Ukraine: Restorative Justice for Juveniles

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Summary

To inspire Ukrainian judges to use Restorative Justice (RJ) Programs for juvenile offenders to better protect their needs and rights by means of “Restoring Justice” educational video.

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

During the last 10 years the number of convicted juveniles in Ukraine almost doubled: from 11629 in 1992 up to 21108 in 2003! Practicing judges still prefer punitive approach, in spite of the Supreme Court recommendations to provide Restorative Justice Programs. Apparently, Restorative Justice approach needs wide popularization and understanding of Victim-Offender Mediation (VOM) and other reconciliation processes by Ukrainian judges and court officials.

Activities

1.Produce 30 minutes video “Restoring Justice”. 2.Present it to Justice System authorities and judges. 3.Distribute the video through Academy of Judges and Professional Judges Associations.

Funding Information

This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Restorative Justice ideas, mechanisms and advantages will be instilled among judges and legal system representatives in 25 regions of Ukraine to improve their understanding and willingness to use VOM in judicial practice.

Project Message

Juvenile Justice in Ukraine should be implemented in two bearings: education for judges, and careful study of international experience, especially practice of Victim-Offender Mediation programs.
- Petro P. Pylypchuk, First Deputy Chief Justice, Supreme Court Ukraine

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Roman Koval,
Country Director, SFCG Ukraine
Ukranian Center for Common Ground
K.7, Pecherskiy, Spusk 8
Kyiv, 01023
Ukraine
38-044-537-1007
Email:

Project Sponsor

Search for Common Ground

Organization

Search for Common Ground
1601 Connecticut Ave, NW
Suite 200
Washington, DC 20009
United States
1-202-265-4300
http://www.sfcg.org

Learn more about Search for Common Ground and the project team.



Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Ukraine and can also be found under Democracy and Governance.

For more information about Ukraine, read the Human Development Report on Ukraine or the Wikipedia entry for Ukraine.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on October 01, 2005.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on September 20, 2004.

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