Thanh Hoa, on November 2-3, 2023, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) - Viet Nam Program in collaboration with Department of Legal Affairs (Department 14), Supreme People's Procuracy (SPP) of Viet Nam, and People's Procuracy of Thanh Hoa province organized a training on "Instruction of using Points to Prove Guide and digital evidence in handling wildlife-related cases".
Participants attended the training, Thanh Hoa, November 2023
More than thirty participants who are representatives of relevant departments of the Supereme People’s Procuracy, provincial People's Procuracy, and People's Procuracy of twenty-five districts and cities of Thanh Hoa province attended the training.
At the training, participants were introduced to the Points to Prove (P2P) approach and the effectiveness of applying the P2P in handling wildlife-related cases in many African countries, as well as the development of P2P Guide in Viet Nam based on learning international practices. After that, the participants were guided to practice the application of the P2P Guide through case studies. This training was also an opportunity for the officers and prosecutors at two levels of People’s Procuracy of Thanh Hoa province to share difficulties and experience in the execution of prosecution rights and supervising the handling of wildlife-related cases, and the collection, consolidation, evaluation and use of digital evidence in prosecution and adjudication of wildlife-related cases.
Participants practiced using mind maps, Thanh Hoa, November 2023
In addition, the training also introduced the application of mind maps in solving cases related to wildlife that aims to enhance the application of technology to support prosecutors in public works, including developing case reports, electronic records, and more convenient for storing and looking up records. Therefore, the quality of the execution of prosecution rights, investigation and trials the wildlife related cases of the prosecutors were increased.
The training was conducted within the framework of the project “Scaling up efforts to counter wildlife trafficking in Viet Nam” funded by the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), United States Department of State, implemented by WCS Viet Nam