INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW ASSOCIATION, ELEVENTH CONGRESS, BUDAPEST, HUNGARY, FROM SEPTEMBER 9 THROUGH 14, 1974

• NCJ Number: 28776
• Journal: DELIKT EN DELINKWENT Volume: 5 Issue: 1 Dated: (JANUARY 1975) Pages: 22-29
• Author(s): L C M MEIJERS
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 8 pages
• Corporate Author: Gouda Quint Bv
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: Netherlands

Annotation

AN ACCOUNT OF THE SUBJECTS DISCUSSED AND THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY VARIOUS DELEGATES DURING THE CONGRESS, WITH THE TEXT (IN ENGLISH) OF THE RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.

Abstract

THE CONGRESS WAS ATTENDED BY DELEGATES FROM ARGENTINA, BELGIUM, WEST GERMANY, CANADA, EAST GERMANY, EGYPT, HUNGARY, ITALY, YUGOSLAVIA, POLAND, RUMANIA, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, THE U.S. AND THE USSR. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED INCLUDED THE RESOCIALIZATION OF OFFENDERS, HUMANE PRACTICES IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, THE UNDESIRABILITY OF SHORT-TERM IMPRISONMENT AND ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF PUNISHMENT. IN GENERAL, THE RESOLUTIONS STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF THE HUMANE APPROACH AND OF THE SEARCH FOR MEASURES TO REPLACE IMPRISONMENT AS SANCTION. --IN DUTCH, SECTIONS IN ENGLISH