scholarly journals Some features of the criminal law regulation of liability for sexual abuse against children in some European countries

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 329-335
Author(s):  
Vadym Dyadichko
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Sexual Intercourse ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Official Position ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
The Republic

There is the search for optimal ways to improve domestic legislation in terms of criminal liability for sexual abuse of children by analyzing the latest changes and additions to the Criminal Code of some European countries. One such way is to criminalize such an act as "cybergrooming". The analysis of the relevant criminal law of the Kingdom of Belgium, the Republic of Bulgaria and the Kingdom of Spain has allowed to conclude that the approach of the legislator of the Republic of Bulgaria to the regulation of criminal liability for "cybergrooming" seems to be worth worth studying its practical application in order to determine the possibility of future borrowing by the domestic legislator. In addition, on the positive side, the Criminal Code of this state has criminal liability for lewd acts or sexual intercourse with a minor engaged in prostitution. The Criminal Code of the Kingdom of Spain deserves attention to the existence of a single rule (Article 183), which includes various manifestations of sexual violence against children. The author has noted that such an approach of the legislator of this state also requires a separate, more in-depth analysis for its possible borrowing by the domestic legislator. In addition, it is worth studying the issue of separate criminalization in the Criminal Code of Ukraine as sexual violence, sexual intercourse with persons aged sixteen to eighteen, committed with the use of influence on the victim in such ways as: fraud or abuse of trust, abuse of official position by an official.

MAIN SPECIFICATIONS OF ASSESSING ACTIVITIES OF MINOR IMPORTANCE OF IN MODERN CRIMINAL LAW

Law and World ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-95
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Law ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
Case Law ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
The Other ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Minor Importance ◽  
Detailed Review

The research includes the full and the detailed overview of assessing activities of minor importance in Georgian Criminal Law. The Article 7 of the Criminal Code of Georgia states the following: a crime shall not be an action that, although formally containing the signs of a crime, has not produced, for minor importance, the prejudice that would require criminal liability of its perpetrator, or has not created the risk of such harm. The research includes the main criteria of defining activities as activities of minor importance. The detailed review of Georgian case law is also introduced, as well as, legislation, judicial literature and experience of the other European countries.

scholarly journals CRIMINAL LIABILITY OF LEGAL ENTITIES IN THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 68-77
Author(s):  
Aleksandr V. Fedorov ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Criminal Law ◽  
Slovak Republic ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Protective Measures ◽  
Legal Entity ◽  
The Republic ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Legal Entities

The article is dedicated to the general issues of establishment of the criminal liability of legal entities in the Slovak Republic (Slovakia). Similarity of prerequisites for introduction of such liability in the Slovak Republic is noted. Gradual establishment of criminal liability of legal entities in Slovakia is noted, initially it was by means of amendment of the Criminal Code of Slovakia by Law No. 224/2010, which allows for using such “protective measures” as redemption and deprivation of property in relation to legal entities, then it was by means of adoption of Law No. 91/2016 on criminal liability of legal entities. Basic provisions of the Slovak law on criminal liability of legal entities are considered. The attention is paid to the fact that in the Slovak Republic there is a so-called selective criminalization as to the criminal liability of legal entities, when they can be held criminally liable not for all crimes specified in the Criminal Code of the Republic of Slovakia, but only for those of them, which are specified in the special Law No. 91/2016. A list of crimes, for which criminal liability is possible for legal entities, and conditions under which a crime is admitted to be committed by a legal entity, is specified. It is specified, which types of legal entities are foreseen by the Slovak law, and noted that not all of them can be the subjects of criminal liability according to the national laws. The effect of the criminal law is considered in relation to legal entities that have committed crimes in the territory of the Slovak Republic and outside it. The article contains the description of the types of criminal punishments of legal entities, which include: liquidation of the legal entity; deprivation of property; deprivation; penalty; prohibition to carry out activity; prohibition to receive subsidies and grants; prohibition to receive assistance and support from funds of the European Union; prohibition to participate in state procurement; publication of conviction.

scholarly journals Criminal Liability for Financial Market Crimes under the Singapore Legislation

Lex Russica ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 148-156
Author(s):  
A. V. Denisova
Keyword(s):  
Financial Markets ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
System Analysis ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Legal Provisions ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Criminal Legislation ◽  
Integral Feature

The functioning of developed financial markets is an integral feature of a country with a market economy, in which it is understood primarily as an infrastructure element of state policy, which, with proper management, ensures a qualitative increase in the standard of living of citizens. Therefore, the issues of criminal legal assessment of encroachments on relations in the sphere of financial markets have recently become particularly relevant both abroad and in Russia. In Singapore law, the legal provisions on criminal liability for crimes in the field of financial markets are contained in the Criminal code of the Republic of Singapore, in the laws on the prevention of corruption, on securities and futures. The purpose of the study is to analyze Singapore legislation to compare foreign and domestic criminal law norms on crimes in the field of financial markets, as well as to determine the possibilities of using foreign experience in Russian rule-making practice. The methodological basis of the paper is a set of methods of scientific knowledge, among which the main place is occupied by methods of comparative law and system analysis. The author analyzes the similarities and differences between Singapore and Russian financial and criminal legislation and predicts promising directions for the development of the system of relevant domestic criminal law norms. The author suggests the expediency of using the ideas of criminalization and suppression of fraud in the investment sphere, including in cyberspace, theft of personal data and their misuse, as well as other preparatory actions for serious and grave crimes that may be committed in the financial markets.

scholarly journals Consent in criminal offences against sexual freedom and sexual inviolability of a person

2021 ◽  
pp. 15-17
Author(s):  
Tetiana ZAVHORODNIA
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Sexual Intercourse ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Sexual Freedom ◽  
Criminal Offense ◽  
Criminal Offenses ◽  
Voluntary Consent

Introduction. Combating sexual violence still remains one of the most important issues arisen in criminal law study. It should be noted that Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence is still not ratified by Ukraine, which shall facilitate quality of criminal law concerning criminal offences against sexual freedom and sexual inviolability of a person. The purpose of the paper is to define meaning and content of consent in criminal offenses against sexual freedom and sexual inviolability of a person provided for in Section IV of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. Results. The paper establishes that lack of consent is a constructive sign of rape (article 152 of the Criminal Code), sexual violence (article 153 of the Criminal Code) and coercion to have sexual intercourse (article 154 of the Criminal Code). The ways of solving arisen problems during the qualification of situations in which a person mistakenly believes that consent was given, as well as when consent was not given explicitly, have been determined. It is recommended to clarify the content of "voluntary consent" by indicating in the note to Article 152 of the Criminal Code, actions which shall not indicate voluntariness of consent. The paper notes that using the collocation "without voluntary consent" is superfluous in Articles 153 and 154 of the Criminal Code, since "coercion" and "violence" also indicate absence of voluntary consent. It has been established that consent is a distinguishing feature of a criminal offense provided for in Article 155 of the Criminal Code from Articles 152 and 153 of the Criminal Code, thus sexual intercourse with a person from 14 to 16 years with her consent indicates the commission of a criminal offense under Art. 155 of the Criminal Code. It is proposed to supplement Article 155 of the Criminal Code with the clause “in the absence of signs of criminal offenses under Art. 152 and art. 153 of the Criminal Code”. Conclusion. The paper provides that consent shall be both constructive and distinguishing feature of criminal offences against sexual freedom and sexual inviolability. Several problems of consent in such crimes are defined as well as ways of their solution.

scholarly journals CRIMINAL AND LEGAL CHARACTERISTICS OF TRANSNATIONAL CRIME: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oleksandra Skok ◽  
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Taisiia Shevchenko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Law ◽  
Organized Crime ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
Transnational Crime ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
International Regulations ◽  
Transnational Connections ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Definition Of

This article focuses on the criminal law characteristics of transnational crime, which has an extremely negative impact on the economic and social spheres of modern society in many countries. The provisions of international regulations on the definition of transnational crime and the reality of implementation of international agreements signed and ratified by Ukraine in terms of implementation in national criminal law of liability for crimes with transnational links have been thoroughly studied. In particular, the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Agreement between Ukraine and the European Police Office on Operational and Strategic Cooperation and other international regulations on cooperation of member states in combating transnational crime were studied. The statistical data of the General Prosecutor’s Office of Ukraine are analyzed, which indicate the negative dynamics of the state of organized crime, which has increased over the last five years. The article presents official statistics, according to which in 2016 the share of organized crime amounted to 0.02% of the total number of crimes committed; in 2017 – 0.04%; in 2018 – 0.06%, in 2019 – 0.07%, in 2020 – 0.1% – which indicates an increase in the level of organized crime in general. An analysis of international regulations signed or ratified by Ukraine on the definition of transnational crime is carried out. The dispositions of the norms of the criminal legislation on detection of signs of crimes with transnational connections are analyzed. Crimes with signs of transnational crime have been identified under national legislation and the legislation of some foreign countries, on the basis of which their comparative characteristics have been made. It is established that some foreign countries also regulate the possibility of applying exemptions from criminal liability for similar criminal offenses under the domestic law on criminal liability. In particular, the norms of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Republic of Azerbaijan, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova, the Republic of Turkmenistan, the Republic of Tajikistan, the Republic of Kyrgyzstan, the Republic of Armenia are analyzed. The article identifies a list of crimes that may have signs of transnational crime. It has been established that the largest number of crimes that may have the characteristics of transnational crime are acts related to drug trafficking, human trafficking, smuggling, economic crimes, arms trafficking, smuggling and other closely related crimes. with border crossing and international criminal relations. On this basis, it is proposed to set out the disposition of Part 2 of Art. 201 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, which provides for liability for smuggling, taking into account the new qualifier for the commission of this act by criminal groups with transnational ties. In addition, the problem of the lack of definition of transnational crime at the legislative level in Ukraine, which prompts further research in this area, has been identified.

scholarly journals Marital Rape in a Comparative Perspective of Indonesian Criminal Law and Islamic Criminal Law

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laely Wulandari ◽  
Lalu Saipudin
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Islamic Law ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Comparative Perspective ◽  
Marital Rape ◽  
Know How ◽  
Husband And Wife

The aim of this research is to know how the regulation of marital rape in Indonesian Criminal Law and Islamic Law. Marital rape or also known as rape in marriage still belong to such a debatable and taboo topic, but in fact it has happened a lot in society. In Indonesian Criminal Law, marital rape is not regulated in the Criminal Code. The Law on the Elimination of Domestic Violence regulates this as a complaint offense by calling the crime of sexual violence. In Islamic Law, marital rape is regulated in a good way by terms of husband and wife intercourse, among others in Surah An-Nisa Verse 19 which prohibits having to do with coercion. Refers to these results of the comparison, similarities are found in both Indonesian Criminal Law and Islamic Criminal Law that said marital rape is prohibited. The differences lie in the form of complaint offense between these laws. Islamic Criminal Law does not explain clearly about the complaints offense as known on Indonesian Criminal Law. Yet this law comprehensibly prohibiting the marital rape itself. For the further regulations of criminal law policies, it should take the principles of discrimination into account and the good boundaries regarding marital rapes, criminal liability, criminal threats and formal criminal arrangements either.

scholarly journals Fight Against Doping: Experience of Ukraine and European States

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (27) ◽  
pp. 34-41
Author(s):  
Oleg Reznik ◽  
Oleksandr Muzychuk ◽  
Nadiia Andriichenko ◽  
Yuliia Yakushchenko ◽  
Svitlana Korzh
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Law ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
Legal Liability ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
European Countries ◽  
National Legislation ◽  
Unique Approach ◽  
Definition Of

The article deals with the study of the anti-doping experience of Ukraine and European countries. It considers a number of doctrinal and regulatory approaches to the understanding of doping and anti-doping rule violations and, accordingly, the importance of combating such phenomena. The article examines the provisions of international acts regulating the list of prohibited substances, doping testing, the application of sanctions for anti-doping rule violations, and formulates the conclusion on the need to improve the list of prohibited substances, which currently hinders the effectiveness of anti-doping measures. It focuses on the criminal law of Ukraine, Hungary, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Poland, Italy, and Spain, which provides for the criminal liability for doping, including its illegal production, trade, appointment, use, and forcing other persons to use it. The article describes the peculiarities of a unique approach to legal liability for doping in Austria and France, where the specified actions are regarded as fraud. The article establishes the necessity of introducing changes to Article 323 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine to improve the fight against doping in Ukraine and the expediency of harmonizing the provisions of the national legislation of Ukraine and European states with the international rules in terms of the definition of doping and the list of prohibited substances.

scholarly journals Specific Features of Protection Against Computer-Aided Criminal Infringements on Cashless (Electronic) Funds in Contemporary Criminal Legislations of Belarus and Russia

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 592-604
Author(s):  
Maria Tretiak
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Law ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Legal Analysis ◽  
Electronic Money ◽  
Protection Measures ◽  
Size Type ◽  
Russian Law ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Characteristic Features

The dominance of a distance form of interactions in modern conditions resulted in an increase in operations with cashless (electronic) funds, which led to a growth of the number of acquisitive cybercrimes. The author examines criminal law measures of protecting cashless (electronic) funds against criminal infringements in the cybersphere and conducts legal analysis of regulations on acquisitive crimes against property and information security reflected in criminal legislations of Belarus and Russia. Special attention is paid to the characteristic features of protection measures against acquisitive cybercrimes involving cashless (electronic) funds in modern criminal legislations of Belarus and Russia. Current Belarus legislation differentiates criminal liability using unified criteria (method and property size) within the same corpus delicti of three crimes in Ch. 24 and 31 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus. In the Russian legislation, the differentiation of criminal liability is based on three criteria (size, type of money or method) within five corpora delicti in Ch. 21 and 28 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The author specifically states that the use of such a differentiation approach in determining liability for online theft of cashless money in the norms of Russian criminal law leads, firstly, to considerable difficulties in determining the forms and specific criteria of such theft and, secondly, to the application of more (or less) severe measures of punishment for identical crimes. Using a detailed comparative analysis of modern criminal legislations of Belarus and Russia regarding online criminal infringements against cashless (electronic) money, the author draws a conclusion on the use of regulations in the Russian law that would make it possible to fully take into account various specific features of online infringements on cashless (electronic) money and to apply unified criteria for the differentiation of criminal liability within one corpus delicti, for example, in the form of theft in the sphere of computer information whose modus operandi is thoroughly described in one of the norms on computer crimes in Art. 159.6 of the Criminal Code of Russia.

scholarly journals Pengaturan Tindak Pidana Pemerkosaan terhadap Sesama Jenis Kelamin Ditinjau dari Pasal 292 Kitab Undang-undang Hukum Pidana

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 354-358
Author(s):  
Tia Nur Larasati ◽  
I Nyoman Gede Sugiartha ◽  
Diah Gayatri Sudibya
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Law ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Criminal Sanctions ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Legal Sanctions ◽  
Opposite Sex ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Sense Of Justice

It can be said that the conviction of perpetrators of same-sex rape can be said to still contain obscure normsand that the Law of the Republic of Indonesia number 1 of 1946 concerning Criminal Law Regulations or the KUHP does not contain specific provisions that clearly regulate it. Article 292 of the Criminal Code is the only article of the Criminal Code that provides regulations regarding the crime of same sex rape. However, Article 292 of the Criminal Code only regulates the criminal act of same sex rape against minors as it can be categorized as an element of the crime of rape as stipulated in Article 285 of the Criminal Code, a criminal act of rape must be committed by men against women. The purpose of this study was to determine the criminal act of same sex rape according to Article 292 of the Criminal Code and to determine the legal sanctions against the perpetrator of the crime of same sex rape in Indonesia. The research method used is normative research, this type of normative research focuses on the collection and in-depth analysis of legal materials and also searches for their meaning in order to find solutions to the problem. Legal sanctions for perpetrators of the crime of rape of the same sex in Indonesia refer to the provisions of Article 292 of the Criminal Code, which is punishable by a maximum imprisonment of five years, as with the weight of the crime of a criminal act of rape whether committed against the opposite sex or of the same sex, punishment a maximum sentence of 5 (five) years is deemed not to contain a sense of justice, the formulation of criminal sanctions for rape in Articles 285 and 292 of the Criminal Code can be considered to be out of date or outdated.

scholarly journals Criminal liability of juveniles in the Republic of Kazakhstan

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-26
Author(s):  
Aleksey Chistyakov ◽  
Saule Naurzalieva
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Criminal Responsibility ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Scientific Understanding ◽  
Theoretical Significance ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Criminal Legislation

The article reflects the study of juvenile delinquency in the Republic of Kazakhstan and their criminal responsibility. The scientific novelty of the research is that it was conducted on the basis of the new criminal legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan in 2014. Therefore, the complex of issues, that were previously the subject of various studies in the light of modern realities and trends of criminal law policy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, has received a new interpretation and argumentation from the perspective of the latest opportunities for study. First, the new legislative structure for determining the basis of criminal liability (Article 4 of the Criminal code of the Republic of Kazakhstan) required a reinterpretation of the content of circumstances that lead to emergence of criminal liability among juveniles. Secondly, the legally updated content of grounds for criminal liability of juveniles in the Republic of Kazakhstan has led to an update of the quality of criminal law relations that arise between juvenile offenders and state bodies, which also need a new scientific reinterpretation. Third, the new legal concept of the basis of criminal liability presupposes the existence of a new, in relation to the previous, content of the basis for the implementation of criminal liability of juveniles. Finally, the new criminal legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, along with the previously existing one, has introduced new forms and types of implementation of criminal liability of juveniles, which need an updated scientific and legal analysis. Its results and conclusions, obtained personally by the author, can be regarded as having scientific novelty for the above reasons. In addition, on the basis of the theory and practice research of criminal responsibility among juveniles in the Republic of Kazakhstan, the paper formulated proposals for improving the criminal legislation of not only the Republic of Kazakhstan, but also the Russian Federation, which also have a novelty. The theoretical significance of the research is to increase and systematize knowledge about the criminal liability of juveniles due to the presence of a new basis of criminal responsibility that has not been previously developed by the Russian criminal law science. The results of scientific understanding of new forms and types of implementation of criminal liability of juveniles, introduced by the Criminal code of the Republic of Kazakhstan in 2014, such as the obligation to apologize to the victim and the establishment of probation control, have theoretical significance. The conclusions, suggestions and recommendations contained in this work enrich the scientific understanding of the features of criminal liability of juveniles in the Republic of Kazakhstan. The practical significance of the work is that the provisions and recommendations contained in it can be used both in the Republic of Kazakhstan and in the Russian Federation: in the process of standard-setting activities in improving the norms of Chapter 6 of the Criminal code of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the norms of Section V of Chapter 14 of the Criminal code of the Russian Federation; in the work of specialized inter-district courts for juveniles, considering cases against juveniles and assigning criminal penalties to them; by authorities and administration in the development of preventive measures.

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