IS RESTORATIVE JUSTICE AN APPROPRIATE LEGAL REMEDIATION FOR SEXUAL VIOLENCE?

• Authors: Ena Kazic , Rialda Ćorović
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper questions applicability of restorative justice in cases of sexual violence. Specific nature and serious consequences of sexual violence are the reason why this question appeared. In order to find out the answer, authors represented the characteristics, mechanisms and nature of restorative justice, offering in the same time comparition of arguments in favor and against of applicability of restorative justice in this, particulary sensitive type of criminal offences. Together with review of different theoretical approaches to this matter, authors tested applicability of restorative justice in cases of sexual violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In this paper  normative, comparative and historical scientific methods have been used.

Keywords

EN

criminal offence; sexual violence; restorative justice; victim

• Publisher: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
• Journal: Review of European and Comparative Law
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 37
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 65-95

Dates

published

2019-06-30

Contributors

author

Ena Kazic

author

Rialda Ćorović

Identifiers

DOI

10.31743/recl.4774