This report was prepared by the Public Governance Directorate of the OECD under the leadership of Elsa Pilichowski, Director for Public Governance and overall supervision of Tatyana Teplova, Senior Counsellor for Gender, Justice and Inclusiveness and Head of Division.
The report is part of the OECD work on access to justice, guided by Chloé Lelièvre, Policy Analyst. The Report was primarily co-ordinated and drafted by Martyna Wanat, Justice Policy Analyst, OECD with main inputs from James Kendrick. Nevena Vučković Šahović and Liene Gatere provided other major drafting contributions. The cost-benefit analysis was carried out by Alma Economics and the Legal Needs Survey of Children in Latvia was developed with the University College Cork – National University of Ireland and James Kendrick. The content of the various chapters benefitted from research, comments, and written input provided by Nizar Touhami-Chahdi and Özge Uluskaradağ, Junior Policy Analysts.
The OECD thanks Sabina Klaneček, Counselor in the Office of the State Prosecutor General of Slovenia, for acting as a peer reviewer and for generous sharing of her time and expertise with Latvian stakeholders.
The OECD is deeply grateful to the Government of Latvia for their continued engagement and support in this project and to all the Latvian institutions involved for their remarkable co-operation. In particular, the OECD would like to emphasise its gratitude to the Ministry of Welfare of the Republic of Latvia for support in this project. Special thanks to project manager Ilze Bērziņa and her team for their dedication and tireless work to make this analysis happen.
This publication is funded by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EEA Grants. The OECD expresses its gratitude for their continued co-operation and support.
The OECD also gratefully acknowledges contributions from, among other stakeholders, the Supreme Court of Latvia; the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Latvia; the Ombudsmen’s Office of the Republic of Latvia; the State Inspectorate for Protection of Children’s Rights; the Children’s Clinical University Hospital in Riga; the Prosecutors Offices in the regions of Vidzeme and Riga; the State Police of Latvia; the Municipal Councils of Saldus and Valmiera; Education, Culture and Sports Department of Riga City Council; Central Statistical Bureau of the Republic of Latvia.
The OECD is also very grateful for the contributions of Latvian civil society organisations and international partners, including, the Icelandic Government Agency for Child Protection; the Promise Barnahus Network; the Latvian Safer Internet Centre; the SOS Children’s Villages in Latvia; the MARTA Centre; the “FATHERS” Association and the Center against abuse Dardedze.
This Report was compiled and formatted by Melissa Sander with editorial review by Andrew Brenner. Logistical assistance was provided by Luis Dias de Caravalho and Benjamin Jouannes.