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Compulsory Medical Measures in the Criminal Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Compulsory Medical Measures in the Criminal Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Author(s): Aleksander Wróbel
Subject(s): Criminal Law
Published by: Polska Akademia Umiejętności / Krakowski Instytut Prawa Karnego Fundacja
Keywords: Kazakhstan’s criminal law; compulsory medical measures; insanity; comparative law;

Summary/Abstract: This study concerns the institution of compulsory medical measures in the criminallaw of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Concurrently, the analysis will be juxtaposed to theregulations in force in the Russian Federation, as the leading system among the countriesof the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and the solutions in force in thecriminal law of the Republic of Uzbekistan, as an exemplar of a traditional approach tothe adopted solutions regarding compulsory medical measures.The provisions adopted in the criminal law of Kazakhstan provide many interestingviewpoints. These include the codification of health protection legislation, and , fromthe position of the Polish system, regulations concerning the possibility of treatmentas part of security measures for perpetrators whose mental health deteriorated duringthe proceedings before the court, and the perpetrator was sane at the time of the act.

  • Issue Year: 25/2021
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 97-119
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: English