CEPOV - Addressing the gap in multidisciplinary cooperation to enhance the protection of victims’ rights
Between 11 and 12 February 2025 a Task forece meeting was organized in Bucharest as part of the CEPOV project, focusing on Addressing the Gap in Multidisciplinary Cooperation to Enhance the Protection of Victims' Rights.
The project is implemented with the financial support of the Justice Programme of the European Union by the Association Pro Refugiu, the University of Bucharest (Faculty of Law), Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights, University Roma Tre, Solwodi Germany and Scandinavian Human Rights Lawyers.
A total of 27 participants from Italy, Romania, Germany and Sweden participated, including lawyers, prosecutors, judges, social workers, psychologists and other professionals of institutions and organizations focused on the protection of victims' rights.
The project partners elaborated a Roadmap for enhancing multidisciplinary cooperation in terms of identification, referral, assistance and protection for victims of crime. The purpose of the publication is to provide guidance on the procedures that should be used by organisations and institutions that have responsibilities in the identification, referral and assistance of victims, as well as those that have specific competencies in the trial procedures.
Furthermore the discussions focused on victims of human trafficking, victims of gender-based violence and victims of cybercrime. The debates revealed substantial gaps in policy implementation and enforcement across the project countries and a set of recommendations were made.
