D4 Published development or research report or study
Mapping the legislation and assesing the impact of Protection Orders in the European Member States
Authors: Suzan van der Aa, Johanna Niemi, Lorena Sosa, Ana Ferreira, Anna Baldry
Publisher: WLP Wolf Legal Publishers
Publishing place: Oisterwijk
Publication year: 2015
First page : 1
Last page: 276
Number of pages: 276
Web address : http://poems-project.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Intervict-Poems-digi-1.pdf
One way of protecting victims of violence, threat and stalking are judicial protection orders. The POEMS project addresses the differences in laws in this area across the European Union. The project collected legal expert reports from 27 member states and interviewed protected victims in Finland, Italy, the Netherlands and Portuga. The aim was to find best practices and gaps in protection at national level and to assess how the difference may affect the implementation of cross-border protection in Europe.