Projects

Actions performed as part of project work by the Human Rights Monitoring Institute

Stop Violence Against Women: From Awareness-Raising to Zero Victim Blaming

This project aims to develop targeted information and implement practical empowerment actions, education activities and awareness-raising to increase understanding of different forms of violence against women by general public and specialists working on the field in order to combat victims blaming and ultimately, contribute to promoting zero tolerance to violence against women and strengthening gender …

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New standards to combat discrimination – changes in business, public sector and society

Project goal: To raise the level of general knowledge and awareness around the principles of equal opportunities and mitigation of discrimination in the workplace, under the Equal Opportunities legislation in the private and public sectors, as well as general civil society. Time period 2017 04 05 – 2020 04 05 Applicant (Coordinator) Office of the Equal …

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Improved Response to Victims of Crime

On 10 February, Human Rights Monitoring Institute and Lithuanian Police School held the kick-off meeting of the project “Improved Response to Victims of Crime” (JUST/2015/JACC/AG/VICT/9269). The project funded by the Justice Programme of the European Union, aims to equip law enforcement officers with knowledge and tools necessary to effectively respond to victims of crime. The …

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HRMI starts new project on victims’ rights

On 1 September, HRMI launched a new project on improving protection of victims rights through training of professionals. The primary purpose of the project “Developing an EU Training Module for the Victims’ Directive”, led by Irish Council of Civil Liberties, is to develop a new training module on Victims’ Directive, and provide trainings to relevant …

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HRMI is starting a new project on the European Arrest Warrant

On 14th July, Human Rights Monitoring Institute attended the Fair Trials-hosted kick-off meeting of the Beyond Surrender project, which will look at the use and abuse of the European Arrest Warrant (EAW) and its impact on the life of the defendants and their families. The project, funded by the EU Commission, is being coordinated by …

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Developing an EU Training Module for the Victims’ Directive

The primary objective of the project is the provision of training pursuant to Directive 2012/29/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime (hereinafter the “Victims’ Directive”), taking a human-rights’ based approach. Period 1 September 2016 – 1 …

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Inside Police Custody: Application of EU Procedural Rights

  The primary objective of the project is to identify how suspects’ procedural rights operate in practice and to provide recommendations for removing possible flaws. Data gathered through observational research will be used to ensure better implementation of suspects’ rights enshrined in the EU Directives on the right to interpretation and translation, the right to information, …

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Beyond surrender

The project seeks to provide a human insight into the treatment of people following surrender under the European Arrest Warrant (EAW), and to identify and illustrate good and bad practice in post-surrender treatment to support effective implementation of the EAW Framework decision. Project period 2016 06 01 – 2018 03 01 Partnership Lithuania, Belgium. Romania, …

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