OSCE Office helps organize training on alternative sentencing in Armenia
ArmRadio.am
10.07.2006 18:03
A four-day training course for personnel of the Armenian Justice
Ministry’s division for the execution of alternative punishment began
today with support from the OSCE Office in Yerevan and the OSCE Office
for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights.
"The introduction and implementation of alternative sentencing
options is a serious step towards building a humanitarian system of
penal sanctions," said Silvia Pogolsa, Human Rights Officer at the
OSCE Office.
Some 70 Justice Ministry staff, judges and prosecutors will discuss the
existing national legislation, alternative sanctions, the supervision
of conditional sentences, as well as international standards and best
practices. Rait Kuuse, Head of the Probation Division of the Estonian
Justice Ministry, will share his country’s experience in the field.
Increased awareness-raising and capacity building among justice
administration personnel was one of the recommendations of the
assessment on alternative sentencing in Armenia, supported and
implemented by the OSCE Office in 2005.
The division for the execution of alternative punishment under the
Justice Ministry was established in 2005, following the adoption of the
new criminal code which introduces an "alternative" sentencing option.