Developing policies and protocols

The prosecution agency, as one of the key institutions of the criminal justice system, has a leading role to play in ensuring a comprehensive and coordinated criminal justice response to violence against women and girls. The prosecutorial service needs to build its internal capacity to respond to violence against women and girls by developing policies governing their responses to these crimes, training all personnel, committing financial and personnel resources, working with other criminal justice agencies, intersectorial agencies and civil society and mainstreaming gender in the prosecutorial institution. Developing policies and protocols can be a critical part of efforts to change the way and manner in which the prosecution agency responds to the various forms of violence against women and girls, including new emerging forms such as cyberstalking.

Related Subject(s): Drugs Crime and Terrorism