Višnja Ranđelović *
INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS FOR REGULATION OF THE POSITION OF JUVENILE VICTIMS OF CRIMINAL OFFENCES
Summary
Humanistically oriented understandings of the society about the need for wider and more intensive protection of juveniles from committing criminal offences against them, have led to the systematic regulation of criminal law protection of juveniles in recent criminal legislations. Due to the mutual influence between national and international legislative activities, numerous international standards are adopted at the international level, which refer to the regulation of the position of juveniles when they appear as victims of criminal offences. The paper presents international acts, universal and regional (adopted within the European Union), whose goal is to standardize the position of juveniles when they appear as victims of criminal offences. When formulating international standards, there is a noticeable effort to reflect the understanding of the sensitivity of the personality of juveniles who are still in the phase of development and maturation, but also the fact that the juvenile has already experienced trauma by committing a criminal offence against him, which requires prudence in handling and specialized organs.
Key words: juvenile, victim, criminal offence, international standards, specialization of organs, prudence in handling.