Raising awareness of the rule of law in diverse and specific ways
(Baonghean.vn) - In recent times, the work of propagating, disseminating and educating the law in the province has received the attention of the entire political system with many diverse methods, suitable to the characteristics of the industry and locality...
Associated with industry and local characteristics
Identifying propaganda, dissemination and legal education for people in border areas as one of the important activities in carrying out political tasks and firmly protecting border security and sovereignty, in the first 9 months of 2023 alone, units under the Provincial Border Guard have organized 350 propaganda sessions, with over 21,000 participants, in many forms.
For example, at Thanh Thuy Border Guard Station, in addition to models such as: "Border area lessons", "Management, education of offenders, reintegration into the community"; Domestic violence prevention club... there is also the model of "Women with the law" club.
According to Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Ngoc Tu - Political Commissar of Thanh Thuy Border Guard Station: Deployed from September 2022 to present, the "Women with the Law" Club has been expanded to 3/5 villages of the commune. Every month, the Station's officers compile propaganda documents and disseminate the law on different topics, ensuring timeliness and suitability to women's information needs. On that basis, guide the club leaders of the villages to propagate to members and people. Thanks to the close coordination and combination between the border guards, police, military and local Party committees and authorities in propagating the law, up to now, Thanh Thuy commune has been recognized as a drug-free area, the rate of violations of border regulations has decreased, the use of weapons and explosives to illegally hunt wild animals has decreased significantly compared to before.
Dien Chau district is also considered a locality that does a good job in propagating, disseminating and educating the law. Up to now, the whole district has 516 legal propagandists at the grassroots level, of which 399 have university degrees or higher.
According to Mr. Le Manh Hien - Vice Chairman of Dien Chau District People's Committee: Since the beginning of the year, the district-level agencies, departments and branches have organized 453 legal dissemination and education campaigns. In particular, the Department of Justice has proactively advised the Council for Coordinating the Dissemination and Education of Law to direct and implement legal dissemination and education in many forms such as: Compiling and posting 404 legal dissemination articles on the Fanpage "Dien Chau Justice" (at the same time, on social networks Zalo and Facebook) attracting more than 4.5 million information accesses; effectively maintaining the "Legal Dissemination" and "Access to Information" columns on the District's Electronic Information Portal, Dien Chau Newsletter. Coordinate with the branch of the Dien Chau District Land Registration Office to organize the "Saturday for the People" campaign to disseminate and popularize the law, advise and guide administrative procedures in the fields of land, inheritance, contract authentication, and real estate-related transactions. Replicating the model of "Reconciliation Club at the grassroots level" in 37/37 communes and towns...
In Tam Bong village, Tam Quang commune (Tuong Duong), the "Community Support for Prevention of Human Trafficking" Club model, when it was first established in 2018, had only over 10 members, but now has gathered nearly 100 members. The person in charge of the model is a person who was once tricked and trafficked. Ms. Lo Thi May - Head of the Tam Bong Women's Association said that when she first joined the Club, she was hesitant because she was a victim herself. However, with the encouragement of the local Party Committee, government, and support from the members, she agreed to participate for 5 years.
In addition to keeping a firm grasp of the number of suspects involved in human trafficking or illegal labor, along with the police force, counting the number of suspects involved in human trafficking crimes for monitoring, the Tam Bong Village “Community Support for Prevention and Combat of Human Trafficking” Club also regularly reviews the number of members with difficult family circumstances to have a plan to support loans for economic development and stable life, support working days for single-parent families, long-term illness, etc. With that approach, up to now, Tam Bong Village has no more human trafficking and has significantly reduced other social evils.
Replicating new models and good practices
According to the assessment of the Department of Justice - the Standing Agency of the Provincial Council for Coordination of Legal Dissemination and Education, the content of legal dissemination and education in the province in recent times has always closely followed the direction of the Central Government and the province; the political, economic and social tasks of each locality. The form of legal dissemination and education has always been innovated, created, and thoroughly applied information technology in propaganda work suitable for each target group and locality.
Since the beginning of the year, the province has organized 6,180 competitions with 666,201 participants (an increase of 2,564 compared to the same period in 2022); organized 177 competitions with 716,331 participants (an increase of 130 compared to the same period in 2022). Many effective methods and creative models have been deployed to meet the practical needs of the people, such as the "Saturday for the People" propaganda campaign in Dien Chau, Anh Son, Thanh Chuong, Quynh Luu districts, Vinh City; the "Police listen to people's opinions" forum of the Provincial Police; the "Skilled People's Mobilization" model in the religious areas (Provincial Party Committee's People's Mobilization Committee); "Clans without crime and social evils", "self-management groups", "marriage and family counseling groups" in Nghi Loc districts, Thai Hoa town, Yen Thanh, Hoang Mai town, etc.
In addition, legal clubs are maintained in many forms, of which the Provincial Veterans Association has 196 "Veterans participating in crime prevention and control and maintaining security and order" clubs; 73 "Veterans participating in maintaining traffic safety and order" clubs... The Youth Union at all levels has 500 clubs such as: "Lighting up trust", "Friends helping friends", "Youth keeping the border peaceful", "Youth with the law", "Youth Union with legal knowledge"...
However, in reality, the work of disseminating and educating the law still has some shortcomings and limitations such as the coordination is not really synchronous, the budget for disseminating and educating the law is difficult; the application of information technology in disseminating and educating the law has not met the increasing demand for people to learn about the law. The situation of law violations and crimes is still complicated, especially violations of ensuring order, social security, traffic safety, etc.
Talking to us, Mr. Le Ba Thieu - Head of the Department of Dissemination and Legal Education (Department of Justice) said: Along with focusing on overcoming shortcomings and limitations, the Department of Justice will continue to advise the Provincial Council for Coordinating the Dissemination and Legal Education to direct, guide and organize the dissemination, propaganda and dissemination of legal contents and regulations related to people's lives, production and business activities of enterprises, issues of public concern or need to orient public opinion in many forms suitable to the subjects, localities and actual situations. In particular, promoting the application of information technology in the work of disseminating and educating the law.
According to Mr. Thieu, in the immediate future, he will guide the organization of activities in response to Vietnam Law Day (November 9) in the province, ensuring effectiveness, practicality, and suitability to the characteristics of units and localities. For example, the Department of Information and Communications organized an online contest "Learning about traffic safety laws and providing and using information on the Internet" on the provincial electronic information portal; Dien Chau district organized a conference to summarize grassroots mediation and honor mediators; Quy Hop district organized an online contest to learn about policies for ethnic minorities... Along with that are activities to honor collectives and individuals with outstanding achievements in the dissemination and education of law in general as well as in the process of participating in legal learning competitions in particular.
