2024
Právem proti předsudkům – Active citizens fund (Nadace OSF)
(By Law against Prejudice)
Od 1. března 2020 In IUSTTIA realizuje nový projekt, jehož cílem je prostřednictvím reprezentativního výzkumu, právní analýzy a praktických zjištění na základě strategické litigace připravit komplexní legislativní návrh optimalizující postavení a ochranu obětí předsudečné trestné činnosti.
Pod garancí odborného partnera bude navržena systémová právní úprava. Ta bude následně komunikována aktérům, a to prostřednictvím konference, tak prostřednictvím advokačních činností a kampaně s videospoty. Do realizace projektu budou přímo zapojeny ohrožené skupiny z řad LGBT osob a osob s hendikepem.
Projekt podpořila Nadace OSF v rámci programu Active Citizens Fund, jehož cílem je podpora občanské společnosti a posílení kapacit neziskových organizací. Program je financován z Fondů EHP a Norska. Více informací o projektu je možné nalézt na webových stránkách projektu.
Since March 1, 2020 In IUSTTIA has been implementing a new project whose goal is to optimise the position and protection of bias crime victims through a representative research, legal analysis and practical findings on the basis of strategic litigation to prepare a comprehensive legislative proposal.
Under the guarantee of a professional partner, systemic legislation will be proposed. It will be then communicated to the stakeholders through conferences, advocacy activities and campaigns with video ads. Vulnerable victims within LGBT+ community and people with disabilities will be directly involved in the project implementation. More information can be found on the project website.
The project is supported by the Open Society Fund Prague from the Active Citizens Fund. The programme promotes citizens’ active participation in the public life and decision making and builds capacities of civil society organisations. The Active Citizens Fund is financed from the EEA and Norway Grants.
https://www.activecitizensfund.cz/
Justýna Counselling (social service) – Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
Through its ambulatory and field services of specialized social counselling, In IUSTITIA provides support and assistance to victims of bias violence throughout the Czech Republic and to especially vulnerable victims in Brno.
All services are provided free of charge throughout the Czech Republic, including two brick-and-mortar counselling centres (Prague and Brno). In IUSTITIA guarantees service availability within 3 business days of being contacted by those interested. The impacts of bias violence and the impacts of criminal acts on especially vulnerable victims may lead to their social exclusion or exacerbate one that already exists. By providing its services to the above individuals, In IUSTITIA strives to prevent the development or exacerbation of social exclusion.
Furthermore, the services provided play an important role in preventing secondary victimization, i.e. damage caused by actions of bodies and institutions with which the victim comes into contact; such damage leads to serious deterioration of quality of life. Bias attacks and criminal acts against especially vulnerable victims make a fundamental impact on a person’s everyday life by causing deterioration of health both physical and mental, loss or reduction of income, loss of risk of losing one’s job, exclusion from the educational process, social isolation, development of mental conditions (including post-traumatic stress disorder), etc.
Victims of bias violence are provided with comprehensive services, whereas timely provision has the potential to mitigate the negative impact of criminal activity and to enable optimal processing of the violence survived into the victim’s life experience. The service works with the victims on a long-term basis. According to their needs, we guide them through their difficult situation following the assault until they fully come to terms with the new situation.
Our specialized social counselling service consists of long-term guidance, provision of information, and counselling in the following areas: health, mental well-being, security and media relations planning, financial assistance to victims, rights of the victim in criminal proceedings, the victim’s right to claim damages. Depending on their needs, we will accompany the injured parties to dealings with the authorities, medical professionals, police, and courts. Subsequently, the victims will be provided with legal information services pursuant to the Act on Victims of Crime or with an attorney’s legal services to ensure access to justice. The services are provided by telephone, by e-mail, and face to face at a brick-and-mortar counselling centre or in the victims’ natural social environment.
The project is implemented throughout the calendar year of 2024 and funded by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic.
Justýna Counselling (social service) – Prague City Hall
In IUSTITIA provides specialized social counselling services to victims of bias violence in the territory of Prague (where they typically consist of members of ethnic minorities, foreigners, NGO staff) directly at its office or in the victims’ natural social environment. This project secures the remaining funding needed for the social service supported by the Ministry of Social Affairs of the Czech Republic.
Tato služba je v Praze jediná a nepřekrývá existující služby obětem obecné kriminality a domácího násilí. Odborné sociální poradenství je doplněno o poskytování právních informací a právní zastoupení v trestním řízení, které je podpořeno jiným projektem, tím je zajištěna komplexní pomoc těmto obětem. Komplexní služba a včas poskytnuté služby mají potenciál zmenšit negativní dopad trestné činnosti a umožnit optimální zpracování prožitého násilí do životní zkušenosti napadeného.
Poskytováním odborného sociálního poradenství je předcházeno rozvoji sekundární viktimizaci a sociálnímu vyloučení a jeho prohlubování. Služba s napadenými spolupracuje dlouhodobě a dle potřeb je provázíme obtížnou situací po napadení až do úplného vyrovnání se s nastalou situací. Klientela poptává a její poskytováno poradenství a provázení situací, doprovody, příprava dokumentů a podpora v průběhu trestního řízení, dále je zprostředkována bezplatná psychologická péče.
Všechny služby jsou poskytovány zdarma a In IUSTITIA garantuje dostupnost služeb do 3 pracovních dnů ode dne kontaktování zájemcem.
Tato služba je poskytována po celý kalendářní rok také za podpory Magistrátu hlavního města Prahy.
Justýna Counselling (legal information) – Ministry of Justice
The main goal of the project is to prevent secondary victimization among victims of bias violence and other especially vulnerable victims by applying the instruments foreseen in the Act on Victims of Crime, in particular provision of legal information and legal aid by an agent, throughout the Czech Republic and especially in Prague and Brno.
The project’s specific goal is to stabilize the target group, help it navigate criminal proceedings, and maintain the existing quality of care for victims of bias violence throughout the Czech Republic.
The main target group consists of victims of bias violence throughout the Czech Republic. The secondary target group consists of especially vulnerable victims in accordance with the Act on Victims of Crime. These victims are provided with legal information pursuant to the Act on Victims of Crime as part of In IUSTITIA’s comprehensive services for victims of bias violence. The service works with the victims on a long-term basis. According to their needs, we guide them through their difficult situation following the assault until they fully come to terms with the new situation.
Obsahem poskytování služby právních informací je poskytování informací v následujících oblastech:
- The legal information service consists of providing information in the following areas
- informing about rights of the injured party and exercising one’s rights in criminal proceedings
- informing about financial assistance for victims of crime
- writing submissions (e.g. criminal reports, complaints, appeals, applications)
- confidant’s services (accompanying victims) in dealings with police and courts
- informing about criminal, civil, and administrative proceedings
The services are provided by telephone, by e-mail, and face to face at a brick-and-mortar counselling centre or in the victims’ natural social environment.
The project also consists of updating or, if needed, preparing information materials and promoting information online through websites or social media.
The project is implemented throughout the calendar year of 2024 and subsidized by the Ministry of Justice of the Czech Republic from the budget appropriation for Development of Services for Victims of Crime.
Justýna Counselling (crime prevention) – Prague City Hall
The goal of the project is to improve the sense of security among Prague residents, to provide assistance and counselling to especially vulnerable victims, specifically victims of bias violence, and to raise legal awareness among those at risk, victims and witnesses, the public administration, police, and the general public.
Under the project, the victims of assault will be provided with legal counselling and aid, including agent’s and confidant’s services (i.e. accompaniment to dealings with police and courts). Furthermore, we will reach out to and inform individuals at risk of bias violence in their natural social environment. We will conduct workshops and a campaign on social media, in the media, and in physical space to inform the general public, those at risk, and the public administration.
The project is funded by a City of Prague grant under the Crime Prevention Programme for the year 2024 – Assistance to Victims of Crime.
Assistance to Ukrainians on the Run – Supporting Crime Survivors – Prague City Hall
The project focuses on supporting people fleeing Ukraine who became victims of a war crime in Ukrainian territory or victims of bias violence or grievous bodily harm in Czech territory. The comprehensive project consists of several parts.
The first two parts focus directly on the main target group. Our peer outreach workers contact them in the field, and we add a community therapist’s psychological support for targeted individuals to the service portfolio of In IUSTITIA. The third part focuses on making our services overall better accessible to Ukrainian refugees by (1) creating a website in Ukrainian and Russian for the target group that contains important information about bias violence, war crimes, and options for where to seek help; and (2) ensuring linguistic education for our direct care staff to master basic communication in Ukrainian. The final part of the project targets other service providers or government institutions who come into contact with refugees from Ukraine or are involved in investigating genocide. The goal is to initiate the establishment of an elaborate system of working with and caring for war crime victims and witnesses.
All these activities will be conducted to prevent social exclusion and other consequences of unchecked trauma in the target group of people who have experienced war crimes, bias violence, or other criminal acts.
The project is implemented thanks to financial support by the City of Prague.
We are also thankful for pro bono translation services provided by the law firm UNITED LEGAL PARTNERS s.r.o.
Podpora osob ohrožených předsudečným násilím – T-Mobile, Nadace Via
Nadační příspěvek od Nadace Via z Fondu T-Mobile určený na podporu osob ohrožených předsudečným násilím je využíván především pro osvětovou činnost – zviditelnění tématu předsudečného násilí, šíření informací ve prospěch ohrožených osob a v neposlední řadě kampaň za legislativní změnu napravující nedostatečnou ochranu LGBT+ lidí a lidí se zdravotním postižením před předsudečným násilím (videospoty, příspěvky na sociálních sítích, webové stránky). Toho je dosahováno pomocí publikování informací na webových stránkách, činnosti na sociálních sítí, placené online reklamy, vydáváním tiskových zpráv či udržováním kontaktů s médií.
Projekt spadá do dlouhodobé činnosti In IUSTITIA, která se vedle přímé pomoci obětem trestné činnosti zaměřuje také na prevenci předsudečného násilí, osvětové činnosti i zvyšování informovanosti ohledně práv obětí.
Projekt je realizován díky nadačnímu příspěvku Nadace Via z Fondu T-Mobile.
Assistance after the Faculty of Arts attack – ČEZ Foundation
The project responds to the tragic active shooter attack that took place at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University towards the end of the year 2023. Immediately after the attack, we set up a helpline and started providing both crisis intervention and general counselling to the surviving victims and the survivors of those deceased. This will be followed up by specialist legal aid provided to these victims, namely legal information and representation in criminal proceedings. Interpreting services will accompany our service if necessary. The project will also update and publish information materials for this target group.
The project’s goal is to provide support to individuals in difficult life situations and to help them enforce their rights.
The project is implemented thanks to financial support by the ČEZ Foundation.
