On 18 July 2011 from 9.00 A.M. to 5.00 P.M in the National Institute of Justice the Ministry of Justice organises a public discussion on the Concept for State Policy Related to Justice for Children, developed by a group of expert including experts from the Justice Development Foundation. The event will also provide forum for discussion of the draft Child Act developed in the execution of the Concept.
On 12-14.07.2011 the Commission for Protection against Discrimination organised a national training for over 70 police officers ‘National practices for prevention and fight against discrimination in Bulgarian society and the role of the Ministry of Interior” in Velingrad within the framework of the Project ‘Quality – a Road to Progress’.
The program of the training included lectures and interactive training events aimed at improving the professional qualification of the target group on implementation of national and international legal standards for protection against discrimination, management of discriminatory social attitudes, practical issues of ethnicity relation in Bulgaria and the practice of the Commission.
The Justice Development Foundation supports the training by providing two lecturers: Iva Pushkarova and Petya Popova. Their training modules are devoted to hate crimes, criminal regimes for their prosecution and special techniques for investigating such crimes.