The project “Alternative Criminal Sanctions in Judicial Practice”
The project “Alternative Criminal Sanctions in Judicial Practice” is funded by the Embassy of the United States of America in Serbia under the Alumni Grant Program in the field of the Rule of Law. The project is implemented by members of the Judges’ Forum of Serbia who are also members of the Open World Alumni Club, with the support of the Judicial Academy of the Republic of Serbia.
The project is implemented across the territory of the Republic of Serbia and will include all holders of judicial functions who directly or indirectly influence the application of alternative sanctions—judges, public prosecutors and their deputies, as well as probation officers employed in the Department for Treatment and Alternative Sanctions of the Administration for the Enforcement of Criminal Sanctions within the Ministry of Justice.
Project objective
The expected outcome of the planned activities within this project is a broader application of alternative criminal sanctions in judicial practice and closer cooperation among key stakeholders in their implementation, in order to create a “judicial chain” that would enable faster, easier, and more efficient cooperation at the local level in this area.
On the other hand, the broader goal of the project is to promote the usefulness and necessity of imposing non-custodial sanctions and measures in our country, primarily among judicial office holders, but also among citizens, who should be informed about the multiple benefits of applying alternative sanctions compared to imprisonment.
Project activities
The main project activity is training conducted by experts in the field of alternative sanctions. This training is intended for judges of basic courts, public prosecutors and their deputies, as well as probation officers—all key actors in the implementation of alternative sanctions in practice from the territories of all four appellate courts.
The focus of the training program, which requires interactive participation of attendees, is on presenting good and relevant practices from other countries, with emphasis on the benefits those countries have achieved through the application of alternative sanctions in practice. In addition to promoting the wider use of alternative sanctions, the aim of the training is to connect key actors in their implementation in our country in order to facilitate more efficient and broader application, primarily at the local level.
Supporting project activities that contribute to the better and more efficient achievement of the main goal include:
- Publication of a manual on the application of alternative criminal sanctions, which includes interpretations of existing legal norms in this field, guidelines for judges, public prosecutors and their deputies, as well as probation officers responsible for implementing non-custodial sanctions and measures, along with model acts and decisions in this area;
- Development of this website on which all training activities are published, as well as the final results of participants in the broader application of alternative sanctions in practice. It also serves as a platform for promoting alternative sanctions to the general public and publishing related articles;
- Organization of a final conference at which the project results and future plans will be presented.
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