Training Activity on topic, “Mock trials in cases of human trafficking.”

In the context of the UNO project, “Locking Impunity of Traffickers and Supporting Justice for Victims of Trafficking in Persons in Southeastern Europe,” the  United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), in cooperation with the School of Magistrates, realized the first national training activity on cases of human trafficking for the Albanian interested parties based on the elaboration and the comprehensive national analysis of 13 cases of the trafficking of persons in the Republic of Albania, on 11 – 14 December, 2023, in  Ohër, Republic of North Macedonia.   

The main purpose of this activity is the consolidation of the capacities of the interested parties versus trafficking. This will encourage a concentrated approach to the victims and will elaborate the impunity of traffickers through the practical implementation of the Methodology of the Mock Trial in Albania. Seen in details, mock trials intend to consolidate and to improve the criminal proceeding of cases of human trafficking, being focused on the successful execution of investigations, criminal prosecutions and trials that lead to compulsory legal judgments. This attempt intends to increase the capacities of prosecution bodies and of courts in Albania, finally progressing the status and the rights of victims in the sphere of criminal proceedings. These activities will serve as a platform for the cooperation between a different group of participants, including judges, prosecutors, police officers, providers of social services and representatives of non-governmental organizations.