The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), on the occasion of the European Day for Victims of Crime on 22 February, released a statement calling on EU Member States to ensure the rights of victims take centre stage.The FRA’s statement notes the importance of effective and inclusive criminal justice systems to ensure that victims of…
The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign is a global campaign spanning from 25 November – International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women – through 10 December – Human Rights Day. Individuals and organisations worldwide take action to bring attention to the issue of violence against women and girls. Initiated by activists at…
An article on the Protasis Project features in the quarterly edition of the ‘SIPL INFORMA’ magazine in August 2017. The publication of the SIPL – Interregional School for Local Police is addressed to nationwide Local Police Forces and includes information of the yearly training activities for police officers. The article on the Protasis Project introduces…
The European Commission has published an article about PROTASIS in its website campaign ‘NON.NO.NEIN.’ for combating violence against women. The NON.NO.NEIN. campaign is carried out by the European Commission in an effort to spread the message “Say no! Stop violence against women” and raise awareness on the issue of violence against women. Drawing attention to…
Prof. Vasso Artinopoulou, scientific coordinator of the PROTASIS project, was interviewed for a newspaper article under the title “Ενδο-οικογενειακή βία στον καιρό της κρίσης” (“Domestic violence in times of austerity”) published in the Greek newspaper “Η ΑΥΓΗ”. The article looks at domestic violence during the years of austerity. As Prof. Artinopoulou explains, an assumption that…