On 01 October 2019, the Academy of Justice within the Continuous Training Program (CTP), organized a training on: “Implementation of the guideline on punitive policies”.
The purpose of this training was to advance the professional knowledge of judges, prosecutors and other beneficiaries in the proper implementation of the guideline as it will have a positive impact on making the punitive policy more unifying in all courts.
During this training was emphasized that in practice when imposing sentences inadequate assessment of the circumstances has been done and there is also insufficient justification of these circumstances. Attention was paid to the mitigating and aggravating circumstances characteristic of which are that they are not exhaustive so other circumstances may be taken into account. Aggravating circumstances are prone to be more specific and clarified than mitigating circumstances, and it is in line with the concept that the aggravated circumstances must be accurate, clear and probable. The defendant and the public are aware of what actions will result in an aggravated sentence.
During this training it was pointed out that the implementation of the Guidelines on Punitive Policies is a good opportunity which avoids the inconsistency of sentences from one court to another and that to the offenders of the same nature will be imposed similar sentences and following the unification of punitive policy.
The training took place in the form of interactive discussions, where participants had the opportunity to present the challenges and difficulties encountered in practice.
Beneficiaries of the training were judges, prosecutors and professional associates of the basic level from different regions of Kosovo.
01-10-2019