"Words hurt for life" – legal aspects of verbal punishment of children

Author(s): Sylwia Rózycka-Jaros / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2016

This paper is dedicated to the issues of verbal punishment of children during the upbringing process. Statistics show that this is the most common type of punishment of children used by parents. Unfortunately, it often takes the form of a humiliating criticism, shouts or intimidation. All this affects negatively the child’s psyche. Taking into consideration the amendments which introduced a total prohibition on using corporal punishment towards children to Polish legislation, the issue of the limits of verbal punishments permitted by law still remains unsolved. Apart from a short definition and the description of the scale of this phenomenon, this paper is mainly dedicated to a legal analysis, which takes into account the stances of the doctrines of criminal and civil law. This paper attempts to give a straight answer to the doubts concerning this matter.

(Nie)zorganizowana przestępczość w Polsce - perspektywy i zagrożenia dla wymiaru sprawiedliwości

Author(s): Szymon Kosatka / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 23/2016

This article is paying attention to the problem of contemporary organized crime from the side of justice, and in particular evidence problems associated with it. The article shows the chance for curbing organised crime by proper leading an investigation. The author included the historical part in order to show the change of criminal structures in the period of last 20 years and suggested direction in which fighting the organised crime should head.

2014 ALTERNATIVE PROGRESS REPORT: POLITICAL CRITERIA

Author(s): / Language(s): English / Issue: 3/2014

This is the second Alternative Progress Report on Bosnia and Herzegovina’s path towards the EU membership. The report is a joint effort of dozens of individuals and organizations whose common goal was to show the current state of integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina from the perspective of civil society organizations. Having in mind that the official Progress Report on Bosnia and Herzegovina is a political report of the European Commission, we believe that the publication of the Alternative report can affect its content. Because of this, we are publishing this Alternative Progress Report nearly three months before the publication of the official one, hoping that it will have an impact on the formulation of the formal report. The report completely relies on the so-called political criteria, focusing on the following questions: - Democracy and the functionality of the State, - Rule of law and corruption, - Human rights, especially the rights of minorities and vulnerable groups, and - Transitional Justice During the 2013 and 2014, we have witnessed that no relevant progress has been achieved. The process of implementation of the Sejdić and Finci v. Bosnia and Herzegovina ruling is completely displaced from the Parliament. Performance of the democratic parliaments and governments on state, entity and cantonal levels is extremely low. The work of the institutions is characterized as unstable, inefficient and with notable lack of transparency. The decisions of the constitutional courts are still not implemented. No significant and systematic policies to combat human rights violations have been adopted. Judicial reform has been stopped and Structured Dialogue on Justice between B&H and the EU does not show any progress. Not a single significant case of corruption has been processed. Minority and vulnerable groups still live in difficult conditions. Discrimination and violence are all-present, and the law on prohibition of discrimination did not show the expected results, having in mind that five years after the enactment of the law, only two final judgments were passed. Comprehensive anti-discrimination policies for social integration either do not exist, or are almost never applied. Floods additionally hit the most vulnerable groups in society. Furthermore, the most vulnerable groups in society have been affected by the recent floods. The prosecution of war crimes and dealing with the past, as prerequisites for creating a healthy environment and building a common state, represent an additional problem. Political support for war criminals by the leaders of political parties only further divide the already highly fragmented society. We hope that the general elections in October of 2014 (although held by discriminatory rules) will bring more stable political structure, ready to face different problems. Initiative for the Monitoring of the European Integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina will certainly advocate change, in terms of adopting new laws and policies, and the implementation thereof. We also hope that the BiH authorities and the EU institutions will support a stronger representation of civil society within the various forums within the EU integration. Civil society must become the third actor in this process along with the State and EU institutions.

A védőügyvéd és az egyes speciális eljárások kapcsolata Magyarországon

Author(s): Viktor Bérces / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 2/2012

In the Hungarian system of criminal procedure, several participants of the proceeding may provide activities aiming at the defence of the defendant (e.g. the prosecutor or even the defendant himself). My publication, however, shall focus on the activities of the defender based on delegation or recorded Power of Attorneys given, in consideration of the fact that almost without exception this personal group act as advocates in criminal procedures, furthermore, solely lawyers have the expertise necessary for the defence, and the “equality of arms” principle may only succeed completely through them.

A violence against women in Afghanistan after Taliban occupation – outline of the issue

Author(s): Katarzyna Sadowa / Language(s): English / Issue: 3/2015

This publication deals with the current legal and social situation of women in Afghanistan. The author analyzes the process of formation of the legal position of Afghan women from the moment of the country’s liberation from under the Taliban occupation in 2001. She concentrates on indicating relevant legal regulations and guarantees, as well as – primarily – analyzes the degree of respecting them. Consequently, she discusses selected forms of violence against women which is persistently present on the territory of Afghanistan. The author elaborates on specific cultural phenomena and acts against fundamental women’s rights, such as baad, baadal, the so-called “honor” killings, and punishing women for running away. These points lead to the conclusion that the enacted laws are merely an empty shell and women’s situation is far from stable.

ABILITY TO UNDERTAKE ACTION THAT CONSTITUTES A CRIMINAL OFFENCE; MENTAL CAPACITY AND GUILT

Author(s): Dragiša Drakic / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2015

In the paper the author offers an analysis, from the standpoint of legal theory, of the ability to undertake action that constitutes a criminal offence and the mental capacity, on one hand, and the mental capacity and the guilt, on the other hand. In the first part of the paper the author pointed to the significance of the action that constitutes a criminal offence, than he set its minimal requirements without which existence of the actions, as an element of the general notion of the criminal offence, would not have existed. In the second part of his paper the author puts into correlation the ability to undertake criminal action and the mental capacity of the offender. The last part of the paper discuses a delimitation between the mental capacity and other integral parts of the guilt, as well as the correlation between mental capacity and the guilt as a higher theoretical notion. His position presented in the paper could be demonstrated in two main conclusions. Firstly, the author concludes that the will, as a subjective element of the notion of the action, is immanent to every human being, where the subjective element of the notion of mental capacity is only possessed by mentally sound and mature persons. Secondly, the author concludes that since mental capacity is the ability to be guilty, the guilt is a relationship between the psychological being and the value judgment based on the presumption of the existence of mental capacity.

Accessorial Liability in Common Law: A Critical Analysis

Author(s): Fernanda Fernandez Jankov / Language(s): Serbian / Publication Year: 0

In this work it is analyzed an interesting institute of American criminal law and that is accessory liability. This institute, besides else, stays in a very interesting relation with the doctrine of so called joint criminal enterprise. That relation is not so clear, and the author points out some problems in that relation. The author also makes an analyze of some cases of accessory liability.

Acordul de recunoaştere a vinovăţiei

Author(s): Ioana Calin / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 04/2015

We also analysed differences between the plea bargaining procedure and its forerunner, the recognition of the accusation during the trial, while indicating the advantages and disadvantages of using each of these procedures.

Acordul de recunoaştere a vinovăţiei

Author(s): Lupou Daliana / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 2/2016

Având în vedere faptul că Acordul de recunoaştere a vinovăţiei reprezintă una dintre marile inovaţii aduse de noul Cod de procedură penală, autorul îşi propune să analizeze modul în care a fost implementată această instituţie în sistemul nostru de drept. Întrucât este o instituţie nouă în procesul penal român, vom încerca o analiză detaliată a principalelor aspecte care au creat interpretări neunitare. Nu în ultimul rând, vom încerca să reflectăm particularităţile acestei instituţii şi prin intermediul jurisprudenţei.

ACTUAL DISCUSSION AROUND DEATH PENALTY IN JAPAN

Author(s): Shinichi Ishizuka / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2016

Administrative Sanctions and the Concept of “Criminal Charge”.Romanian Perspective in a Comparative Law Study

Author(s): Elena Mihaela Fodor / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2011

Abstract: Objectives: The research tries to point out the principles that should apply to administrative sanctions so that the requirements from the autonomous notion of “criminal charge” created by the European Court of Human Rights should be fulfilled. Prior Work: In the national jurisprudence not many authors have referred to this subject. Comments on the dispositions of Government Ordinance No. 2/2002 regarding the juridical frame for contravention have been made.In the jurisprudence of some European countries where no specific legal dispositions refer to principles that protect against public power abuse in enforcing administrative sanctions, comments have been made on this subject. Approach: A search has been conducted in the legislation of several European countries, searching for Constitutional or Administrative Acts dispositions on the matter. Also the jurisprudence approach on the matter in these countries was observed. Implications: The study should be useful for administrative bodies in their investigative and sanctioning activity and the courts in appreciating the consequences of valuing a certain administrative sanction as a “criminal charge”. Value: This paper is summarizing the principles of criminal law that apply to administrative law and points out to what extent the Romanian legal norms express those principles.

Adultery and Rape in the Muslim Criminal Law: Comparative Law Analysis

Author(s): Ammar Abdul Karim MANNA,Maryus Yokubo MURKSHTIS,Lev Vladimirovich BERTOVSKIY,Natalya Aleksandrovna SELEZNEVA,Milena Alekseevna IGNATOVA / Language(s): English / Issue: 1(23)/2017

In the Muslim world countries the marriage relationships are paid special attention to. Religious views of the Muslims deny any sexual intercourse before the marriage, and after the official marriage the adulterous intercourse (widely known as adultery) is punished by the criminal law. In many countries of the world the adultery is not considered to be a felony since it concerns the personal sphere of a human life where the state can't interfere with any reason. The lack of practice in prosecution for the adultery in the European countries makes the specified topic of particular interest.

Adversarial Principle and Principle of Equality of Arms as a Subject of Adversarial Type of Criminal Proceeding

Author(s): Gakharman Sanan-ogly SADIEV / Language(s): English / Issue: 4(18)/2016

The article concerns adversarial principle and principle of equality of arms as a subject of adversarial type of criminal proceedings. Adversariality, being complex legal phenomenon, also has its structure and system of features that includes: 1) functions of prosecution, defense and resolution of criminal cases are separated from each other and cannot be imposed on the same authority or the same official; 2) court is not an authority of persecution, it acts neither on the part of prosecution, nor on the part of defense. Court provides necessary conditions for parties’ execution of their procedural obligations and exercise of their granted rights. The prosecution and the defense are of equal rights to the court. The subject matter of adversarial system implies: presence of equal parties; separation of main procedural functions; presence of impartial arbitrator – the court that is aimed at resolution of procedural conflicts of parties. Exclusion of any of denoted elements would not only make the subject of considered principle incomplete, but also put in question the very possibility of its existence. So, modern criminal court is an active participator of proving procedure in all its aspects playing operational and control role in the present sphere of criminal procedural activity.

AKTUELNA PROBLEMATIKA U PROGRAMIRANJU I IZVOĐENJU NASTAVE ZA EDUKACIJU I OSPOSOBLJAVANJE BUDUĆIH DIPLOMIRANIH PRAVNIKA U PROCESU OSAVREMENJAVANJA UNIVERZITETA

Author(s): Senad Džinic / Language(s): Serbian / Issue: 6/2015

Author of the paper analyzes the critical access issues and perspectives of science education system with special emphasis on the Faculty of Law, as well as the personnel policy in the judiciary and in the universities in the Republic of Serbia. In this connection, the author points out problems that arise in the design and implementation of curricula of law schools, insisting on application skills, a larger number of hours of practical training and mandatory cooperation between law schools with the courts, prosecution, companies and similar institutions. In the second part, the author deals with the issue of personnel policy in the judicial system of the Republic of Serbia. Accordingly the author gives suggestions for solving numerous problems which were pointed out in the paper.

Alexandra Mihalcea, Romania

Author(s): Alexandra Mihalcea / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Dear conference participants, It is not easy for the speaker to make the presentation before such an overwhelmingly important and prestigious audience. Moreover, it is quite certain that most of the issues treated in the presentation itself are to be debated fundamentally in previous contributions. (At the time of the presentation, on Friday – 26 February, this will be a “fait accomplit”). When, between July and December 1999, I experienced international justice for the first time (and still the last time, at present), being close to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, little did I imagine that ten years after I would officially link this close encounter to one of the most dramatic and painful efforts of my own people in the course of its history: the fight against communism.

Alternative Criminal Sanctions in the Criminal Legislation of Montenegro

Author(s): Darko Radulovic / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2017

The author first discusses various issues concerning the punishment of imprisonment (deprivation of liberty), especially short-term sentences of imprisonment, and cites the criminal law theories on the issue. Then, the author explains the importance of alternatives to the punishment of imprisonment and their place in the Criminal Code of Montenegro. In the context of alternative criminal sanctions, the author focuses on fines, community service order and cautionary measures (suspended sentence and judicial admonition). It is stressed that alternative criminal sanctions have a significant place in the system of criminal sanctions and may be a relevant tool for replacing short-term imprisonment sentences. The author concludes that despite a wide registry of alternative criminal sanctions, imprisonment can never be completely abolished. Yet, for some criminal offenses and some offenders, the punishment of imprisonment is inadequate and, in specific circumstances, it should better be replaced with other criminal sanctions.

Alternativne krivične sankcije u državama balkanskog regiona

Author(s): Nataša Mrvic-Petrovic / Language(s): Serbian / Publication Year: 0

In all Balkan countres alternative criminal sanctions (community sanctions) have been introduced as those apllicable in the phase of the trial and execution, as well as measures to suspend the criminal procedings before the trial. Suspended sentence with supervision and parole, are sanctions that have a long tradition in Balkan countres. Sanction they are more sophistical are: the fragmentation of imprisonment (Turkey, Albania), community service as an independent sanction (Serbia, Montenegro) or substitute for imprisonment (Croatia, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Makedonia, Romania, Turkey, Albania, Greece), probation (Bulgaria), condition termination of criminal procedure (Makedonia). Actions are similar to juvenile justice reforms that allowed diversion measures and victim and offender mediation. The success of execution of alternatives sanctions depends on the organization of probation services. They are organized in the most countries of the centralized way (Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey), while in Makedonia using social welfare. Probation services in Balkan states are established only after 2000 year.

Alternatívne tresty za drogové trestné činy na Slovensku: restoratívna spravodlivosť v praxi

Author(s): Robert Klobucký,Jozef Centéš / Language(s): Czech / Issue: 2/2017

Alternative Sanctions for Drug Law Offences in Slovakia: Restorative Justice in Practice. This study aims to map the alternative sanctions for drug law offences that are available under Slovak law and describe the use of these sanctions in practice. A drug policy development analysis and a discussion about the effectiveness of drug law enforcement is included. Attention is paid to the model of restorative justice as an alternative to the classic model of criminal justice – the retributive model. This study is based on complementary quantitative data (statistics) and qualitative data (10 expert interviews). According to our findings, the low rate of applications of alternative sanctions for drug law offences is connected with the responsible institutions' lack of competence in applying them, experts' mistrust in alternative sanctions and restorative justice, as well as the preference of public opinion for retributive law enforcement for drug law offences.

ALTERNATIVNI IZVJEŠTAJ O NAPRETKU 2014: POLITIČKI KRITERIJI

Author(s): / Language(s): Bosnian / Issue: 3/2014

Pred vama se nalazi drugi Alternativni izvještaj o napretku Bosne i Hercegovine na putu ka članstvu u Evropskoj uniji. Izvještaj predstavlja zajednički napor više desetina osoba i organizacija, čiji je zajednički cilj bio da se iz ugla organizacija civilnog društva predstavi aktuelno stanje integracija Bosne i Hercegovine. Imajući na umu da je zvanični Izvještaj o napretku politički izvještaj Evropske komisije, mišljenja smo da kroz objavljivanje Alternativnog izvještaja možemo uticati na njegov sadržaj. Upravo zbog toga, Alternativni izvještaj objavljujemo skoro tri mjeseca pred objavljivanje zvaničnog Izvještaja, u nadi da će to imati uticaja na formuliranje zvaničnog Izvještaja. Izvještaj se u potpunosti fokusira na tzv. političke kriterije, sa fokusom na pitanja: - stepena demokratičnosti i funkcionisanja države, - vladavine prava i korupcije, - ljudskih prava, naročito prava manjinskih i ranjivih grupa, i - tranzicione pravde. Svjedoci smo da tokom 2013. i 2014. godine nije postignut nikakav relevantan napredak. Proces provedbe odluke Sejdić i Finci protiv Bosne i Hercegovine je u potpunosti izmješten iz Parlamenta. Demokratske performanse parlamenata i vlada na državnom, entitetskom i kantonalnom nivou su izrazito slabe. Rad institucija odlikuje nestabilnost, netransparentnost i neefikasnost. Odluke ustavnih sudova se i dalje ne provode. Nikakve značajne i sistematske politike za borbu protiv kršenja ljudskih prava nisu usvojene. Reforme pravosuđa su zaustavljene, a Strukturirani dijalog za pravosuđe između BiH i EU ne pokazuje napredak. Ni jedan značajan slučaj borbe protiv korupcije nije procesuiran. Manjinske i ranjive grupe žive i dalje u teškim uslovima. Diskriminacija i nasilje su sveprisutni, a sam Zakon o zabrani diskriminacije nije pokazao očekivane rezultate, imajući na umu da su pet godina od donošenja Zakona donesene samo dvije pravosnažne presude. Sveobuhvatne anti-diskriminacijske politike za socijalnu integraciju ili ne postoje ili ukoliko postoje, onda se skoro pa ne provode. Poplave su još dodatno pogodile one najranjivije u društvu. Procesuiranje ratnih zločina i suočavanje sa prošlošću, kao preduslovi za kreiranje zdravog okruženja i gradnju zajedničke države, predstavljaju dodatni problem. Politička podrška ratnim zločincima od strane lidera političkih stranaka samo dalje dijeli već izrazito fragmentirano društvo. Nadamo se da će opšti izbori u oktobru 2014. godine (iako se održavaju po diskriminirajućim pravilima) donijeti stabilnije političke strukture, spremne da se suoče sa različitim problemima. Inicijativa za monitoring evropskih integracija BiH će svakako zagovarati promjene kada je u pitanju usvajanje novih zakona i politika, ali i provedba istih. Nadamo se također da će bh. vlasti ali i EU institucije podržati jaču poziciju civilnog društva unutar različitih foruma u okviru EU integracija BiH. Civilno društvo mora postati treći akter ovog procesa (pored države i EU institucija).

An evergreen or forgotten subject: relationship among crime, criminology and criminal policy

Author(s): Irena Rzeplinska / Language(s): English / Issue: 20/2013