REPORT OF THE COURSE
The 1st International Training Course on Building Inclusive Societies (Online)“Protection of the rights of crime victims including children”

1. Duration and Participants• From 2 March to 17 2022
• 13 overseas participants from 8 jurisdictions
2. Programme Overview
Goal 16 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SDGs) seeks to achieve peaceful and inclusive
societies, and this training course aimed to promote the role of criminal justice in achieving such societies.
This programme offered participants an opportunity to share experiences and knowledge on effectivemeasures to protect the rights of crime victims including children. This programme was exclusively
conducted online due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
3. The Content of the Programme(1) Lectures
The participants were from a wide range of time zones, including Asia, Africa and Latin America, andthey needed to continue their professional and family duties during the seminar. Therefore, all lectures
were recorded in advance and broadcast on-demand in order to allow participants to view lectures attheir convenience. After watching the on-demand lectures, participants were required to submit questions
or comments via an online learning management system, and their questions were answered in Q&A
sessions with the respective lecturers. This way, we tried to ensure both convenience and interactivity
in lectures.
In addition to the lectures delivered by UNAFEI professors on the protective measures for crime
victims including children in the criminal justice system of Japan, the lectures were delivered by thespecialist lecturer and ad hoc lecturer, followed by Q&A sessions. As part of ad hoc lecturer’s lecture, theparticipants took part in a role-playing session on forensic interviewing techniques. During the roleplaying session, each participant took the role of interviewer, interviewee or support staff, and thenexperienced a forensic interview with a teenage witness.
•Specialist lecturer- Dr. John P. J. Dussich
Professor Emeritus
California State University, Fresno“International Victimology: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow”•Ad hoc lecturer- Dr. NAKA Makiko
Professor
Research Organization of Open Innovation and Collaboration, Ritsumeikan University“Interviewing vulnerable witnesses: Introduction to Forensic/ Investigative Interviews”(2) 	Group Workshops
Participants were divided into two groups considering their time zones.
 Individual Presentations
Participants shared the practices and the challenges in their respective countries regarding thetheme of the training course through their individual presentations. All the presentations wererecorded and uploaded online so that participants in other groups could watch them afterwards.

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 Discussions
Built on the knowledge gained through lectures and individual presentations, the participants
engaged in live discussions to explore more about the theme of the training course. The participants
shared challenges and good practices in their respective jurisdictions and discussed the root causes
and necessary actions to address common challenges.
During the discussions, participants pointed out the usefulness of forensic interviewing using a
multi-agency approach as a preventive measure against secondary victimization caused by multipleinterviews. The participants also shared the importance of providing crime victims with informationon the status of ongoing criminal justice procedures, as well as continuous capacity-building on
implementing victim protection measures, including forensic interviewing.
 Final Presentations
Based on the lectures, discussions and presentations, the participants delivered their final
presentations on the current challenges in their jurisdictions and possible solutions thereto.
4. Feedback from the Participants
At the end of the training course, we invited feedback from all participants. They said that, even thoughconducted online, they learned a lot from the lectures and group discussions. They also indicated that, if itwere conducted in person, they would learn more about the Japanese system and practice by visiting
relevant institutions in Japan.
5. Comments from the Programming Officer
The protection of the rights of crime victims including children is one of the most important issues incriminal justice systems in all jurisdictions, and efforts should be made continuously to improve victim
protection measures and implementation thereof. The participants in this training course were highly
motivated to learn from the experiences of other countries and the lecturers. They showed great discernment
in analysing their current systems and practices, as well as recognizing the need to review their systems
and practices. I also learned a lot from the participants. I hope that the participants' experiences in thistraining course will help them contribute to improving the protection of the rights of crime victims includingchildren in their jurisdictions.

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