REFORM OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE IN BOLIVIA WITH PRINCIPLES OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE

Abstract

In the context of addressing the issue of reforming the justice administration in Bolivia, which has been heavily criticized for years due to the eternal delay of justice, constant issues of corruption, budgetary economic situation, party politics, nepotism, etc., an investigation has been undertaken to strengthen the pillars of a culture of peace and seek the principles that govern restorative justice.

The aim is to examine the extent to which these principles have been incorporated into Bolivian legislation, as well as in other legislations, what are the benefits that this provides, and in which other areas of law they could be incorporated through literature review, analysis, and analogy.

In this way, a series of elements can be seen where the Restorative Justice is developed in principle, where it originates, and what it is not, in order to understand the principles where the victim, the offender, the community, and the state itself are involved. With the help of comparative legislation, it is possible to establish how Bolivian legislation has appropriated the principles, but not in a definitive manner, and the impetus that this could still have has not been given, even at the cost of using other mechanisms such as Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) that could be used to better promote the gradual integration of these principles, not only in the criminal area, but in other areas of law in particular.