GENERAL INFORMATION
 

Project title
 

Improving the Effectiveness of Family Courts: Better Protection of the Rights of Family Members

Priority area
 

Judiciary

Beneficiary

Ministry of Justice

Implementing partner
 

Council of Europe

Duration

EU contribution (Euro)

2.000.000

PROJECT SUMMARY

Brief description of the project and main objectives
 

With the project, it is aimed to increase the awareness of the rights of children, women and other family members who have procedures in family courts for various reasons, and to improve the awareness and expertise of judges, prosecutors and experts on domestic violence, child benefit and gender equality.

Location

Ankara

Achieved results / expected outputs

- Designing a "Family Law Certificate Program" within the Justice Academy for judges appointed to family courts and prosecutors working on domestic violence.

- Raising public awareness of the functioning of family courts and the rights of family members

- Preparation of training programs, handbooks and guides