Safeguarding children’s rights in the criminal procedure as offenders: whether the Armenian legislation provides enough guarantees for the protection of juvenile offenders’ rights

Abstract

In our society children are considered as one of the vulnerable social groups, moreover, in many situations, unfortunately, they are the most defenseless mankind. Not every child has a shaped personality in his early ages and not every child can understand the real danger of his steps. In this kind of situations, as we know, the assistance of the elders plays a vital role. Children committed a crime, cause harm to not only the object of the crime, but also themselves, entering not the best life that could have been created for them. To solve this huge problem, we need to make improvements in the legislation of Republic of Armenia (hereinafter referred to as “RA”), as the law amendments play the core role to tackle the issue we have currently. In this thesis paper we are going to concentrate mainly on the punishment measures imposed on the minors, the legal aid, criminal rehabilitation and social reintegration issues, discussing the shortcomings in the RA legislation regulating the listed issues and suggest improvements to guarantee more effective approaches.