MEDIATION IN THE FIELD OF CRIMINAL DISPUTES AT EUROPEAN LEVEL
MEDIATION IN THE FIELD OF CRIMINAL DISPUTES AT EUROPEAN LEVEL

Summary/Abstract: Mediation in criminal cases, as an alternative means to settle disputes, should apply to rather large categories of crimes, which leads to making more efficient and better managed criminal proceedings and allows the justice to focus attention toward complex and higher difficult cases. This instrument enjoys lot of attention at international level, through the adaptation of an UN resolution, of some recommendations by the Council of Europe of some decisions by the European Union. Thus, the Framework Decision of the EU Council of March 15th 2001 on the standing of victims in criminal proceedings burden Member States to promote the mediation in criminal proceedings for offences which it considers appropriate for this type of measure. The paper presents the efforts made for the implementation of this system in European countries, through the adoption to that purpose of a series of criminal rules.

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