensive victim support strategy (1) within the project’s scope.Beneficiaries of ViSAR extent to potential victims of domestic violence, victims of crime, and persons in need with a focus on women,children, and the LGBTQ+ community. For these beneficiaries, ViSAR facilitates access to justice, compensation (through overcomingdefinitory differences and value-based discrimination), focussing on cross-border aspects to strengthen the international dimension ofvictims’ rights (through developing 3 transnational standard model agreements and aligned work-flows).
This project is funded by the European Union
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In the ViSAR project the IPoS as the executing department of the HfÖV, together with the partners, will plan, organizing, monitoring and managing the resources and work necessary to deliver specific project goals and objectives in an effective and efficient way.
The consortium will implement several workshops in the partner countries in order to gather and analyze insights from experts and practitioners on the effectiveness and coherent application of EU law in the area of the rights of victims of crime in line with the priorities set up by the EU Strategy on victims‘ rights (2020-2025).
Specific objectives are to identify options for enhanced victim support deriving from a) Directive 2012/29/EU establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime; b) Council Directive 2004/80/EC relating to compensation to crime victims; c) Directive 2011/99/EU on the European protection order; d) Regulation (EU) No 606/2013 on mutual recognition of protection measures in civil matters.
Core of the project will be to develop training material and to develop an AI-supported tool, which will be tested, adjusted and made available online to judicial practitioners and (potential) victims.
Mutual exchange events in Germany, Greece, Italy Curacao and Poland will be organized by IPoS and the partners.
The projects results will be made available with a wide dissemination strategy.
The consortium will establish a regional practitioner network including judicial trainers, VR training designers, and regional judicial schools for judges, prosecutors, lawyers, court experts from across the EU. The Network will be engaged in the project research, piloting and training activities. The partners will design a multidimensional training and research methodology through Community of Practices (CoPs) for interdisciplinary training within the judicial sector using blended VR and online training. Three regional focus groups will engage judicial trainers, lawyers, judges, prosecutors and forensic experts to facilitate open dialogue on experiences in applying European legal instruments from an anagogic perspective. The outcome of the empirical research will be presented in several e-Capsule Reports and used as training material. The partners will design the ‘Network of Regional Judicial Training Centres’. Three technical platforms will be designed and implemented for the network. The consortium will design VR-DigiJust training contents, curricula and certificates. Three Train-the-Trainer courses will be implemented for trainers and regional judiciary schools and justice training centers at local level. A training recruitment campaign will exploit the partners’ existing network, maximizing the dissemination channels. A Cascade Peer Trainingaims at delivering training for 300 Judges, prosecutors, lawyers and court experts, in the partner countries, inviting experts from all EU Member States. The consrtium will draft and publish Journal Articles. A targeted dissemination focuses on communicating transferable results of practical relevance to relevant actors in the justice system.
The overall long-term goal of ViSAR is to contribute to effective, efficient, and coherent application of EU law in the area of rights of victims of crime, focussing on domestic violence.
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