The Judicial Academy, in cooperation with the office in Serbia of the United Nations Agency for Gender Equality (UN Women), organized a two-day training on "Gender Equality and Gender-Based Violence".

The training was held on September 16 and 17, 2024, in the large courtroom of the Criminal Court in Belgrade, and was implemented within the project "Suppression of violence against women and girls in Serbia" implemented by UN Women.

Originally, it was intended that the seminar would be attended primarily by the beneficiaries of the initial training of the Judicial Academy, but assistant public prosecutors and clerks were also present.

The aim of the training was to raise the capacities of prosecutors and judges when it comes to gender equality and gender-based violence in civil and criminal legal proceedings. The basic concepts of gender equality were discussed, including gender stereotypes and prejudices, which lead to discrimination and violence. U continued to talk about the position of women and men in court disputes in civil matters, both in general civil proceedings and in special proceedings for the protection of discrimination in accordance with the Law on Prohibition of Discrimination. In addition to crimes of gender-based violence, including predicate crimes, femicide was also discussed, as the most extreme form of violence against women, with an emphasis on the gender determination of this form of crime, which represents the last act of violence against the victim, because femicide is almost always preceded by violence.

The topics covered are:
-    Gender equality and gender-based violence in the practice of the Supreme (Cassation) Court 
-    Basic concepts of gender equality
-    Gender equality in civil proceedings
-    Are we equal - obstacles and challenges
-    Gender-based violence - predicate crimes - workshop 
-    Femicide.

The lecturers were:
-    Biljana Sinanović
-    Dr. Kosana Becker
-    Nebojsa Đuričić
-    Gorjana Mirčić Čaluković
-    Ivana Milovanović.

By the end of the year, it is planned to hold two more trainings on this topic.