Open AccessFeatures of Criminal Proceedings (Pre-Trial and Trial Investigation) in the Time of Pandemic Covid-19
Author(s) -
Larysa Bielik,
Olena Samoilenko,
Hanna Mudretska,
T.V. Voloshanivska,
Kateryna Titunina
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
ius humani
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1390-7794
pISSN - 1390-440X
DOI - 10.31207/ih.v9i2.251
Subject(s) - criminal justice , pandemic , political science , relevance (law) , law enforcement , enforcement , work (physics) , criminal law , law , videoconferencing , criminology , covid-19 , public relations , sociology , computer science , medicine , engineering , mechanical engineering , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , telecommunications
The work is devoted to the main problems and features that have emerged in the field of criminal justice (pre-trial investigation and trial) in a pandemic. The relevance of this article is that criminal justice, like other areas of human activity, has been affected after the spread of Covid-19 and its recognition as a pandemic. The introduction of quarantine was accompanied by some problematic issues, including uncertainty in the work of the judiciary and law enforcement agencies, lack of a unified approach to court schedules, and the conduct of certain investigative actions. Thus, it is necessary to analyze the peculiarities of criminal proceedings in a pandemic. An explorative and collative methodology (that considers the comparative law) was used. The proposals have been made to address the problems that arise during the pre-trial investigation and criminal proceedings in a pandemic, in particular: the need to allow videoconferencing in criminal proceedings out of court; a list of programs for video communication have been defined; to provide adequate funding for technical re-equipment; to suspend the terms of criminal proceedings, and; to prevent in the future the situation of cancellation of previously adopted decisions on the strengthening of criminal liability for intentional infection.