Supreme Court of Georgia

The Chairperson of the Supreme Court and High Council of Justice, Ms. Nino Gvenetadze took part in the Conference: “Juvenile Justice, Achievements and Challenges.”

Published: 05/06/2016

On May 6 of  2016  the Chairperson of the Supreme Court and High Council of Justice Ms. Nino Gvenetadze took part  in the Conference :”Juvenile Justice, Achievements and Challenges”, held  with the support of the Council of Europe and  United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The first persons of the executive power,  local and international NGOs and Heads of the Missions also participated in the work of the  Conference

The results of the work performed by the Prosecutor’s office  in the sphere of  the Juvenile Justice, were presented at the Conference, as well as  analyses of the causes of offences, practice of usage of the alternative mechanisms of the criminal prosecution and other  problems  related to  putting in practice of the  Juvenile Justice Code.       

 “I have got statistical data, showing the fact of  dropping to the minimum of  the number of  offenders.  The practice of exploiting the alternative methods by the Prosecutor  is frequent and the Court has the right of returning of the case to the Prosecutor for  the diversion program.   We can be proud of the fact, that the number of the convicted and sentenced  prisoners significantly  decreased, as it means that the Code proved useful “ - said the Chairperson of the Supreme Cout and High Council of Justice Ms. Nino Gvenetadze, while talking about the  “Juvenile  Justice Code.”             

The Juvenile Justice Code  has come into force in January of the current year and intends  to create  for the  juveniles under 18  being  in conflict with the law,  a special system of Justice   in compliance with the  European standards and  the convention on the Rights of the Child of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

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