The best interests of the child in the context of criminal procedure policy
- Pages
- 25-34
Abstract
The novelties of the Criminal Procedure Law of the Republic of Belarus show the commitment to introduce child-friendly technologies in practice. However, studies show the lack of consistency in the identification of Criminal Procedure policy for minors. Reforming the legal status of minors in criminal proceedings could be more effective in the case of a system-forming basis.
The international legal principle of the best interests of the child could be the foundation of the criminal procedure policy for minors, ensure the systematic development of the Criminal Procedure Law, and contribute to combating crime. The study of implementing the principle requires the application of systematic, comparative legal analysis and formal-legal methods.
As a result, it is possible to determine the features of the criminal procedural policy for minors, taking into account the principle, as well as ways for further improvement of legislation. Nonetheless, the issue of legal recognition of the principle is debatable.