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WITNESS ASSISTANCE [5 records]

Record 1 2016-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rules of Court
  • Courts
  • Law of Evidence
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

A party who calls a witness at trial, or "presents a witness" on the hearing of an application, must provide a translator or signer if the witness cannot adequately understand the questions, or cannot give answers that are adequately understood, without the assistance of a person who is able to translate or sign.

OBS

present a witness: term used by Citizenship and Immigration Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Règles de procédure
  • Tribunaux
  • Droit de la preuve
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
CONT

La partie qui appelle un témoin au procès ou qui «présente un témoin» à l’audition d’une requête doit fournir les services d’un traducteur ou d’un interprète gestuel dans le cas où le témoin ne peut comprendre suffisamment les questions qui lui sont posées ou ne peut donner des réponses qui sont bien comprises sans l’assistance d’une personne capable de traduire ou de faire l’interprétation gestuelle.

OBS

citer un témoin : terme employé par Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada.

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Medical Staff
OBS

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières(MSF) is an independent international medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural or man-made disasters, or exclusion from health care in more than 70 countries. MSF was founded in 1971 as a nongovernmental organization to both provide emergency medical assistance and bear witness publicly to the plight of the people it assists. A private nonprofit association, MSF is an international network with sections in 19 countries.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Personnel médical

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Personal médico
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Record 3 2006-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Provincial Government Programs (Canadian)
  • Criminology
  • Provincial Administration
OBS

The mandate of the Victim/Witness Assistance Program(VWAP) is to provide information, assistance and support to victims and witnesses of crime throughout the criminal justice process in order to increase their understanding of, and participation in, the criminal justice process. Offered by the Ontario Victim Services Secretariat, VWAP services include crisis intervention, needs assessment, referrals to community agencies, emotional support, case specific information(court dates, bail conditions) and court preparation and orientation. VWAP services are available to adult and child victims and witnesses of crime, after charges have been laid.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes de gouvernements provinciaux canadiens
  • Criminologie
  • Administration provinciale
OBS

Le mandat du Programme d'aide aux victimes et aux témoins (PAVT) est de fournir des renseignements, de l'aide et un soutien aux victimes et témoins tout au long de la procédure judiciaire criminelle pour augmenter leur compréhension de la procédure judiciaire pénale et encourager leur participation à cette procédure. Les services du PAVT sont offerts par le Secrétariat des services aux victimes de l'Ontario et comprennent l'intervention d'urgence, l'évaluation des besoins, les renvois à des organismes communautaires, le soutien affectif, les renseignements particuliers propres à la cause (date des audiences, conditions de mise en liberté sous caution) et la préparation à la cour et l'orientation connexe. Les services du PAVT sont offerts aux victimes, adultes et enfants, et témoins d'actes criminels, après le dépôt des accusations.

Spanish

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Record 4 2002-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Provincial Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Security
OBS

Manitoba Justice. Public Safety provides for the Women's Advocacy Program, the Child Witness Support Program and the Victim/Witness Assistance Program. Provides for project funding to agencies delivering victims’ services and co-ordinates crime prevention initiatives.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités de gouvernements provinciaux canadiens
  • Sécurité
OBS

Justice Manitoba. La Sécurité publique administre le Programme de défense des femmes, le Programme d'aide aux enfants témoins et le Programme d'aide aux victimes et aux témoins d'actes criminels. Finance certains projets d'organismes qui offrent des services aux victimes. Coordonne les projets de prévention du crime.

Spanish

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Record 5 1995-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rules of Court
CONT

On the days the child attends court, the child protection worker can provide support by keeping the child company while waiting, protecting the child from encounters with the accused.... If the child protection worker is also a witness at the trial, he or she may not be allowed in the courtroom except to give evidence. In some courts, witness support workers and victim support workers can provide assistance to children and young persons testifying in criminal cases.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Règles de procédure
CONT

Si le travailleur social doit lui-même témoigner [...] [un] auxiliaire préposé au soutien des témoins ou des victimes peut alors se charger de l'enfant ou de l'adolescent qui doit témoigner.

Key term(s)
  • intervenant préposé au soutien d'un témoin
  • auxiliaire préposé au soutien d'un témoin

Spanish

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