Attorney of the minor victim in criminal proceedings – de lege ferenda demands Cover Image

Pełnomocnik małoletniego pokrzywdzonego w postępowaniu karnym – postulaty de lege ferenda
Attorney of the minor victim in criminal proceedings – de lege ferenda demands

Author(s): Marta Flis-Świeczkowska
Subject(s): Criminal Law, Sociology of Law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: criminal proceeding; minor victim; attorney; mandatory attorney; quardiam ad litem;

Summary/Abstract: The article is a kind of a response to the press conferences organised by the Ministry of Justice on the 21st February 2021 announcing, that Ministry of Justice had prepared complementary project of 21 changes in the legislation, make the law more child-friendly. The aim of the study is to identify the areas of representation of minor victims that need to be changed. The study contains numerous de lege ferenda demands concerning changes in the rules regulating the issue of representing a child in a criminal proceeding. The author proposes for example, simplification and harmonisation of issues of representation of minor victims, and thereby resignation from the participation of the guardian ad litem in the criminal proceeding, while introducing an institution of mandatory attorney.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 52
  • Page Range: 85-100
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish