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Improvement of the justice system for
juveniles
Round table of the Ministry of Justice,
UNICEF, and the AHC on “Justice for juveniles –the present and the perspective”
On 18 January 2005,
the Ministry of Justice, in collaboration with UNICEF and the Albanian Helsinki
Committee, organized the round table “Justice for juveniles – the present and
the perspective”.
The round table sought
to make public the undertaking of legal measures and measures for their
implementation in practice with a view to improving the justice system for
juveniles.
Different civil
society representatives gave some of their recommendations on the legal package
proposed by the Ministry of Justice. Issues addressed at the round table
discussion included: changing the age limit for penal responsibility; issuance
of alternative punishments; treatment of the category of persons between 18 – 21
years old (jeune adult); educational and medical measures; specialization of
judicial bodies; infrastructure in detention facilities and prisons; protection
of juveniles against illegal arrests; etc, which were followed by numerous
discussions by those present.
Participating in the
round table were representatives of state institutions working on juvenile
rights covering the legislative and practice area of this topic, as well as
civil society representatives who target the protection of juvenile rights.
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