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Contact: OECS - Kendol Morgan

Monday, October 20, 2008 – The Judicial Education Institute (JET), the training arm of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, in collaboration with the Criminal Division and the Family Court will be hosting an Awareness Seminar on the use of video link technology in the process of obtaining evidence. The seminar will be held in the Conference Room of the Rex St. Lucian Hotel on Friday October 25 2008 from 9:00 a.m.

The video link technology removes the need for Victims and Witnesses to be in the Courtroom with the defendant and allows them to give evidence remotely to the court thus reducing the trauma suffered by them. It also improves the quality of evidence given to the court.

By creating a video link to the Court, the Judicial System will be able to demonstrate the a more focused approach to victims and witness care, a first step within the Caribbean of identifying the special needs of children, a positive step forward for Saint Lucia with a joint agency approach to public reassurance and confidence within the Criminal Justice System and a positive approach to creating an opportunity for better evidence to be adduced to the Court with reduced trauma on victims and witnesses.

Positively adopting the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child’s approach, stating that children should be treated as a vulnerable group and that their health, education, equality and protection should be of paramount importance.


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