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Approach to child offenders from the perspective of the Czech criminal law and its development tendencies
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| Year of publication | 2023 |
| Type | Appeared in Conference without Proceedings |
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| Description | Czech criminal law is in a way friendly towards juveniles and criminal proceedings with them is corresponding with the principles of restorative justice. However, this is not a case of children, meaning persons under the age of criminal liability. The Czech approach is generally criticized by both international and domestic professionals because children lack some basic procedural rights available to juveniles. Nevertheless, the tides have been slowly changing considering the new law amendment, which is coming next year (following the development trends of other European criminal law statutes, e. g. the new French Juvenile Justice Act). The proposal dramatically alternates the current approach and the submission analyses its possible impact or if, even though it has a revolutionary nature, it can change the situation of child offenders for the better. Therefore, the submission describes the current situation in the Czech Republic and further analysis the possible impacts of the new legislative proposal and developments for the future. |
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