Cooperation is required to take care of juvenile delinquency, says Hartsiotis – “We didn’t keep on the theoretical stage however moved ahead with sensible and substantial actions”
As with all issues, coping with youth delinquency and violence requires the collective and cooperation of all competent our bodies, mentioned the Minister of Justice and Public Order, Marios Hartsiotis, noting that the Authorities doesn’t stay at a theoretical stage however strikes ahead with sensible and substantial actions.
Mr. Hartsiotis was the speaker at an occasion organized by the Lyceum of Agia Fylaxeos and the Dad and mom' Affiliation, on the subject of “Youth violence and delinquency”, throughout which positions had been put ahead and the issues and issues of these current had been expressed.
In his greeting, the Minister acknowledged that “within the final two years we didn’t keep at a theoretical stage however proceeded with sensible and substantial actions”, whereas he expressed the idea that “in these actions we are going to discover supporters and fellow vacationers all with out exception the businesses, as a result of with out them , these sensible actions might have an impact, however it can by no means be the specified one, as a result of they are going to be remoted actions of the chief energy alone.”
Juvenile delinquency, he identified, is just not an issue that issues solely the Police and the Authorities typically, however issues college students, dad and mom, college models, the local people, “whose contribution is of decisive significance in stopping and coping with juvenile delinquency delinquency”.
Marios Hartsiotis referred to the varied types of violence and delinquency in a college unit and the consequences it brings to the household, the varsity and society, stressing that it’s essential to tell and lift the attention of oldsters, who “sadly, in lots of instances, will not be capable of understand that their youngster is a sufferer of bullying and to assist them”.
Referring to the actions of the Authorities, he recalled that not too long ago, the Council of Ministers, following a suggestion by the Minister of Schooling, accredited particular measures to forestall and fight college violence, such because the implementation of the protocol for reporting incidents of violence and delinquency on the net platform of the Observatory for Violence within the Colleges of the Pedagogical Institute, the introduction of preventive applications at youthful ages, the implementation of applications to develop a tradition of acceptance of range and the choice program tuition, which might be piloted with a small variety of kids.
He added, furthermore, that “the Authorities, recognizing the necessary position performed by the Native Authorities, proceeded to determine the Native Crime Prevention Councils, an establishment that primarily enhances the establishments of Neighborhood Policing and the Police and Neighborhood Watch”.
Just lately, he continued, the Council of Ministers accredited the pilot implementation of the Native Council for the Prevention of Delinquency within the Municipality of Limassol and famous that particular people and a particular infrastructure must be established, whereas indicating that, in accordance with the earlier Municipal Authorities of the town, this infrastructure is prepared for operation.
“The central axis of our approaches, to the problems of violence and delinquency in faculties and even in society, is their child-centered therapy, the reformation and assist of kids and their households for the advantage of the wholesome and orderly operation of college models, the scholar group and of our society”, he added.
On this precept, he famous, the philosophy of the Legislation on kids in battle with the regulation is predicated, the accountability for the implementation of which lies with the Ministry of Justice, whereas as he defined “the objective is to not punish the kid in battle with the regulation, however to grasp the explanations that led him to the delinquent conduct and the implications of his act and to obtain the mandatory assist from the competent Providers or therapy to keep away from the repetition of the delinquent conduct”.
He defined, on the identical time, that the essential precept of the regulation is that the prison prosecution of a kid constitutes the final measure and is utilized solely in distinctive instances, if the choice measures of delinquency administration offered for by the regulation are utilized and don’t work or in very severe crimes.
Referring to the Juvenile Detention Heart in Menogeia, which in accordance with the Legislation ought to begin working no later than January 1, 2026, Marios Hartsiotis mentioned that the situation is proving to be preferrred to keep away from reactions from different areas that might be accommodated. “Wherever the chief energy is distributed to create a construction, the native communities and businesses don’t settle for it, with out even asking what it’s and what it’s for,” he mentioned.
He additionally mentioned that for the correct operation of the Heart, the related laws have been totally processed and have handed authorized and technical management, “and in the intervening time they’re being mentioned earlier than the Parliament and we anticipate that they may quickly be prepared for us to proceed with our plans”.
Among the many actions to take care of youth violence, he continued, is the institution of the curator establishment “which primarily features because the hyperlink between the Police and different concerned Providers” and whose position, as he indicated, is to make sure that kids in battle with the regulation benefit from the rights offered by the Legislation in all extrajudicial proceedings.
As he famous, since Might 10, 2024, when this work was assigned to a non-public firm, till in the present day, bailiffs have dealt with about 400 instances all through Cyprus, “incidents that, if it weren’t for bailiffs, may not have surfaced and remained below from the carpet”.
Saying that the very best weapon in opposition to violence, particularly in adolescence and youth, is mutual respect and empathy, the Minister reiterated the necessity for collective motion.
He additionally famous that in the present day's occasion coincides with the choice of the Council of Ministers, in accordance with which individuals who flip 17 now have the appropriate to vote and emphasised that “the State credit them and exhibits them in probably the most sensible manner its belief in the direction of them , in relation to their pondering and judgment”.
He assured, lastly, that the opinions and ideas that might be heard within the dialogue “might be studied very severely and might be used to the utmost extent potential to attain our frequent objective of a college and a society with out violence and delinquency”.
The occasion was additionally welcomed by the consultant of the Ministry of Schooling, Senior Instructional Psychologist Andri Theoklis Ramirez, the Director of the College, Andreas Heimonas, the President of the Dad and mom' Affiliation, Michalis Vassiliou and the President of the Central Pupil Council, Alexandros Pelekanos.
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