Plenaries "Responses to sexual violence"

To introduce the topic, we invited three speakers:

The Vice-chair of the Council for Penological Co-operation (PC-CP) of the Council of Europe, Nadya Radkovska will focus her presentation on the draft recommendation regarding the assessment, management and reintegration in the community of individuals accused or convicted of sexual offences that is currently drafted by the PC-CP.

Wineke Smid, researcher/ PhD at Forensic Care Specialists, University of Amsterdam in The Netherlands, will present on treatment of sex offenders and ways to reduce re-offending.

A representative from Victim Support Europe, the leading European umbrella organisation advocating on behalf of all victims of crimes, will also contribute to the plenary by bringing in the victims’ experience and rights in relation to sexual violence.