The 3rd International Training Course on Building Inclusive Societies“Effective Measures for Preventing and Responding to Domestic Violence”
1. Duration and Participants From 5 to 14 March 2024
 7 overseas participants from 7 jurisdictions
 4 participants from Japan
2. Programme Overview
This programme focused on effective measures for preventing and responding todomestic violence. While keeping in mind the recent international trends in domestic
violence cases in light of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the programme exploredefforts made to provide support for domestic violence victims in each country, theprevention of secondary victimization, and effective treatment of domestic violence
perpetrators. Through participants’ presentations, lectures and discussions, thisprogramme aimed to enhance the participants’ mutual understanding and knowledge inregard to measures to improve efforts to address domestic violence in their respective
jurisdictions as well as to establish a global network among criminal justice practitioners.
3. Contents of the Programme(1) Lecturers
The following visiting experts from overseas and Japanese experts, as well as
UNAFEI faculty members, gave lectures as follows:Visiting Experts- Ms. Frances Gordon
International Justice Consultant/ Former Director of ICCLR
Ms. Eileen Skinnider
Senior Associate of ICCLR“Effective Measures for Responding to Domestic Violence”- Dr. Stuart Ross
Enterprise Professor, School of Social and Political Science, University ofMelbourne“Perpetrator Interventions for Preventing and Responding to FamilyViolence”

Japanese Experts- Dr. KIKUCHI Akiko
Professor, Faculty of Human Sciences, Musashino University“Psychology of Victims of Domestic Violence”- Ms. UEMIYA Ai
Senior Lecturer, Institute of Human and Social Sciences, Kanazawa
University“Forensic Interview- The NICHD protocol”- Ms. TOMITA Satoko
Director, International Affairs Office, Headquarters of the Japan LegalSupport Center/ Attorney at Law“Measures Taken by the Japan Legal Support Center for Domestic Violence
Victims”(2) Individual Presentations
Participants shared the practices and the challenges in their respective
jurisdictions regarding the theme of the programme through their individual
presentations.
(3) Observation Visits
Participants visited the Tama Branch of the Tokyo Women’s Consultation
Center and the Salvation Army Japan Shinsei-ryo to learn efforts and practices ofcounselling services and temporary protection for domestic violence victims.
(4) Creation and Presentation of Action Plans
Each participant concluded the programme by presenting their own actionplans to the fellow participants and faculty of UNAFEI, focusing on the challenges
they identified, possible solutions, as well as what they learned in the lectures,presentations by colleagues and discussion.
4. Feedback from the Participants
Most participants commented that it was a meaningful programme in which they wereable to comprehensively learn about support for domestic violence victims, efforts toprevent secondary victimization, and effective treatment of domestic violence
perpetrators through individual presentations, lectures, and observation visits. On theother hand, there were also comments that the short duration of two weeks did not allow
enough time for discussion among participants. We appreciate all the feedback from theparticipants and will take them into consideration when planning our future training
programmes.
5. Comments from the Programming Officer
In cases of domestic violence, especially from the perspective of protecting victims
and preventing secondary victimization, it is necessary to establish an effective support
system through cooperation among related organizations and to take appropriate
measures with consideration of the feelings, circumstances, needs, and so forth ofdomestic violence victims.
Through this programme, it became clear that each country prioritizes
countermeasures against domestic violence as an issue of national importance, reviewing
the current situation and clarifying the problems that need to be solved. In this regard,
useful knowledge and effective practices, including collaboration with other relevantorganizations and communities, were exchanged among participants. Moreover, eachlecture contained useful knowledge and practical experiences, such as the mechanism oftrauma among domestic violence victims and forensic interviewing – perspectives thatwere difficult for participants to obtain in their daily practice. Therefore, the participants
were highly interested in the lectures, which led to active discussions.
We hope that the knowledge gained from this programme will be utilized in thedevelopment and enhancement of each participants’ jurisdiction.