In connection with the amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code, promulgated in the State Gazette No. 48/02.06.2023, effective from 01.09.2023, the National Institute of Justice developed a self-study course “Introduction to Justice for Children. Current criminal law aspects”, focusing on the rights of minors involved in criminal proceedings. The training was developed by experts from the Justice for Children community and aims at meeting the needs for specialized training of judges, prosecutors and investigators in this field.
The training is a certification course and is published on the Institute’s e-learning portal, under the section: “Self-Study” (https://e-learning.nij.bg/course/view.php?id=1303). Judges, prosecutors, investigating magistrates, and other legal rofessionals who are interested in the materials can take part in the course by logging into their personal Portal account and selecting “Enroll Me” from here.
The training ends with a test, upon successful completion of which the participant obtains a certificate.
The course is developed under the project “Modern learning environment for judges, prosecutors, investigating magistrates and other legal professionals”, implemented with the financial support of the Justice Programme, Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2014-2021.
More information about the training can be found in the short introductory film or by contacting the contact person: Yanislava Andreeva, y.andreeva@nij.bg, phone. 02 9359 162