CSD-Report 27 - Assisting and reintegrating child victims of trafficking in Bulgaria: legal, institutional and policy framework
CSD-Report 27 - Assisting and reintegrating child victims of trafficking in Bulgaria: legal, institutional and policy framework

Author(s): Miriana Ilcheva
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Criminal Law, Sociology, Applied Sociology, Studies in violence and power, Victimology, Welfare services
Published by: Център за изследване на демокрацията
Summary/Abstract: The report explores the legal, institutional and policy framework of countering child trafficking in Bulgaria and assisting and reintegrating its victims. It looks at Bulgarian criminal law and criminal procedure, as well as other legal norms, relevant to the subject, and the extent to which they comply with international standards. The study presents the different stages of referral victims go through, the various institutions and organisations, involved in the process, and the policies and initiatives they pursue in improving child victims’ situation. A number of recommendations are put forward in terms of possible legislative amendments, strengthening policy framework and furthering capacity building of institutions, entrusted with combating child trafficking.

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