Liberalization of Juvenile Criminal Law Policy – Road to Europe
29 April, 2015
An international scientific conference Liberalization of Juvenile Criminal Law Policy – Road to Europe was held at the Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University on April 29.
TSU Rector, Academician Vladimer Papava, Chairperson of the Supreme Court, Nino Gvenetadze, Head of the European Union Delegation to Georgia, Ambassador Janos Herman, Deputy Minister of Corrections and Legal Assistance, Kakhi Kakhishvili, Deputy Chief Prosecutor Irakli Shotadze, representatives of the Ministry of Justice, the Prosecutor’s Office, the Interior Ministry, the Ministry of Corrections and Legal Assistance, other judicial and government agencies, students and professors attended the event.
TSU Rector Vladimer Papava said that “Georgia is standing firm on its road to Europe and the country has to implement a number of reforms in this direction. Naturally, reforms should be implemented in terms of our country’s legal framework. The today’s conference is dedicated to regulation of juvenile criminal law issues and it is extremely important. The conference is already traditional and it is being held for the fifth time already. The results will be visible quite soon, because this conference directly calls on the government what should be done and how.”
“This scientific conference will discuss the draft Juvenile Justice Code developed by the inter-agency commission of the Georgian Justice Ministry with the support of EU and UNICEF a year ago. This is the first complex legal act, which basing on high ideals and provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, presents Georgian juvenile justice at modern, European and international standards. The draft has already been submitted to the Parliament and it will be enacted in a very short period of time,” Chairperson of the Supreme Court, Nino Gvenetadze said.
“We appreciate our cooperation with the judiciary, the Parliament and TSU in the issues related to juvenile justice. The issue is very important as it concerns the children,” Ambassador Janos Herman said and added that Georgia should continue judiciary reforms and juvenile justice is “a very important component in this process.”
During the first block of the conference, Chairperson of the Supreme Court, Prof. Nino Gvenetadze and Justice Renate Winter discussed the draft code and its compliance with international standards. Invited experts discussed the issues of juvenile crime prevention according to German legislation. Deputy Dean of the TSU Faculty of Law, Associate Professor Moris Shalikashvili delivered a report on a topic: “Criminological Assessment of Juvenile Justice Code.” Judges, prosecutors and other legal practitioners expressed their views on the issues of liberalization of criminal policy toward juvenile offenders.
TSU Rector, Academician Vladimer Papava, Chairperson of the Supreme Court, Nino Gvenetadze, Head of the European Union Delegation to Georgia, Ambassador Janos Herman, Deputy Minister of Corrections and Legal Assistance, Kakhi Kakhishvili, Deputy Chief Prosecutor Irakli Shotadze, representatives of the Ministry of Justice, the Prosecutor’s Office, the Interior Ministry, the Ministry of Corrections and Legal Assistance, other judicial and government agencies, students and professors attended the event.
TSU Rector Vladimer Papava said that “Georgia is standing firm on its road to Europe and the country has to implement a number of reforms in this direction. Naturally, reforms should be implemented in terms of our country’s legal framework. The today’s conference is dedicated to regulation of juvenile criminal law issues and it is extremely important. The conference is already traditional and it is being held for the fifth time already. The results will be visible quite soon, because this conference directly calls on the government what should be done and how.”
“This scientific conference will discuss the draft Juvenile Justice Code developed by the inter-agency commission of the Georgian Justice Ministry with the support of EU and UNICEF a year ago. This is the first complex legal act, which basing on high ideals and provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, presents Georgian juvenile justice at modern, European and international standards. The draft has already been submitted to the Parliament and it will be enacted in a very short period of time,” Chairperson of the Supreme Court, Nino Gvenetadze said.
“We appreciate our cooperation with the judiciary, the Parliament and TSU in the issues related to juvenile justice. The issue is very important as it concerns the children,” Ambassador Janos Herman said and added that Georgia should continue judiciary reforms and juvenile justice is “a very important component in this process.”
During the first block of the conference, Chairperson of the Supreme Court, Prof. Nino Gvenetadze and Justice Renate Winter discussed the draft code and its compliance with international standards. Invited experts discussed the issues of juvenile crime prevention according to German legislation. Deputy Dean of the TSU Faculty of Law, Associate Professor Moris Shalikashvili delivered a report on a topic: “Criminological Assessment of Juvenile Justice Code.” Judges, prosecutors and other legal practitioners expressed their views on the issues of liberalization of criminal policy toward juvenile offenders.