On the Implementation of the Principle of Procedural Loyalty Towards Litigants Participating in Mediation Proceedings in Criminal Cases. Cover Image

W sprawie realizacji zasady lojalności procesowej w stosunku do stron procesowych biorących udział w postępowaniu mediacyjnym w sprawach karnych uwagi na tle art. 23a § 1 I § 4 oraz art. 300 § 1- 2 I § 4 K.P.K.
On the Implementation of the Principle of Procedural Loyalty Towards Litigants Participating in Mediation Proceedings in Criminal Cases.

Remarks in Accordance with Articles 300 § 1 - § 2, § 4, Articles 23a § 1 - § 2 and § 4 of the Code of Criminal Procedure

Author(s): Piotr Krzysztof Sowiński
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Criminal Law, Administrative Law
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: mediation; criminal trial; victim; suspect; defendant; caution; principle of loyalty

Summary/Abstract: The text concerns the obligation to instruct the parties to a criminal trial about their rights related to their participation in mediation. This obligation has its statutory source and is incumbent on procedural authorities such as the prosecutor and the court. Statutory provisions indicate not only the addressees of this instruction, but also the material scope of such instruction. The text notes that the ministerial model instructions to the victim and to the suspect were drawn up on the basis of Article 300 § 4 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, exceeding the limits of the statutory delegation. The text points out the imprecise content of the instructions under Article 23a(1) and (4) of the Code. Indeed, this provision refers to “the objectives and principles of mediation proceedings”, although none of these elements has been specified in the law.

  • Issue Year: 32/2022
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 77-89
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish
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