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    OSCE Org
    March 17 2005

    Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe (OSCE)
    http://www.osce.org/

    OSCE Office presents report on alternative sentencing in Armenia


    /noticias.info/ YEREVAN, 16 March 2005 - A research study exploring
    prospects for non-custodial measures of punishment in Armenia was
    presented today to the public.

    The main outcome of the research is that key actors involved in the
    criminal justice reform process will get reliable guidance to help
    them identify priority areas to develop efficient alternatives to
    imprisonment. The Criminal and the newly-adopted Criminal-Executive
    Codes create the necessary legal basis for the implementation of
    penal sanctions, including alternative sentences.

    The report was prepared by the non-governmental organization Advanced
    Social Technologies, with support from the OSCE Office in Yerevan,
    Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation and the British Embassy
    in Armenia.

    "All OSCE participating States face challenges in implementing
    criminal justice policy which includes alternative sentencing
    options," said Stefan Buchmayer, Human Rights Officer at the OSCE
    Office, opening the event.

    "A comprehensive legal framework and an institutional infrastructure
    for the implementation of alternative sentences facilitate making
    decisions for a state and its society in choosing a criminal justice
    policy."

    The scope of the research included development of the research tools,
    data analysis, and an elaboration of recommendations for action. A
    survey was also conducted among target groups such as judges,
    prosecutors, advocates, police and Criminal Executive Department of
    the Justice Ministry, as well as private entrepreneurs, offenders and
    their families, and the public at large.

    Anna Minasyan, Head of the Advanced Social Technologies and the
    co-author of the study, said that the majority of stakeholders in the
    process had a positive attitude towards alternative sentencing
    options.

    "They believe that an enlarged practice of alternative sanctions
    corresponds to modern trends in international criminal law and
    contributes to important processes, such as proper rehabilitation of
    the offenders and building public trust towards the criminal justice
    system."
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