Ha Nam, June 25, 2024, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), Viet Nam Office (WCS Viet Nam), in collaboration with the Procuracy Magazine, the Supreme People’s Procuracy (SPP), and the Ha Nam Provincial People’s Procuracy, organized the workshop on “Digitalization in the handling of wildlife-related cases.”
Participants attended the workshop, Ha Nam, June 2024
Mr. Nguyen Quang Dung, Deputy General Prosecutor of the SPP, and Ms. Hoang Bich Thuy, Country Director of WCS Viet Nam opened the workshop. The event was attended by more than 60 delegates who are leaders and prosecutors working at various SPP’s departments, the Central Military Procuracy, the People’s Procuracies of Ha Nam, Thanh Hoa, Quang Ninh, Tien Giang, and Ha Noi; the Ha Noi Procuratorate University (HPU); the Ho Chi Minh City Professional Prosecutor Training School (HPS).
Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Duc Hanh, Editor-in-Chief of Procuracy Magazine, Supreme People's Procuracy introduces guideline, Ha Nam, June 2024
At the workshop, participants were updated on the situation of legal violations related to wildlife protection globally and in Viet Nam, results of prosecution of wildlife crime cases during 2018-2023. They also shared and discussed the challenges and suggested solutions for improving the effectiveness of handling wildlife-related cases through experiences sharing and some case studies which are real cases of the Provincial People's Procuracies of Ha Noi, Quang Ninh and Ha Nam. Additionally, at the workshop, Procuracy Magazine and WCS Viet Nam introduced and got feedback from participants on the draft document on “Applying mind mapping in the handling of criminal cases and illustration of wildlife-related cases”, aimed at improving the application and effectiveness of this case handling guidance. This is one of the publications jointly developed by WCS Viet Nam and Procuracy Magazine to help prosecutors improve the quality of their prosecution of criminal cases in general and wildlife-related cases in particular, to meet requirements for promoting digital transformation within the People’s Procuracy system, as stipulated in Directive No. 03/CT-VKSTC dated May 17, 2021, of the SPP’s General Prosecutor.
This activity was carried out under the framework of the project “Combating Wildlife Trafficking in Viet Nam” funded by the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), United States Department of State, and implemented by WCS Viet Nam.