A new model for protection of child victims/witnesses of violence – children's house (BARNAHUS)

Petrovska, Nevena and Lazetic, Gordana and Nanev, Lazar (2022) A new model for protection of child victims/witnesses of violence – children's house (BARNAHUS). International Yearbook of the Faculty of Security, 2. pp. 59-71.

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Abstract

Violence and abuse of children are serious threats to the life, health and
well-being of children, both around the world and in our country. For those reasons,
it is necessary that the state initiates and undertakes activities that would provide
greater protection of children, especially in developing services for the protection of
children from secondary victimization, which is not a consequence of the violent act
against the child itself, but a consequence of inadequate behavior of the institutions
in the system of protection of these children.
The establishment of a model of a children's house - Barnahus has been
discussed in the Republic of North Macedonia during the last few years, as a new
approach in dealing with institutions in cases where a child is a victim/witness of
violence. This model would allow all the relevant institutions that are competent to
take action in cases where children are victims/witnesses of violence, such as the
police, the center of social affairs, health professionals, the prosecution and the
defense, to be present in one place in a pleasant environment for the children.
In preparation for the establishment of the children's house model -
Barnahus in the Republic of North Macedonia, the Ministry of Labor and Social
Policy undertook a series of activities to establish the Barnahus children's house
model in the last year through direct involvement of the National Coordinating
Body for the Prevention and Protection of Children from Abuse and Neglect (NCT),
supported by UNICEF, a foreign consultant and the civil sector. In our local
context, we speak about Safe House for child victims/witnesses of violence.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Social Sciences > Law
Divisions:	Faculty of Law
Depositing User:	Lazar Nanev
Date Deposited:	02 Mar 2023 10:08
Last Modified:	02 Mar 2023 10:08
URI:	https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/31482

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