Стандартът абсолютна необходимост при употреба на огнестрелно оръжие, физическа сила и помощни средства от полицейски органи
The Standard is Absolutely Necessary When Using Firearms, Physical Force and Aids by Police Powers

Author(s): Veselin Vuchkov
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Published by: Нов български университет
Keywords: Rights; Police Powers; Police Violence; Victims of Crime
Summary/Abstract: This report presents the standard for the exercise of police powers, known as „absolutely necessary when using firearms, physical force and aids by police officers.“ In Bulgarian context emphasis is placed on the implementation of this standard, adopted by the Council of Europe, the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and the case law of the Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. This was achieving through active collaboration between the political and professional leadership of the Ministry of Interior, the Prosecutor’s Office, the non-governmental sector, the Ombudsman. In the context of the post-monitoring dialogue with the Council of Europe the standard was successfully introduced in Bulgaria on July 1, 2012. In a series of reports implementation through a change in the law of the Ministry of Interior was assessing positively by the Council of Europe. The author of the report served as Deputy Minister of the Interior from 2009 to 2013 and led the whole process formalising an agreement the idea of change, conducting the public discussion, leading working groups, drafting a law and defending in the National Assembly.

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