Institute of Criminology and Social Prevention

Abstract Experts advocating for restorative justice focused their attention on the possibility of strengthening everyone’s right to access restorative programmes in the amendment to Directive 2012/29/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council. Although this right was ultimately not enforced, this does not mean that it is impossible to effectively implement the content of the Council of Europe’s legal documents, particularly the Council of Europe Recommendation concerning restorative justice in criminal matters cm /Rec (2018)8 and the subsequently adopted Venice Declaration, into practice and thus contribute to promoting the right to a restorative programme in a different way. Through a case study of the Czech Republic, we illustrate the possibilities of implementing these documents into national policies whilst strongly utilising the fundamental restorative principle of participation. The text demonstrates that soft law can influence national criminal policies, legislation and practices, and in many respects can be more effective than hard law.

This contribution offers a brief development of opinions on juridical persons legal Liability in the Czech Republic and surrounding European countries. In the Czech Republic the governmental bill on juridical persons legal liability was submitted to the Parliament of the Czech Republic on July 21, 2004 but in November 2004 was refused by the Chamber of Deputies. The contribution contains comments on main provisions of governmental bill on juridical persons legal liability and its negotiation course in the Chambre of Deputies.

Malgre la disponibilite des vaccins pour se proteger contre la rougeole, 2018–2019 a vu des epidemies dans plusieurs regions du globe, surtout en Afrique et Asie. Entre janvier 2018 et juin 2019, la region Europe de l’Organisation Mondiale de la Sante (OMS) comptait environ 170 000 cas de rougeole et plus de 100 deces lies a celle-ci, dont deux en Suisse

The Czech Republic has seen a dramatic increase in crime over the past decade. The nature of this increase is considered and possible explanations discussed. Policy developments are then briefly described.