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family relations. In their
presentations, Professor Suzana Bubic
(Mostar School of Law) and Ms.
Ljiljana Zita (FBiH Ombudsman’s
Office) and Mr. Dzemaludin
Mutapcic, as well as Ms. Bisera
Hadzajlic (Sarajevo Canton Social
Work Centre) looked at novelties,
current challenges in the application
and experiences gained thus far.
Opinions were exchanged on
experiences of courts in different
parts of FBiH, and individual issues
of interest for designing effective
policy were considered. The seminar
was attended by 86 participants from
across FBiH. In addition to judges, the
seminar was attended by
representatives of social work centres,
police forces, Ministry of Justice,
schools of law, Ministry of Labour
and Social Policy. It was noted that
there was a need for a training
module in this area, and more
seminars on the topic.
• On 21 and 22 September, a seminar
was held in Sarajevo on Introduction
to Judicial and Prosecutorial
Organisation, Governmental and
Non-Governmental Institutions, and
the BiH Social Environment that
Judges Work In, with a total of 21
participants. The seminar looked at
the positive role of the BiH HJPC, and
the organisation of judicial and
prosecutorial system in BiH,
organisation and procedures before
the Office of the Disciplinary
Prosecutor, professional development
system, relations between ordinary
CARPO project, titled Training on
Application of Procedural Protection
Measures. The topics included: legal
and institutional framework for
procedural measures of witness
protection, repors on offences in
relation to identification of cases of
witness intimidation and tampering,
and adequate and prompt reporting to
relevant services on the need for
measures of protection and support;
collection of information form victims
and witnesses, utilisation of police
interviews, collaboration between
police and prosecutors, data
protection, assessment of the level of
threat, identification of intimidation,
proposals for measures of procedural
protection, decisions on protection and
support for protected witnesses
during criminal proceedings. Seminar
presenters included judges,
prosecutors and members of SIPA
who had gone through train the
trainers programme in this area,
organised for the region: Mr. Vaso
Marinkovic and Ms. Jasmina Gafic,
FBiH prosecutors, Mr. Muris Brkic,
investigator from the BiH Prosecutor’s
Office, Ms. Gordana Loncar,
prosecutor of the District Prosecutor’s
Office, Banja Luka, Ms. Daniela
Milovanovic, judge of the Banja Luka
District Court, and Mr. Enes Karic and
Ms. Ranka Vasijevic, SIPA officers.
• On 27 September, the Centre hosted a
workshop for judges responsible for
registration of business entities, on
Application of Legislation on