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Round Table on “European Probation System. The Italian System of Alternatives to Imprisonment for Drug Dependent Offenders and for Juveniles”

UEPLAC, jointly with the Institute of Legislation of Verkhovna Rada, organised a one day Round Table on “European Probation System. The Italian System of Alternatives to Imprisonment for Drug Dependent Offenders and for Juveniles” aimed to provide EU experts’ opinion to the Ukrainian authorities on the specifics of the system of alternatives to imprisonment for drug dependent offenders applied in Italy and on what elements of that system could be replicated in Ukraine.

Currently the debate on the future system of probation in Ukraine is focused on drafting legislation inspired to the experiences of countries that already implement alternatives to imprisonment. UEPLAC is assisting in this task the Consultative Council on Probation and Juvenile Justice since one year ago and this Round Table was aimed of offer better insights of the practical aspects of the system implemented in Milano, Italy, to those engaged in the drafting. The Local Health Authority of Milano has been at the forefront of innovative initiatives in the implementation of Italian legislation and policy on the matter, being the source of a number of pilot projects that have already become national programmes, in particular on the work done by the institutions with delinquent drug users. For this reason UEPLAC invited two professionals that, in different roles, had contributed to the shaping of the current Italian system of probation. The invited speakers were Dr Marco Ferrario, a criminologist who had several years of cooperation with Italian Institutions within the application of alternative measures to imprisonment, and Dr Francesco Scopelliti, deputy-director of the criminal justice department at the local health authority in Milan, Italy.

The representatives from the Institute of Legislation of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine , Consultative Council on Probation and Juvenile Justice, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Justice as well as State Department for the Execution of Punishment took part in the proceedings of the Round Table.

Agenda

Materials:

• European and International Rules on Probation and Alternatives for Drug Using Offenders International Round Table on European Alternatives to Imprisonment, Edoardo Spacca Legal Advisor on FSJ
• The Italian System of alternatives to imprisonment for drug users, Marco Ferrario Francesco Scopelliti
• The Regional Law for the Care of Persons Convicted of Criminal Offences Towards the Creation of an Integrated System

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