Description :

• Summary of Criminal Code provisions, Supreme Court and Prosecutor’s Office Guidelines, and new legal definitions in the Law on DV, DVNG, and DVGJ;
• Dynamics of domestic violence: coercive control, power and control cycles, stereotypes about victims and perpetrators, cycle of violence;
• Trauma, DV, and risk factors, including post-separation violence;
• Identifying DV offenses, interview techniques, evidence collection, and evaluation;
• Prosecutorial judgment and charge selection;
• Addressing discriminatory application of evidence rules to ensure justice;

Integration of perpetrator treatment programs as part of sentencing and management of protection order violations. 

Objectives :

• Build professional capacities to provide effective responses to DV cases;
• Articulate relevant provisions of the Criminal Code, Supreme Court Guidelines, Prosecutor’s Office Policies, and new definitions in the Law on DV, FGM, and GBV;
• Understand the dynamics of control and coercion and the impact of trauma on victims’ behavior and decision-making;
• Apply techniques for victim-centered, gender-responsive, and perpetrator-accountable approaches, including managing reluctant victims and balancing the rights of victims and accused;
• Assess risk and incorporate it in pre-trial release or bail decisions with victim safety in mind;
• Ensure comprehensive investigation and collection of all relevant evidence;
• Develop skills for accurate assessment of evidence, guiding prosecutorial judgment, charge selection, and judicial evaluation through a gender lens;
• Demonstrate competence in the gender-sensitive application of evidence rules;
• Ensure proportionate and well-reasoned sentencing, including the use of perpetrator intervention or treatment programs and victim compensation;
• Identify effective strategies to reduce secondary victimization;

Demonstrate knowledge and skills to handle challenging DV cases

Venue :

Location : Academy of Justice
City : Prishtine

Trajnues:

• Sulltan Dobraj,Shenaj Berisha

19/05/2026 - 20/05/2026