Statute of limitation

On March 13 2017, Academy of Justice within its continuous training program conducted training on Statute of Limitation.

Purpose of this training was enrichment of the participants’ knowledge related to calculation of the statute of limitation and the legal infrastructure for its application in practice, as well as forms or actions to be undertaken for consequent application of legal provisions that regulate the statute of limitation matter.

This training elaborated on the statute of limitation as legal institute which implies the inability to criminally prosecute, impose a sanction and execute criminal sanction or a mandatory treatment measure because the maximum legal time passes, a time that may vary from the type of the offence and height of the punishment.

Statute of limitation for criminal cases is complex and a challenge for the judicial and prosecutorial system, considering the number of statutory limited cases. Therefore, this training paid attention to the main factors that impact on the increase of statutory limited cases (taking into account also the case overload for judges and prosecutors), to include factors related to the professional aspect of application of legal provisions which bring to disregarding the legal deadlines.

Training was developed in the form of interactive discussion, where participants had the possibility to present their challenges and difficulties they face in practice.

Beneficiaries of this training were judges and prosecutors of basic instance.