INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ON PROMPTNESS PRINCIPLES AND CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST MINORS

Abstract

The international community in relation to adolescent delinquents expressed an increased con- cern, as it is expressed in the number and content of specific international documents. At the same time emphasizing the Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice (the Beijing Rules), the United Nations Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency (the Riyadh Guidelines), and more broadly the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms American Convention on Human Rights, as it defines the minimum standards and principles, including the principles of accuracy and specialty procee- dings against juveniles. In relation to these principles, the authors of the paper define their legal nature, content and substance, and give an overview of juvenile justice compliance of Republic of Serbia with such principles, in terms of criminal proceedings against juveniles, which are contained in international documents.