Main tasks and practical skills:
- In principle, the procedures for hearing a juvenile offender at court of first instance and Court of Appeal shall be conducted in accordance with Part Three and Part Four of the CrPC.
- Noting that:
- At the trial which hears the juvenile accused, a family representative must be present, except in cases where the family representative is intentionally absent with no proper reason. Where the juvenile accused is studying at a school or participating in a certain organization, such school or organization must appoint a representative to attend the trial (Point 1 of Item 3 of Article 306 of the CrPC);
- At the trial, representative of the accused’s family or school or organization shall be entitled to present documents and items, request and recommend the change of the persons who conducts the proceedings, participate in oral argument, lodge a complaint against a decision of the Court or against any act of a person authorized to conduct the proceedings (Point 2 of Item 3 of Article 306 of the CrPC);
- The composition of the Trial Panel must include an assessor who is either a teacher or representative of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (Item 1 of Article 307 of the CrPC). The Judge needs to have necessary knowledge of psychology, educational science and experiences in the field of prevention of crimes committed by the juvenile (Item 1 of Article 302 of the CrPC).
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