Impact of Directives of European Parliament and of Council on Development of Latvian Criminal Procedure Law: General Overview and Procedural Protection of Victims with Specific Protection Needs

The article is dedicated to the impact of the EU law on development of Latvian criminal procedural law norms. It provides a general insight into importance of the EU criminal procedure law in the development of the Criminal Procedure Law norms, the directives of the European Council and the Parliam...

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Main Authors: Ārija Meikališa, Kristīne Strada-Rozenberga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Latvia Press 2019-07-01
Series:Law: Journal of the University of Latvia
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Online Access:https://journal.lu.lv/jull/article/view/137
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Summary:The article is dedicated to the impact of the EU law on development of Latvian criminal procedural law norms. It provides a general insight into importance of the EU criminal procedure law in the development of the Criminal Procedure Law norms, the directives of the European Council and the Parliament, the norms of which have been transposed into the Criminal Procedure Law, and the system of procedural guarantees for the participants of proceedings in need of protection, with particular focus on victims with specific protection needs.
ISSN:1691-7677
2592-9364