Consultations with judiciary and police at district levels

2018

During January-June 2018, Project has organized 21 district level consultation meetings with Judiciary and Police with presence of 820 participants. The major objectives of the meetings were to give an overview of village courts, share challenges and learnings from AVCB Project’s pilot phase and to increase coordination and collaboration on early case screening and speedy transfer of suitable cases to village courts.

Participants of these meetings organized in Sirajganj, Rangpur, Satkhira, Khulna, Bagerhat, Gazipur, Gaibandha, Panchagarh, Kurigram, Bhola, Netrokona, Mymensing, Chattragram, Cox’s Bazar, Pabna, Sunamganj, Moulvibazar, Chandpur, Faridpur, Patuakhali and Barguna districts shared their experiences and recommendations on VC. They also remarked, as a result of these consultation meetings, transfer of suitable cases from district courts to village courts will be increased.