UNITED NATIONS Office on Drugs and Crime

VICTIM SUPPORT PROJECT

INDIA MEXICO SOUTH AFRICA UGANDA UKRAINE PAKISTAN INDONESIA THAILAND

GLO/R32BUILDING NON-GOVERNMENT SUPPORT STRUCTURES FOR VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIME, INCLUDING VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS STATUS REPORT: SEPTEMBER 2006

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INTRODUCTION
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VICTIM SUPPORT

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VICTIM SUPPORT PROJECT

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INDIA INDONESIA MEXICO PAKISTAN SOUTH AFRICA THAILAND UGANDA UKRAINE & MOLDOVA

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ABOUT UNODC, CJRU, ROSA

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Countries of Victim Support Project

FUNDERS

B. Victim Support Project Victim Support Project aims to build nongovernmental support structures to assist the victims of violent crimes including human trafficking. The project seeks to particularly help vulnerable groups such as children and women by carrying out antitrafficking programmes and providing them with shelter, rehabilitation and training facilities as well as psychosocial and legal support during their recovery period. Funded by the United States of America, Italy and Netherlands, the Project is managed from the Regional Office for South Asia at New Delhi under the overall technical supervision of the CJRU. UNODC Executive Director Mr. Antonio Maria Costa and This work is done in cooperation with fifteen NGOs ROSA Representative Mr. Gary Lewis at a Home (Sanlaap) in nine developing countries and countries in supported by UNODC in Kolkota transition. The individual sub-projects are located in India, Indonesia, South Africa, Uganda, Pakistan, Mexico, Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova, and Thailand. About half of the sub-projects funded by the initiative are located in India. The NGOs were selected by a panel of external experts to receive UNODC grants based on their commitment to develop practical initiatives to assist victims of violent crime and to execute antitrafficking programmes. These efforts complement UNODC's victim support and anti-human trafficking activities by directly addressing the needs of victims. The grants awarded for each project is US$ 35,000 on average. The sub-project durations vary from a minimum of one to a maximum three years. The nineteen selected sub-projects are piloted to promote high quality victim centred initiatives, from which important lessons can be learned. The individual sub-projects offer emotional and practical support, elementary legal aid, and short-term counselling and referrals with activities ranging from establishing shelters for victims to legal training for police and the judiciary staff.

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I. VICTIM SUPPORT PROJECT: A REVIEW OF THE NGOs A. INDIA

Care and Support for Adolescent Girls/Young Women Vulnerable to Sexual Abuse, Gender Discrimination and Trafficking Better Education Through Innovation (BETI) Foundation is executing a project to promote, establish and strengthen existing structures and systems for providing support to 'at risk' and affected adolescent girls and young women against varied sexual and other abuses, including trafficking, domestic and other social violence. The project seeks to evolve a convergent model for holistic/integrated care and support in households and in the larger community. BETI works in 8 backward districts prone to human trafficking located in the Indo-Nepal border of the Uttar Pradesh state of India. To aid vulnerable adolescents, BETI has, as part of the project, established a help line (9839302030 and 98392040), which constitutes the main referral points for project beneficiaries. The other achievements of the project are: 2,500 girls on the Indo-Nepal border are being assisted through direct interventions through informal education and provision of livelihood skills in the form of chikan work training, a specialised embroidery work. Project has assisted 11,206 adolescent girls through advocacy in the form of street plays, thematic films and discussions during important fairs and festivals. Project has produced a Migration Tool Kit to promote safe migration and reduce vulnerabilities to trafficking. Research on vulnerabilities in project districts relating to migration patterns and review of police records. Project has also researched the role of Women in Islam.

Building Support for Victims of Trafficking Among Indo-Nepal Cross-Border Communities Due to the illegal nature of trafficking, it is impossible to be precise about the numbers, however, conservative figures point to thousands of women and children who have been or are at risk of being trafficked in South Asia. In South Asia the major source countries are Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka while India and Pakistan are both source and destination countries. The porous border between Nepal and India make it difficult for the law enforcement agencies to keep vigilance over thousands of individuals crossing the border everyday. To combat this problem Bhoruka Public Welfare Trust has designed an intervention project which is implemented from three centers: a) Panitanki b) Jogbani c) Raxaul on the Indo-Nepal border. The main purpose of this project is: To provide physical and psychological support for the rescued victims of trafficking at the cross-border sites of Raxaul and Panitanki; To provide counselling and advice on safe migration at the three cross-border points to persons migrating into or out of the country; To link these centres with the ongoing community based anti-trafficking program being implemented by this organization at the Indo-Nepal Cross Border Zone and provide support to the law enforcers in these areas.
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A leader of one of the community vigilance groups on the Indo-Nepal border with her daughter

The organisation has setup two shelter homes, one at Raxaul and another at Panitanki with each shelter home providing for at least 10 trafficked victims at a time. Three counselling units are functioning at the border, adjacent to the Immigration Office, manned by one counsellor, which provides information on safe migration to people crossing. Community Vigilance groups have been set up in a number of villages along the border to detect and prevent trafficking. Local leaders and women groups are active in these. A total of 149 meetings with 2,954 participants attending have so far been organised under the aegis of these vigilance groups to spread information about trafficking on the borders.

Establish Anti-Trafficking Community Resource Cell to Pilot Anti-Trafficking Interventions Including Rehabilitation Catholic Relief Services proposed a project to be carried out through Prajwala, an NGO based in Hyderabad, which supports women and children who have been trafficked for commercial sexual exploitation. The project is located in Andhra Pradesh, India. The main tasks were: Rescue of women and children from brothels in different states of India. Management of a transit home in Hyderabad where women are offered residence and psycho social support. Entrepreneurship development and economic empowerment program for rescued victims. Home for rescued children. Setting up and managing an Anti trafficking resource centre.

Apart from support to at least 200 home-based victims at a time the project particularly supports new sustainable livelihood options for 50 survivors. The girls are trained in bookbinding, printing, photo lamination, carpentry, welding, fabrication and horticulture. Recently desk top printing, bookkeeping and inventory management training have also been added. This enterprise is managed entirely by the girls, 20 of whom are also the trainers. A media and documentation centre that documents various methodologies, strategies and interventions that have been adopted in the field in the form of best practices to combat
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trafficking has also been established as part of the project. Anamika The Nameless, a film on the journey and life of a victim of trafficking has been produced under this project to create mass awareness.

Legal Initiatives on Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking T h e H u m a n R i g h t s L a w N e t w o r k UNODC has supported HRLN take up the projects aim to use the legal system, the courts, following cases which have a bearing on antithe Juvenile Justice Boards, the National trafficking. Commission for Women, the National Human Rights Commission to prevent trafficking, 1. Sapna vs State prosecute the offenders and defend the victims 2. Court on its own motion of commercial sexual exploitation and 3. Mehrool and Saima trafficking. It also seeks to improve rescue 4. Prajwala Public Interest Litigation in processes making them more humane, improve Supreme Court rehabilitation, reform the overall system of 5. Prerana Public Interest Litigation in intelligence and prosecution, bring about Supreme Court changes in law and policy and improve 6. Shimla Singh vs State of West Bengal monitoring and response. The project has provided legal aid to victims at two levels: 7. State vs Jalil Shekh & Ors 8. State of West Bengal vs Budhia Singh 1) Through case representation 9. Sishodia vs State of West Bengal 2) Through public interest petition in the Supreme Court The project has also fully funded the Rescue home Keertika in Kolkota. Eight training programmes were organised by the NGO in Delhi for 70 law enforcement officers posted in police stations close to red light areas. It is understood that the Indian Supreme Court is on the verge of coming out with a comprehensive directive on the three 'Rs' of anti-trafficking, rescue, relief and rehabilitation in one of the writ petitions filed by HRLN.

Improving Inter-Agency Response and NGO Coordination to Trafficking in Persons Impulse NGO Network has designed two projects located in the North Eastern States of India. The projects aim to assist the State Governments in developing a realistic implementation plan to combat the trafficking of children, and building up networking among the NGOs and law enforcement especially at State and Regional level. The main objectives are:

The preparation of a Training guide for better police investigation techniques to combat crimes against children especially in North Eastern India. Mass awareness campaign, advocacy for adopting policy leading to formulation of state level committee or strengthening existing committees on combating trafficking. Dialogue with the Government on child trafficking and advocating possible solution on child trafficking.

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The most significant achievement of the project has been it has been able to bring the problem of trafficking into the radar screen of many State Governments in the vulnerable states of North East India. After the initial round of consultations in each of the 7 States, the States have come out with demands for more training for their law enforcement officers. Regular in-service training in States have been set in motion with some States including anti-trafficking as a syllabus in their Police Training School curriculum. A total of 507 participants from Government, NGOs, and other stakeholders participated in the state level consultations. Work on the training manual for law enforcement officers of the North East is in the final stages of preparation. Trafficked in her early teens, Ela was rescued from the red light area of New Delhi after 6 years of forced sex work. She was bought to the Impulse for shelter and counselling. One year at Impulse has changed this 18-year-old survivor, who now travels with the NGO in all their training and sensitisation programmes as a resource person. Her testimony usually sets into motion the UNODC supported consultations on human trafficking in the 7 states of India's North East.

Establishment of a Rescue Home on Indo-Nepal Border and Support to the Victims of Trafficking Manav Seva Sansthan SEVA works on the interception and rescue of victims of human trafficking along Indo-Nepal border of Uttar Pradesh. They have established vigilance centres on the border in order to facilitate informed and safe mobility and rescue of victims. The aim of the project is: To counsel the victims of trafficking and those intercepted during trafficking. To provide a safe and comfortable environment for the victims to stay during process of Reintegration/repatriation To provide legal and medical assistance for the victims of trafficking. To enhance self-confidence among the victims and bring them back into the main stream of development. Under the UNODC project, SEVA set up a Short Stay Rescue Home at Nautanwa, adjacent to the border crossing point of Sonauli. This is the first such home on the Indo-Nepal border. Since its inception in November 2004, 281 victims have been housed counselled and repatriated back to their homes in Nepal in cooperation with Nepali Law Enforcement and NGOs. The centre maintains a database of all who have stayed there and has become popular with the parents and law enforcement officers on both sides of the border searching for missing women and children.

UNODC supported Rescue Home on the Indo-Nepal Border

Rescued Nepali children at the Home

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Action Programme on Trafficking and Commercial Sex Exploitation and Forced Labour of Children Prayas Institute of Juvenile Justice is undertaking a project on juvenile justice located in the states of Delhi, Gujarat and Bihar. The main tasks of the project are: Identification, rescue and support to child victims of trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation and forced/ bonded labour in Delhi, Gujarat and Bihar. Initiating emotional, legal and social support, both short-term and long-term for the victims. Capacity building of the stakeholders through training, research and advocacy inputs Initiating a systematic dialogue between stakeholders, particularly the law enforcement agencies, police and civil society organizations and institutions providing services to the victims of trafficking and gender violence During the project period, Prayas has been able to rescue over 200 children from exploitative situations. They have formed rescue homes in Bihar and Delhi and undertaken holistic rehabilitation measures for 50 trafficked children. Their state-level consultations have been well attended by stakeholders and have supported the Governments of these states to work more comprehensively towards child protection.

Julia Ormond, UNODC Goodwill Ambassador on anti-trafficking with children at a home run by Prayas at Delhi

Nyay Justice: Improving Victim Assistance and Support Women Victims of Trafficking in India Sanlaap carries out two projects located in Kolkata and South 24 Parganas of West Bengal state. The first project is to create Crisis Intervention Centres around Kolkata to provide support services (both legal as well as emotional) to women who are victims of sexual and domestic violence. The Project has
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advocated and campaigned about issues of sexual and domestic violence against women. The project has also conducted several training, orientation and sensitisation workshops for representatives of various Governmental and Non Governmental Organizations, namely law enforcement agencies, Judiciary, Lawyers and Public Prosecutors, Medical Practitioners, State Health Department Officials and Community Based Organisations. Realising that there is not enough existing data on the issue of child marriage in the State of West Bengal and its contribution to trafficking, Sanlaap's second project therefore proposed to conduct research on the child marriage scenario in the State and also document the findings appropriately. This will then be adequately shared with policy makers, Governments and NGOs, law enforcement agencies, Panchayat, etc. Hundreds of victims have accessed the 3 Crisis Intervention Centres all of which have been advantageously located within Police Stations. This also demonstrates excellent law enforcement-NGO cooperation. These Centres fill the gap of lack of support services for women who are victims of sexual and domestic violence. Sanlaap has successfully completed a one year detailed research in the 7 districts of West Bengal on child marriage. A total sample size (household) of 750 distributed over the 7 selected districts was taken. Results are being compiled. However, initial findings suggest a correlation between child marriages and trafficking.

Rehabilitation Programme in one of the Sanlaap Rescue Homes in Kolkota

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BHORUKA BETI MANAVSEVA

PRAYAS HRLN

SANLAAP

IMPULSE

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Victim support NGO sites in India

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B. INDONESIA Establishment of 'Drop-In' Center in North Sumatra for Victims of Child Trafficking for Sexual Purposes Pusat Kajian dan Perlindungan Anak (PKPA)/Center for Study and Child Protection designed a project to counter child trafficking, which is being executed in the North Sumatra and Batam Island regions of Indonesia. The main task of the program is to establish a Drop-in Centre where young female victims of human trafficking and prostitution rescued from red light areas are accommodated for three to seven days, receive medical treatment and counselling and are prepared for reintegration with their families. Victims are also assisted through legal support in fighting the cases against traffickers in the court of law. The Drop-in Center keeps in touch with parents of the victims, schools and institutions providing vocational training. To date 32 victims of child trafficking have been Trafficking of girls from Medan where the NGO is provided with a safe place in the Drop in Centre by located to Malayasia is a problem they address PKPA while 20 victims who had been trafficked to Malayasia were assisted by PKPA in repatriation back to their homes in North Sumatra taking the help of the local police and the Indonesian Embassy. PKPA has also assisted the victims in four cases that have been sent to court and 20 cases which have been under police investigation. PKPA also played a significant role in the sensational case of freeing Nurlela, a victim of trafficking from North Sumatra, who was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment by the State Court of Malaysia. She was accused of killing a trafficking syndicate leader. She has now been repatriated to Indonesia and reintegrated into her family.

C. MEXICO Giving Children Back Their Childhood Casa Alianza focuses on a project related to street dependent children and children at risk, being implemented in Mexico at national level. The project aims to implement a programme for rescue and rehabilitating street children who have been the victims of violent crime. The project covers physical and mental health care, legal support, and prevention activities, namely organized sports as a means to abate violent behaviour and establish new codes for self-esteem and social relationships. The scope also includes helping children at risk with real time counsel, aid and intervention through Casa Alianza child helpline. The project contacts street kids at key locations throughout the city, operates a residential program for street children who are victims of violent crime and offer comprehensive legal support services. It also interviews children about their experiences in order to record information about the nature of the violent crimes, encouraging a homely environment and carrying out structure workshops and activities which educate the children about their rights and responsibilities.
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UNODC supported physical education programme

As part of the project 3,032 children were contacted at their living and gathering sites. 2,866 were invited to take part in educational workshops. 3,667 children were provided with individual counselling. While 90 were given first aid, 53 were referred to hospitals and 177 to other institutions. The UNODC project also helped the NGO establish a physical education programme as a daily in-house structured activity for the 173 regular inmates. This programme covered three major tiers-Domain body (balance, relaxation, posture, synchronicity, adaptation), hygiene and personal social skills. During the 9 months period when the programme was used, a substantial improvement in each of the indicators was seen among children.

D. PAKISTAN
Minimising Incidents of Violence Against Women The Citizens' Commission for Human Development designed a major programme in Multan and Faisalabad, which aimed to minimize incidents of violence against women. The broad project objectives were: To sensitize, educate and mobilize general masses, influential people, policy makers, women councillors and politicians on violence against women. To provide relief to victims of violence in the form of psychological, legal and referral support. To strengthen a network against violence against women consisting of NGOs/CBOs, government line departments, police, media and political/social activists, etc. To link the initiatives with international and other national organizations. To document major activities for spillover effects. One of the key deliverables of the project was the establishment of District Support Centres (DSCs) at the district level to provide multiple service delivery facilities to victim women. These services include provision of counselling, legal aid and referral services. The project also undertook activities to create awareness and sensitization on the issue of violence against women through meetings, forums, rallies, etc. The project activities along with the service delivery facilities offered by the DSCs intend to induce attitudinal change in the society by broadening perception about women rights and violence against women.

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Direct support to 98 women in Multan province and 115 women in Faislabad province was given through District Support Centres. Most of the support was in the form of counselling and legal assistance. The DSCs also provide facility to women in distress through the help line number 111-55-8888 set up since February 2006. Two large press conferences were held as part of the project with wide attendance of parliamentarians, elected representatives, local government officials and civil society representatives to give wide publicity to the problem of violence against women. Publications and promotional material including posters and flyers were developed and distributed through 10 information dissemination meetings held in different locations of the two provinces. A project website was also hosted on the CCHD main website giving details of services provided by the project including provision to contact a lawyer or psychologist. (www.cchd.org.pk)

Awareness Generation on domestic violence in Pakistan

E. SOUTH AFRICA Emergency Response for Torture Survivors and Persons at Risk from Zimbabwe Themba Lesizwe, the South African Network of Trauma Service Providers is executing a project on victims of torture. The project was born out of the willingness to provide professional psycho-social services to Zimbabweans at risk or survivors of torture in Zimbabwe (human rights activists, informers, supporters of civil movements, trade unionists, etc.) in a cost effective and speedy manner. The project takes into consideration the importance of building regional solidarity networks between like minded civil society organisations and keeping persons at risk close to home in a supportive and familiar environment. The three main goals of the project are: To provide safety for individuals in Zimbabwe who have received threats of serious injury or death To provide brief term social and psychological assistance to torture survivors through a systematic process To raise awareness of the current human rights violations in Zimbabwe and establish a network of services in the Southern African region.

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F. THAILAND Strengthening the Capabilities of Victim Support Personnel and Provision of Care and Support to Victims in Thailand The Hotline Center Foundations project consists of 2 components: (1) Strengthening the capacities of the Hotline Shelter Home in Chiang Mai and (2) Police Training in the form of Counselling Training courses to develop communication skills and interviewing technique among policemen who work with the victims of violence and human trafficking. On an average 23 victims have stayed at the shelter on a daily basis. 17,738 calls from victims were handled by the Hotline during the project. 90 police officers involved in investigation of violence against women and trafficking trained in communication skills, human rights and gender issues. Officers specifically trained on psychology of victims and appropriate interview techniques. As part of the first component, women and children who are victims of violence including trafficking are received by the Hotline Shelter through police, NGOs, Government Offices and some victims contacted Hotline directly. They may stay at the shelter free of charge during their difficult times, which often lasts upto three years. Victims, who are not ready to go home or those who do not have a home to go may stay at the shelter until they are 18 years old before they make their own decision. At the shelter they are provided with psychological counselling and therapy to cure their wounds and to adjust their behaviours. School or special occupational training were provided according to their needs of the victims.

Victims at the Hotline Shelter

Training for Police Officers

The second part of the project involved organizing Communication Training courses for Police officers, helping policemen to understand and develop the technique of interview process toward victims/women and children. They were also given basic courses on gender and human rights. 60 policemen were trained through these courses. An important component of the training was the interaction the officers had with survivors who were also resource persons.

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G. UGANDA Establishing Community-Based Response to Domestic Violence The Center for Domestic Violence Prevention (CEDOVIP) is a Kampala-based NGO working at the community level with a cross section of community members in Kawempe Division, to address domestic violence. Under the UNODC project, CEDOVIP aims to lay a foundation in the society itself to respond to domestic violence. The project objectives are: To develop capacity of 15 community-based advocates to deliver counselling and advocacy support to women experiencing domestic violence. To develop capacity of 22 police officers to respond effectively to the complaints of women reporting domestic violence. To establish 10 domestic violence watch groups that forms the first layer of response for women experiencing domestic violence. To establish a crisis fund to support women experiencing domestic violence to access justice. So far, 15 community members were chosen to act as counsellors as well as 58 community volunteers have been given intensive training on knowledge and skills to respond to domestic violence. To date 590 women men and children have been counselled by the trained counsellors. Special sessions were organised to respond to the new challenges that these counsellors faced during the course of the project like for instance a shift in the pattern of domestic violence. As part of the project, significant work was done with the local police. 22 selected police officers of the family protection unit received monthly training for a 6-month period to specifically respond to domestic violence situations. A follow up to this through police station visit by CEDOVIP and observation of the work of the officers while handling domestic violence cases followed by a discussion was regularly undertaken. An additional 180 police officers were sensitised to the problem in short seminars organised by CEDOVIP. Six of the proposed 10 domestic violence watch groups were established and 84 individuals were trained as a first layer of response within the community. Perhaps one of the most significant achievement has been the community action fund established for women under grave distress. During the course of the project 65 women and 2 children were given funds to cater to their medical bills, pay police surgeon fees to get PF3 forms to open up files at the police stations to press charges on the perpetrators, access legal services and transport to their home villages back to their parents or escape to safety.

Community Counsellors discussing mediation skills

My Hands are not for hitting a mural developed by CEDOVIP

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H. UKRAINE & MOLDOVA Supporting and Assisting Women from South Region of Ukraine and Moldova who have Suffered from Trafficking Public Movement Faith, Hope, Love organized a project for women victims of trafficking. The project is located in Odessa, Ukraine and is aimed at increasing the capacity of Assol, the reintegration center for returned victims of trafficking. The main goal of the project is to give psychological, medical and legal assistance to human trafficking victims from the southern region of the Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova who were earlier trafficked to Western Europe for sexual exploitation. Many of these victims returned with chronic gynaecological as well as sexual diseases. The UNODC project specifically assisted in increasing the number of spaces in the Assol from 4 to 10, as well as increased the capacity of project staff to provide psychological, legal, medical, and humanitarian assistance to returned victims. Between Sept 2004 and March 2006, a total of 95 Ukranian women received assistance through the shelter run by this NGO. The victims lived in the shelter for periods ranging from one to nine months based on their physical and psychological conditions. With the legal assistance provided by this NGO, 37 victims gave evidence against traffickers in the courts. 49 women from the Assol undertook professional courses in sewing, hairdressing, computers, cooking etc. 41 of these women were assisted in finding employment. The organisation provided trainings to NGOs and government departments on trafficking in persons and its prevention as part of the project. The organisation also assists in repatriation of victims to their homes in Southern Moldova Finally, in order to publicize the issue of trafficking in persons to a wider audience, a book entitled Interview with Hope is shortly being published which includes stories from victims of trafficking and photographs. One of the greatest challenges this NGO faced was that at the end of their stay in the Assol, the women had to return to their homes where the conditions that initially contributed to their being trafficked continues to persist.

Assol the home run by Public Movement Faith, Hope, Love, Ukraine

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III.

UNITED NATIONS OFFICE ON DRUGS AND CRIME

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is a global leader in the fight against illicit drugs, international crime and terrorism. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (formerly the Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention) was set up in 1997, combining the United Nations Centre for International Crime Prevention and the United Nations International Drug Control Programme. It was established by the Secretary-General of the United Nations to enable the Organization to focus and enhance its capacity to address the interrelated issues of drug control, crime prevention and international terrorism in all its forms. The mandate of the Office derives from several conventions and General Assembly resolutions, and the Office's technical cooperation programme aims to help improve the capacity of Governments to execute those international commitments. Its headquarters is in Vienna and it has 22 field offices, as well as liaison offices in New York and Brussels. (www.unodc.org)

UNODC CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM UNIT

The Criminal Justice Reform Unit (CJRU) is part of the Rule of Law Section in the Division for Operations Human Security Branch. The Unit contributes towards the mandate of UNODC by assisting developing countries, countries emerging from conflict, and countries with economies in transition in building the capacity of their justice systems to operate more effectively within the framework of the rule of law with particular attention to vulnerable groups, such as women and children. (General Assembly Resolution, 59/159 of 3 February 2005). The Unit is involved in: (a) project development, including assessment missions, (b) the development of best practice tools and (c) the formulation of materials for training and information dissemination. The CJRU oversees project development and implementation in the general area of justice reform, including: juvenile justice; penal reform; restorative justice; alternatives to imprisonment; victim support; and monitoring and civilian oversight of criminal justice performance. Project activities include a wide number of interventions such as: training and skills transfer, the provision of advice, law reform, the provision of grants to NGOs, the development of normative guides, manuals and reports on best practice and training.

UNODC REGIONAL OFFICE FOR SOUTH ASIA

The UNODC Regional Office for South Asia (ROSA) is located in New Delhi. It is mandated to implement the goals of the organization in six countries of the region: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Most of UNODC's field-based technical cooperation projects currently relate to drug control (with a focus on drug demand reduction and its nexus with HIV/AIDS) and human trafficking and victim support. In view of the large number of activities of the current project which pertain to India, the project is being managed out of ROSA. (www.undoc.org/india)

For more details on the project contact: criminal.justice@unodc.org or ajit.joy@unodc.org

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GLO/R32 Project Title: Building non-government support structures for victims of violent crime, including victims of trafficking in persons Executing agency: UNODC/ Human Security Branch Duration: 24 months Starting Date: April 2004 Total Budget: US$ 890, 371 Donors: Netherlands $ 103,437; Italy $ 188,810; USA $ 598,124

Achievements of the Victim Support Project in a nutshell

10 Rescue/Shelter Homes set up or supported 2 Crises Intervention Centres established 933 victims of violent crime or trafficking directly assisted 515 police officers trained 19,233 stakeholders reached through advocacy Three Hotline Telephones for people in distress set up A Training Manual for Police developed Kit on Safe Migration developed Research study on relation between child marriages and trafficking carried out Special Physical Education Programme developed for rescued street dependant child victims of violence High profile cases pursued in superior courts to establish a right based antitrafficking response regime Communities mobilized to check violence and trafficking

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