Roma Policy Lab

Justice Programme Bulgaria

Project: „Capacity building and awareness on domestic and gender-based violence in the South Central Region“

The goal of the project is to increase the capacity of Bulgarian local authorities in the field of domestic violence and gender-based violence. The project supports the development and introduction of an effective integrated approach aimed at improving the status and opportunities of victims of domestic and gender-based violence.

Project: „Access to justice“

Project status: ongoing Implemented in: Sofia Program: Justice Implementation period: 05.08.2022 – 25.04.2024 Project Promoter: „Association Social Activities and Practices Institute/SAPI“ Partners: „Health and Social Development Foundation“ Summary: The project is aimed at improving the...

Project: „Strengthening the role of institutions at the local level in the field of justice for children – Municipality of Gorna Oryahovitsa“

The project will contribute to increasing access and quality of specialized services, with a specific focus on children from the Roma community. The implementation of the activities encourages active participation and cooperation with local institutions and stakeholders – Children’s Pedagogical Room, Child Protection Department, pedagogical advisors in schools, representatives of Roma informal organizations, etc.

Project: „Inform – Investigate – Protect: Fighting Violence Against Women (PROTECT)“

The project is aimed at increasing the capacity of the Bulgarian authorities in the field of combating domestic violence and violence against women. Part of the activities of the project envisages the implementation of a targeted campaign to meet representatives of the judiciary with representatives of Roma communities to formulate common goals and priorities in the fight against domestic violence.

Project: „Specialized services for children from roma communities in conflict or contact with the law“

The project aims to introduce and develop an effective integrated approach aimed at improving the status and opportunities of children in contact with the law in three Roma communities in Bulgaria – Pazardzhik, Plovdiv and Lom. Specialized services “Center for counseling and legal assistance for children” will be developed and implemented in the three regions.

Project: „Children Path“

The “Children Path” project will prepare and introduce a specialized new service aimed at children – victims of violence, at risk or witnesses of crimes, with a special focus on children from the Roma community.

Project: „Partnership with a cause“

The main goal of the project is to contribute to the development of an integrated approach to improving the situation of victims of domestic violence with a focus on the Roma community in Ruse region.

Practical Guide on Admissibility Criteria

Bulgaria is in 14th place in terms of the number of pending appeals allocated to a judicial panel with 623 appeals and in 17th place in terms of the number of pending appeals allocated per capita. The translation of the publication in Bulgarian language (see the Bulgarian version of our site) was made possible with the financial support of the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2014–2021, Justice programme.