STRENUOUS EFFORTS HAVE BEEN MADE BY THESE PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES TOWARDS IMPROVING THE INSTITUTIONAL AND NON-INSTITUTIONAL TREATMENT OF OFFENDERS. IN IRAN, SPECIAL ATTENTION HAS BEEN GIVEN TO JUVENILES SINCE 1966 BY THE LAW OF JUVENILE COURTS. THIS ACT COVERS ALMOST ALL ASPECTS OF JUVENILE JUSTICE RANGING FROM THE ADJUDICATION AND DISPOSITION PROCEDURE, THE GATHERING OF INFORMATION CONCERNING THE PERSONAL BEHAVIOR AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT OF JUVENILE OFFENDERS, AND THE ORGANIZATION OF TRAINING CENTERS AND STAFF FOR JUVENILE OFFENDERS. THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PARENTS FOR THEIR CHILDREN'S BEHAVIOR WAS MENTIONED IN TERMS OF THE LEGAL PROVISIONS. RECENT PROPOSALS FOR REFORMING THE JAPANESE JUVENILE JUSTICE LAW WERE ALSO DISCUSSED. WITH REGARD TO TRAFFIC OFFENSES, ATTENTION WAS FOCUSED ON PANAMA'S 1941 DECREE WHICH ESTABLISHED A TRAFFIC COURT SYSTEM. THE ENCOURAGING RESULTS OF THE IRAQI CONDITIONAL RELEASE PROGRAM ESTABLISHED BY THE 1971 CRIMINAL PROCEDURAL LAW WERE DISCUSSED. NOT ONLY HAS THIS PROGRAM HAD A POSITIVE IMPACT ON PRISONER REHABILITATION, BUT IT HAS ALSO REDUCED PRISON UNREST. JAPAN'S REHABILITATIVE PROGRAM WAS ANALYZED AND ATTENTION WAS FOCUSED ON THE EXTENSIVE USE OF VOLUNTEER EFFORTS. THE GROUP ALSO DISCUSSED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF VICTIMIZATION COMPENSATION PROGRAMS WHICH WAS FIRST STARTED IN NEW ZEALAND IN 1963. IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY AGREED THAT SUCH PROGRAMS ARE NEEDED. PHILOSOPHICAL DIFFERENCES BEHIND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SUCH PROGRAMS WERE MENTIONED. IT WAS AGREED THAT SUCH PROGRAMS SHOULD BECOME AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. (KCP)