22/02/2018
The Deputy Minister of Justice Evgeni Stoyanov opened in Vratsa a “blue room” for hearing children victims and offenders of crimes.
The special premises were built up and equipped by the Ministry of Justice with the financial support of the Bulgarian-Swiss Cooperation Programme under Project “Strengthening the Legal and Institutional Capacity of the Judicial System in the Field of Juvenile Justice”.
The Mayor of the Municipality of Vratsa Kalin Kamenov, the representative of the Swiss Embassy Olga Yoncheva, the Project Manager Trifon Trifonov, the Chairpersons of the Regional and District Court Vratsa – Nadya Pelovska and Vasil Ganov, prosecutors, experts from social assistance, psychologists, representatives of the Ministry of Interior and members of the Bar Association in the town attended the opening.
„Each magistrate, a police officer and a social worker engaged with the work with children, knows how important the “blue room” is for the attainment of bigger confidence and better results at hearing children, both in criminal and in civil proceedings“, Deputy Minister Stoyanov declared.
He noted down that several institutions united their efforts for the protection of the best interest of the children in the region of Vratsa – the Municipality of Vratsa, which gratuitously provides the premises, the Regional Court – Vratsa and the District Court – Vratsa, which shall provide the organization and the coordination for their use by all the institutions working with children.
The Mayor of Vratsa Kalin Kamenov expressed his confidence that the qualified for work with children local experts and representatives of the judiciary shall create high organization and teamwork in connection with hearing underage persons and juveniles and the best protection of their rights. He added that it will be possible to use the “blue room” also by their colleagues in the region.
Deputy Minister Stoyanov reminded that with the financial support of the Bulgarian-Swiss Cooperation Programme the Ministry of Justice also opened “blue rooms” in the towns of Varna, Pleven and Kozloduy in the last 2 years. “Thanks to our Swiss partners repairs and equipment of “blue rooms” are forthcoming for commencement in Smolyan, Razgrad, Dobrich, Haskovo, which we hope to open soon“, the Deputy Minister of Justice also declared.
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