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    PAROLE SYSTEM IN ARMENIA NEEDS URGENT REFORM, SAYS OSCE-SUPPORTED STUDY

    http://hetq.am/eng/news/11372/parole-system-inarmenianeeds-urgent-reform-says-osce-supported-study.html
    13:12, March 2, 2012

    The results and recommendations of an OSCE-supported study on early
    conditional release system (parole) in Armenia were discussed today
    in Yerevan.

    The study was carried out between May and September 2011 by the
    non-governmental organization Civil Society Institute with the support
    of the OSCE Office in Yerevan. Officials and experts engaged in
    the early conditional release system, including judges, advocates,
    current and former members of independent commissions gave their
    views in anonymous interviews. The aim of the study was to promote
    the reform of criminal justice, especially of the conditional release
    system to help decrease the prison population.

    "The study highlighted concerns and dissatisfaction over the
    functioning of early conditional release mechanism in Armenia,
    which are frequently voiced," said Vladimir Tchountoulov, the Human
    Rights Officer of the OSCE Office in Yerevan. "We hope that the
    recommendations included in the study will help to improve the system
    and to raise confidence in the criminal justice system, as well as
    effectiveness of rehabilitation efforts."

    The study analyzes Armenian legislation in the light of international
    standards and good practices. It offers a set of recommendations
    regarding principles and criteria for taking decisions on early
    conditional release, the role of penitentiary institutions in the
    process, supervision mechanisms, as well as ways of changing conditions
    and revoking decisions.

    Arman Danielyan, the President of the Civil Society Institute added:
    "Reforming the early conditional release system in Armenia and raising
    its effectiveness will require several years of continuous efforts. It
    is necessary to review powers, composition and procedures of decision
    making bodies and to introduce new tools and mechanisms. Penitentiary
    system staff should not be the ones to take such decisions. Besides,
    an independent probation service staffed with specially trained
    professionals needs to be established."

    The reforms of conditional release system are part of the draft of
    the Legal and Judicial Reform Programme for 2012-2016 of the Republic
    of Armenia.

    Electronic version of the study is available here.



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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