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Domestic and Gender-Based Violence: Victims Support Model

Author(s): Elmira Nesheva,Daniela Kolarova,Rumen Minkovski / Language(s): English

Freedom from violence, regardless of its form, is every human being’s fundamental right. The rights to life, liberty and security of person have been regulated in the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights, as well as in the European Convention on Human Rights. The purpose of the Victims Support Model is to provide information and to present the currently existing activities, services and departments, which operate in the area of domestic and gender-based violence. The proposed Model accepts that the strong prevalence of the phenomena and the consequences thereof necessitate that it is treated as a public health issue. For this reason, an approach is being proposed, which defines and outlines the roots and the consequences of this problem in Bulgaria, identifies the risk and protective factors, and proposes strategies for effective resolution, including activities on prevention, timely reaction, and follow-up.

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Drug Users in Prison: Norway's Experience and Bulgaria's Challenges

Author(s): Dimitar Markov,Hedda Giertsen,Maria Doichinova / Language(s): English

Publication looks over the situation of drug users in two European countries – Norway, known for its social and welfare-oriented state, and Bulgaria, which since the beginning of the transition from totalitarism to democracy lacks sustainable policies on prisons and drugs. The aim of this work is to comparatively present the penal policy towards drug users and the measures taken for convicted people addicted to narcotic substances, to identify those features which can be transferable and can assist Bulgarian authorities to improve the situation of drug users in and outside the prison. Finally, this research will try to propose concrete measures to be taken both within the penitentiary system and as crime prevention efforts among drug users.

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CSD-Report 23 - Penitentiary Policy аnd System in the Republic оf Bulgaria

Author(s): Maria Yordanova,Dimitar Markov / Language(s): English

The report explores to what extent Bulgaria has introduced the European standards in the legal regulation of the prison system and the execution of the penal sanction of imprisonment, how are they implemented in practice, what is the State’s penal policy and strategy in this area in general and in respect to drug-addicted prisoners in particular, and what is the opinion of the people working in the penitentiary system and the non-governmental organizations monitoring the activities of penitentiary facilities.

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CSD-Report 17 - Police Stops and Ethnic Profiling in Bulgaria

Author(s): Tihomir Bezlov,Martin Dimov,Philip Gounev,Nikoleta Yordanova / Language(s): English

Between June and December 2005 the Center for the Study of Democracy and Vitosha Research, supported by the Open Society Justice Initiative carried out a study of police stops. The resulting report Police Stops and Ethnic Profiling in Bulgaria examines the use of stops by the Bulgarian police, focusing on the practices of disproportionate stops of members of the Roma ethnic minority. The report also highlights issues related to police abuse during stops as well as crime among in Roma communities. // The study is part of a Europe-wide initiative aimed to map discriminatory police practices across Europe. In addition to Bulgaria, research was carried out in Spain, Hungary and Russia indicating that there is disproportionate treatment of minorities by the police in all these countries. // Police stops are the main point of contact between officers and citizens. Police officers view stops as essential for detecting and preventing crime. Therefore, the appropriate use of this tool is crucial to police efficiency, whereas when used in the wrong way, it could seriously deteriorate the relations between citizens and the police. The findings and the report were launched at a public meeting of the National Crime Prevention Commission on September 19, 2006.

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Модел за подкрепа на жертви на домашно насилие и насилие, основано на пола

Author(s): Elmira Nesheva,Daniela Kolarova,Rumen Minkovski / Language(s): Bulgarian

Freedom from violence, regardless of its form, is every human being’s fundamental right. The rights to life, liberty and security of person have been regulated in the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights, as well as in the European Convention on Human Rights. The purpose of the Victims Support Model is to provide information and to present the currently existing activities, services and departments, which operate in the area of domestic and gender-based violence. The proposed Model accepts that the strong prevalence of the phenomena and the consequences thereof necessitate that it is treated as a public health issue. For this reason, an approach is being proposed, which defines and outlines the roots and the consequences of this problem in Bulgaria, identifies the risk and protective factors, and proposes strategies for effective resolution, including activities on prevention, timely reaction, and follow-up.

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Национално изследване на домашното насилие и насилието, основано на полов признак (ДННОПП), и изработване на модел за подкрепа на жертвите на насилие (МПЖН).

Author(s): Slavyanka Ivanova,Miriana Ilcheva / Language(s): Bulgarian

The current brief is based on the results of the National Study on Domestic and Gender Based Violence (DGBV) and Elaboration of Victims Support Model (VSM), developed under Programme Area 29, BG12: Domestic and Gender Based Violence, Measure 3: Research and data collection of the Norwegian Financial Mechanism. The study focused on four main thematic areas connected with DGBV phenomena: factors and causes, scales and prevalence, consequences, and public response. The study revealed that DGBV victimisation is caused by the simultaneous action of three types of factors: factors representing a conflict, violent conflict-resolution models that the perpetrators follow, and lack or blocking of deterrent mechanisms. DGBV re-victimisation occurs when the victims lack both internal and external resources to counteract. The reporting of DGBV prevalence depends on three factors: real occurrence of DGBV, awareness that the experienced acts represent DGBV, and readiness to share this experience with authorities, help providers or researchers.

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Подкрепа и реинтеграция на децата - жертви на трафик в България: законодателство, институционална рамка и политики

Author(s): Miriana Ilcheva / Language(s): Bulgarian

The report explores the legal, institutional and policy framework of countering child trafficking in Bulgaria and assisting and reintegrating its victims. It looks at Bulgarian criminal law and criminal procedure, as well as other legal norms, relevant to the subject, and the extent to which they comply with international standards. The study presents the different stages of referral victims go through, the various institutions and organisations, involved in the process, and the policies and initiatives they pursue in improving child victims’ situation. A number of recommendations are put forward in terms of possible legislative amendments, strengthening policy framework and furthering capacity building of institutions, entrusted with combating child trafficking.

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JEDNAKA ZAŠTITA ZA RAZLIČITOST - PRIRUČNIK O POSTUPANJU U SLUČAJU KRŠENJA LJUDSKIH PRAVA LEZBJEKI, GEJEVA, BISEKSUALNIH, TRANS* I INTERSPOLNIH OSOBA ZA POLICAJKE I POLICAJCE, DRUGO, DOPUNJENO I IZMIJENJENO IZDANJE

Author(s): Vladana Vasić,Saša Gavrić,Darko Pandurević / Language(s): Bosnian

Društvo u Bosni i Hercegovini karakteriše visok stepen homo/bi/transfobije što je rezultat neznanja, neinformisanosti, kao i razmišljanja da su LGBTI (lezbejke, gej muškarci, biseksualne, trans i interspolne osobe) osobe nešto što ne postoji u našem društvu ili nešto što dolazi sa Zapada. Ovakav stav javnosti dovodi do toga da se LGBTI osobe svakodnevno susreću sa mnogobrojnim problemima, te nerijetko i diskriminacijom i nasiljem zbog svoje seksualne orijentacije ilirodnog identiteta i spolnih karakteristika. LGBTI osobe spadaju u jednu od najnevidljivijih manjinskih grupa u BiH, zbog čega su izloženije i podložnije diskriminaciji i nasilju koji najčešće ostaju neprijavljeni zbog straha od autovanja (javnog otkrivanja njihove seksualne orijentacije i/ili rodnog identiteta i spolnih karakteristika) i nepovjerenja u reakcije državnih institucija. Zbog osjetljivosti i specifičnosti položaja LGBTI osoba u bh. društvu, veoma je bitno posvetiti dodatnu pažnu postupanju sa ovim osobama prilikom prijave krivičnog djela. Ovaj priručnik je namijenjen policijskim službenicima_ama, koji_e imaju značajnu ulogu kada su u pitanju zaštita i ostvarivanje ljudskih prava. Potrebno je da policijski_e službenici_e, kao prva i građanima najbliža instanca zaštite ljudskih prava, razumiju probleme sa kojima se svakodnevno susreću LGBTI osobe, te da budu dovoljno senzibilizirani_e da ovim osobama pristupe na odgovarajući način u slučaju krivičnih djela počinjenih prema ovim osobama.

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Organizirana prisilna iseljavanja Srba iz NDH

Author(s): Filip Škiljan / Language(s): Croatian

Imperijalne težnje Trećeg Reicha i Italije bile su pokretač Drugog svjetskog rata, a ideološku orkestraciju činili su rasna teorija, »evolucijski opravdavana« borba za životni prostor i anti-boljševizam. Emocionalni naboj davali su osvetoljubivost i želja za revanšizmom prema pobjednicima iz Prvog svjetskog rata te tradicionalni kršćanski antisemitizam. Europa se politički trebala vrtiti oko osovine Berlin–Rim, a činile bi je još neutralne i profašističke države te satelitske države ograničenog suvereniteta. Pored Židova i Roma, u Europi su rasno inferiornima smatrani i Slaveni općenito, posebno Česi, Poljaci, Rusi i Slovenci jer su ujedno bili i smetnja realizaciji njemačkog Lebensrauma. Rusi i Poljaci su tako, uz Židove, brojčano najveće žrtve nacističke projekcije Trećeg Reicha. Svima njima sudbinu je određivala nacistička genocidna ideologija superiornog arijevstva kao pogonskog goriva njemačkog imperijalističkog plana koji je u njima vidio samo biološki potencijal za ropsku eksploataciju.

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Ratni zločini nad Srbima u Hrvatskoj 91 — 95

Author(s): Saša Milošević / Language(s): English,Croatian

Throughout the whole history of state, people and individuals were faced, to different extent, with war, destruction, violence and war crimes. The greatest difficulty after the conflicts, in addition to reconstruction of demolished houses and re-establishing relationship, was facing war crimes, in particular those committed by members of the so-called ‘Us’. This ‘patriotic narrowing of the mind’, as the philosophy professor Žarko Puhovski once said, at the time when one should confess the guilt of human also becomes a moral drama that has been haunting human kind since ever. It is related to the ontological evil as Hannah Arendt said, as well as with insisting upon ‘our truth’, which villains of modern age like to use in court rooms and claim it to the grave.

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Historijski revizionizam, govor mržnje i nasilje prema Srbima u 2016.

Author(s): Tamara Opačić / Language(s): English,Croatian

Hate speech in right wing media, angry shouting at stadiums and hate graffiti in the streets, public gatherings of Ustasha supporters as well as discriminatory and revisionist statements by senior state officials, became a part of political reality in Croatia in 2016. What is truly wor¬rying for the security of certain individuals and groups, and especially for representatives and members of the Serb community, is that the number of verbal and physical attacks against them rose last year and that hatred against Serbs and other individuals and groups of liberal and leftist orientation became more intense.

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Izvješće o pojavama govora mržnje i kaznenih djela učinjenih iz mržnje u Bosni i Hercegovini u razdoblju od lipnja 2017. godine do lipnja 2018. godine

Author(s): / Language(s): Croatian

U razdoblju od 2016. do 2018. godine došlo je do poboljšanja pravnog okvira kada su u pitanju kaznena djela učinjena iz mržnje. Međutim, u praski i dalje postoje problemi koji se ogledaju u činjenici da bosanskohercegovačko društvo, kao i nadležna tijela, nije dovoljno senzibilizirano, odnosno nije dovoljno educirano kako bi ova kaznena djela bila primjereno sankcionirana. To doprinosi situaciji da žrtve kaznenih djela najčešće ostaju nezbrinute, djela neprocesuirana, što nekažnjenim počiniteljima_cama u ovakvim slučajevima šalje jasnu poruku da su njihova djela prihvatljiva i opravdana. Unatoč postojećem zakonskom okviru, koji trenutno pruža zakonsku zaštitu za žrtve i potencijalne žrtve kaznenih djela učinjenih iz mržnje, nažalost, pripadnici_e manjinskih skupina nisu u mogućnosti voditi siguran i dostojan život zbog činjenice da dijele neke od zaštićenih karakteristika. Iako je u proteklom razdoblju kontinuirano poboljšavana legislativa kada su u pitanju mržnja i kaznena djela učinjena iz mržnje, država nije uradila ništa kako na promidžbi postojeće legislative, tako niti na uspostavljanju povjerenja policije i pravosuđa s pripadnicima_ama marginaliziranih skupina. Jedan od razloga zašto članovi_ce marginaliziranih skupina ne prijavljuju nasilje upravo je nepovjerenje u pravosudni sustav, jer ga, nažalost, vide kao problem, a ne kao dio rješenja. Neprijavljivanje je dakako opravdano strahom žrtava da policijski_e službenici_e, tužitelji_ce i suci_sutkinje nisu dovoljno senzibilizirani_e i nemaju odgovarajući/profesionalni pristup žrtvama pripadnicima_ama marginaliziranih skupina, odnosno javni_e službenici_e imaju izražene predrasude prema društvenim skupinama koje su na marginama bh. društva. Posljedično, kaznena politika je veoma loša kada su u pitanju ova kaznena djela. Drugi razlog je što izostaju državni sustavni programi educiranja i senzibiliziranja policije i pravosuđa. Sav teret senzibilizacije i edukacije preuzimaju organizacije civilnog sektora i međunarodne organizacije koje djeluju na teritoriju BiH, a bave se tematikom i problematikom mržnje i kaznenih djela učinjenih iz mržnje. Iz dokumentiranih slučajeva može se primijetiti, nažalost, da ova kaznena djela imaju tendenciju rasta zbog neprimjenjivanja trenutnog postojećeg zakonskog okvira, prema kojem počinitelji_ce mogu biti sankcionirani_e, te da je potrebno poboljšanje trenutnog zakonskog okvira, odnosno harmonizacija kaznenih zakona u Federaciji BiH i Brčko distriktu s Krivičnim zakonom Republike Srpske.

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The Dialogue of Cultures

Author(s): / Language(s): English

In a world subject to constant change and reconfiguring, societies, previously understood as mono-cultural, have incontestably been refashioned multicultural. The permeability of frontiers made individuals realize that, as denizens of the world, rather than citizens of a country, we live in and through the cultural encounter. Survival is about learning to live at the border, or rather across the borders, where the essential skill is to sense and value diversity and thus cherish the cultural dialogue. Fiction in dialogue with other art forms; fiction as an act of resistance; fiction across cultural borders; cultures in contact; the cultural clash; identity and the cultural and linguistic conflict and dialogue; migration and its linguistic challenges have offered the authors the chance to meet and exchange ideas.

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Prava civilnih žrtava rata

Author(s): Vesna Teršelič,Milena Čalić-Jelić / Language(s): Croatian

Žrtvama se smatraju osobe koje su, pojedinačno ili unutar skupine, pretrpjele štetu koja uključuje fizičku ili mentalnu povredu, emotivnu patnju, materijalni gubitak ili ozbiljnu povredu njihovih temeljnih prava putem akata ili propusta koji predstavljaju teška kršenja međunarodnog prava o ljudskim pravima ili ozbiljne povrede međunarodnog humanitarnog prava, u skladu s Rezolucijom Opće skupštine Ujedinjenih naroda 60/147 Temeljna načela i smjernice o pravu na pravni lijek i reparaciju za žrtve teških kršenja međunarodnog prava o ljudskim pravima i ozbiljnih povreda međunarodnog humanitarnog prava. Gdje je to primjereno te u skladu s unutarnjim pravom, pojam žrtva uključuje i članove uže obitelji ili štićenike neposredne žrtve i osobe koje su pretrpjele štetu u nastojanju da pomognu žrtvama u nevolji ili da spriječe njihovu viktimizaciju.

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Nationalism and Non-Muslim Minorities in Turkey, 1915 - 1950

Author(s): Ayhan Aktar / Language(s): English

Ayhan Aktar has been working on anti-minority policies in modern Turkey since 1991. In the Ottoman Empire’s final decade (in 1906), non-Muslims constituted 20% of the population; by 1927, they were reduced to 2.5% and, nowadays, they make up less than 0.02% of the population of Modern Turkey. Armenians were subjected to deportations (1915), Greeks were ‘exchanged’ (1922–1924) and Jews were forced to migrate abroad (after 1945). Like many other nation-states in the Near East, Turkey has been able to homogenize its population on religious grounds. This book is a collection of Aktar's articles about this transformation.Aktar criticises nationalist historiographies and argues "For instance, a scholar conducting research on the Jewish community during the republican period could easily come to the conclusion that only Jews were discriminated against by the Turkish state. However, this is only partially true! All non-Muslim minorities were discriminated against and their stories cannot be understood unless the Turkish state and its policies are placed at centre stage. Utilizing diplomatic correspondence in the British and US National Archives has enabled me to understand anti-minority policies as a whole and to treat the subject within a totality."This book will interest scholars and students of nationalism, minority studies and Turkish history and politics.

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Genocid nad Bošnjacima, Srebrenica 1995–2020: Uzroci, razmjere i posljedice. Zbornik radova s Međunarodne naučne konferencije održane 19. oktobra 2020. u Sarajevu

Author(s): / Language(s): Bosnian

Povodom obilježavanja dvadeset pete godišnjice genocida nad Bošnjacima u „sigurnoj zoni“ Ujedinjenih nacija Srebrenica i oko nje, 19. oktobra 2020. godine u Sarajevu (Vijećnica) održana je Međunarodna naučna konferencija pod nazivom “GENOCID NAD BOŠNJACIMA, SREBRENICA 1995–2020: Uzroci, razmjere i posljedice“ u organizaciji četiri obrazovno-naučne institucije: Univerziteta u Sarajevu, Univerziteta u Tuzli, Instituta za istraživanje zločina protiv čovječnosti i međunarodnog prava Univerziteta u Sarajevu i Instituta za historiju Univerziteta u Sarajevu. Događaji u Srebrenici i oko nje od 6. do 19. jula 1995. godine, bez obzira na mnogobrojne pokušaje, neprevodivi su na jezik stvarnosti koju poznajemo. Kao čovječanstvo naivno smo vjerovali da se poslije Aušvica i holokausta nigdje, nikada i nikome ne može dogoditi genocid takvih razmjera, da su za samo nekoliko dana ugašena nasilnom smrću 8372 ljudska života, a ugašena su samo zato što su imala drugačiji etnički i vjerski identitet. To nam govori da ljudski rod kroz historiju u moralnom pogledu od Drugog svjetskog rata i pobjede nad fašizmom nije nimalo napredovao. [...]

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Priručnik za razmatranje krivičnog djela silovanja u sudskoj praksi u Bosni i Hercegovini

Author(s): / Language(s): Bosnian

Iako silovanje predstavlja najteže krivično djelo protiv spolne slobode i morala i jednu od najtežih inkriminacija u okviru savremenih krivičnih zakonodavstava, analiza dostupnih predmeta koju je Atlantska inicijativa provela krajem 2017. godine ukazala je na potrebu da se krivičnom djelu silovanja posveti dodatna pažnja u pravosudnim sistemima u Bosni i Hercegovini. Rezultati ove analize, predstavljeni u trećem poglavlju ove publikacije, ukazali su na neujednačenu praksu sudova u razmatranju olakšavajućih i otežavajućih okolnosti, na nedovoljno uzimanje u obzir posljedica silovanja po mentalno zdravlje žrtava, na često ublažavanje kazne ili izricanje minimalne kazne predviđene za ovo krivično djelo, te na prisustvo stereotipa o ponašanju žrtava i učinilaca. Stoga je Atlantska inicijativa putem projekta „Rod i pravosuđe u Bosni i Hercegovini“ facilitirala rad panela od dvanaest sudija i sutkinja s krivičnog referata iz različitih sudova u BiH s ciljem razmatranja aktuelne sudske prakse u krivičnim predmetima silovanja te razvoja preporuka i resursa za rad na ovim predmetima. Panel se sastajao jedanput mjesečno u periodu od decembra 2017. do juna 2018. godine, kada je, putem radnih grupa, na osnovi diskusija sa stručnjacima različitih profila te razmatranja prikupljenih slučajeva, nastajao ovaj priručnik. Stav panela jeste da ovaj priručnik može koristiti sudijama i sutkinjama koji/koje rade na ovim predmetima u adekvatnijem razumijevanju krivičnog djela silovanja, njegovih posljedica i utjecaja na kasniji život žrtve, ali isto tako doprinijeti prevazilaženju dilema s kojima se oni susreću u radu s ovakvim slučajevima. Tokom svog rada panel je razmatrao normativna rješenja u Bosni i Hercegovini, s osvrtom na ujednačenost zakonskih odredbi u propisivanju ovog krivičnog djela i kazni propisanih krivičnim zakonima, ali i na odmjeravanje kazne, pri čemu su posebno analizirana normativna rješenja koja se izravno odnose na područje „sudskog odmjeravanja kazne“. Razmatrane su olakšavajuće i otežavajuće okolnosti, koje naravno nisu jedini kriterij određivanja vrste i visine kazne u svakom pojedinačnom predmetu, ali prema panelu imaju značajan, ako ne i odlučujući utjecaj da se sud opredijeli upravo za određenu vrstu odnosno visinu kazne. Panel je također razmatrao i kvalifikatorne oblike silovanja, posljedice rodnih predrasuda u seksualnom napadu, te analizirao psihološke traume koje silovanje ima na žrtvu. U diskusijama i prezentacijama razmatrana je i međunarodna praksa te koncept „silovanja bez prinude“ koji promovira Istanbulska konvencija, a koji još uvijek nije pronašao svoje mjesto među inkriminacijama protiv spolne slobode i morala, odnosno spolnog integriteta u Bosni i Hercegovini (osim zločina seksualnog nasilja kao zločina protiv čovječnosti i zločina protiv civilnog stanovništva). Ovaj priručnik, uz reference na bosanskohercegovačku i međunarodnu sudsku praksu i literaturu, donosi zaključke, preporuke i ključne nalaze panelista i panelistica. Priručnik je podijeljen u sedam poglavlja, koja se mogu koristiti odvojeno ili zajedno kao resursni materijal u radu na predmetima krivičnog djela silovanja. Poglavlje jedan razmatra krivično djelo silovanje u zakonodavstvu Bosne i Hercegovine. Poglavlje dva daje osvrt na sudsku praksu i primjenu olakšavajućih i otežavajućih okolnosti. Poglavlje tri razmatra kvalifikatorni oblik krivičnog djela silovanja. Poglavlje četiri daje pregled psiholoških posljedica krivičnog djela silovanja. Poglavlje pet bavi se rodnim predrasudama i društvenim specifičnostima krivičnog djela silovanja. Poglavlje šest razmatra specifičnosti i predrasude prema osobama s invaliditetom, manjinama i migrantima u odnosu na krivično djelo silovanja. Poglavlje sedam daje preporuke panela za razmatranje otežavajućih i olakšavajućih okolnosti prilikom odmjeravanja sankcija za ovo krivično djelo

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Benchbook for Consideration of The Criminal Offence of Rape in the Caselaw of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Author(s): / Language(s): English

Although rape constitutes the gravest criminal offence against sexual freedom and morale and is one of the most severe allegations in contemporary criminal legislation, an analysis of publicly available cases carried out by the Atlantic Initiative in late 2017 indicated a need to direct greater attention towards the crime of rape in justice systems in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). The results of that analysis, presented in the second chapter of this text, revealed inconsistent practices in the evaluation of mitigating and aggravating factors, insufficient consideration of the mental health consequences for victims of rape, and the frequent reduction of sanctions or the imposition of minimum sanctions for this offence. It also uncovered evidence that stereotypes about the behaviour of victims and perpetrators impacts outcomes. In response, the Atlantic Initiative facilitated the work of a panel of twelve judges from different courts in BiH through the “Gender and Justice Project in Bosnia and Herzegovina,” to consider existing court practices in cases of rape and develop recommendations and resources for work on these cases. The panel held monthly meetings from December 2017 to June 2018, developing this Benchbook through working groups, discussions with experts, and analysis of cases. The panel believes this Benchbook can help judges better understand the criminal offence of rape, as well as its short- and long-term effects on victims, and can play a role in helping them overcome dilemmas that arise in these cases. During its work, the panel considered legislative solutions in BiH, focusing on the uniformity of provisions governing the criminal offence of rape and the sanctions prescribed by criminal codes; but also on sentencing, particularly legislation directly relating to “court sentencing.” The panel also analysed the application of mitigating and aggravating factors, which were observed to have an important if not a decisive influence on the specific type and severity of sanctions imposed by the courts. Further, the panel reviewed qualifying forms of rape and the consequences of gender bias in sexual assaults, and took an in-depth look at the psychological traumas experienced by victims of rape. In the context of discussions and presentations, the panel analysed the international practice and concept of “rape without consent” as well, which is promoted by the Istanbul Convention but has not yet found its place in BiH (other than as a crime against humanity). Along with references to court practices and literature from BiH and beyond, this Benchbook offers the conclusions, recommendations, and key findings of the panel that developed it. The Benchbook is divided into seven chapters that can be used separately or together as a resource in work on criminal cases of rape. Chapter One considers legislation in BiH on the criminal offence of rape. Chapter Two reflects on caselaw relating to the application of mitigating and aggravating factors. Chapter Three reviews the qualifying framework of the criminal offence of rape. Chapter Four provides an overview of the psychological consequences of rape for victims. Chapter Five addresses gender bias and socio-cultural specificities of the criminal offence of rape. Chapter Six presents an analysis of bias against disabled persons, minorities, and migrants with regard to the criminal offence of rape. Chapter Seven provides panel recommendations for the evaluation of mitigating and aggravating factors when determining sanctions for the criminal offence of rape.

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Author(s): / Language(s): Turkish

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