1 voices for justice communicating victims of crime with disabilities easy-to- people with disabilities are sometimes . that means other people sometimes abuse them in different ways. victims with disabilities do not get justice as much as other people. must change. victims good information is right information. good information is information peopleunderstand. 2 victims with disabilities need information on: • their rights, • how to report a crime, • how to be active in the legal process. people who work in the justice system, such as judges or police officers, must support victims with disabilities. people who work in the justice system must: • know how to communicate with victims with disabilities, • know the needs of victims with disabilities. people who work in the justice systems must work together. they must share information and help each other. why? because victims with disabilities deserve justice like everyone else. very important: victims with disabilities need to understand their rights. 3 victims with disabilities and people who work in the justice system must understand each other. if people such as police officers and lawyers do not understand what victims with disabilities are saying, they cannot help them in the right way. if victims with disabilities do not understand what the people working in the justice system are saying, they will not understand what is happening or what they need to do. everyone needs knowledge and tools to understand each other better. 4 knowledge and tools we will make many important things in this project. we will make guidelines and tools for: • victims with disabilities, • judges, • lawyers, • police officers, • social workers and • governments. information for victims with disabilities will be in easy-to-read. but first we must understand how to do that. • we will ask people different questions to get ideas what they need. • we will discuss ideas with professionals and with people with disabilities. • this will happen in interviews and at conferences. when we have some good ideas, we will meet in brussels at an event. people from different countries will come to the event. 5 people with disabilities, experts and people who make decisions will come to the event. we will recommend what to do. we will say what to change, so people with disabilities have justice. other important information the project started in july 2020. it will finish in june 2022. the european union helps to pay for the project. full name of the project is information and communications: cornerstones of justice for victims of crime with disability (878604 — infocompwds). 6 project partners many organisations work on the project. they are called partners. the partners come from 7 eu countries: • bulgaria • croatia • czechia • lithuania • romania • slovakia • slovenia the partner in charge is validity foundation. this is an international organization with an office in hungary. you can write them an email to: infocom@validity.local their website is: www.validity.ngo easy-to-read text: www.risa.si ?european easy-to-read logo: easy to read. more information at www.easy-to-read.eu information and communications: cornerstones of justice for victims of crime with disability (878604 — infocompwds). just-ag-2019 / just-jacc-ag-2019. the contents of this project represent the views of the project partners only and are their sole responsibility. the european commission does not accept any responsibility for use that may be made of the information it contains. this project is co-funded by the european union’s justice programme (2014-2020).
