Problems of legal culture among youth will be discussed at an international conference in Vitebsk

April 20, Vitebsk / Sergei Kochetov - BELTA /. Legal scholars from four countries will discuss the issues of forming legal culture among youth at the present stage at an international scientific and practical conference, which will be held on April 24-25 at the Vitebsk State University named after P. Masherov (VSU). This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by the Dean of the VSU Faculty of Law, Alexander Bochkov. About 200 specialists from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, and Moldova will take part in the conference, including university professors and employees of courts, prosecutor's offices, and law enforcement agencies. It is planned that the Prosecutor General of Belarus, Grigory Vasilievich, will speak at the plenary session with a report "Juvenile Delinquency: Prevention Issues." The conference will consider various aspects of forming legal culture among youth, the role of the judicial system in this process, ensuring access to justice, as well as discuss issues of legal and professional culture of lawyers and a number of other issues. In preparation for the event, employees of the Vitebsk university conducted sociological research in two juvenile colonies in Vitebsk and Bobruisk, the results of which will also be discussed at the plenary sessions, Alexander Bochkov noted. Based on the results of the conference, it is planned to develop practical measures on issues of forming legal awareness and increasing the level of legal culture among youth, which will be sent to law enforcement agencies and justice authorities. The organizer of the conference is the Vitebsk State University named after P. Masherov. -0-