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The cabinet aims to make the criminal justice chain operate more efficiently and improve the implementation of sanctions and measures. For this purpose, the Law on the Revision of the Implementation of Criminal Justice Decisions (USB Law) has been introduced. The USB Law amends the Criminal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure, and some other laws to revise the legal regulation of the implementation of criminal justice decisions. The direct responsibility for implementation has shifted from the public prosecution service to the Minister for Legal Protection.
The main idea behind the law is that the minister will be better able to steer the implementation of sanctions and measures. This is expected to lead, among other things, to faster and better execution of sanctions, strengthening the position of victims and surviving relatives, ensuring proper information exchange with partners within and outside the criminal justice chain, and implementing a person-centred approach. To strengthen control over implementation, the Central Fine Collection Agency (CJIB) will coordinate the execution of sanctions from one central point: the Administration and Information Centre for the Execution Chain (AICE).
On behalf of the WODC, we have developed a thorough evaluation framework that can be used in a few years to robustly assess the extent to which the goals of the programme and the USB Law have actually been achieved.
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