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

Authors

  • Ārija Meikališa University of Latvia
  • Kristīne Strada-Rozenberga University of Latvia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22364/jull.12.03

Keywords:

criminal procedure, directives of the European Parliament and of the Council, procedural guarantees, victims with specific protection needs

Abstract

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.

Author Biographies

  • Ārija Meikališa, University of Latvia

    Dr. iur. 
    Professor at the Department of Criminal Law Sciences
    University of Latvia, Faculty of Law

  • Kristīne Strada-Rozenberga, University of Latvia

    Dr. iur. 
    Professor at the Department of Criminal Law Sciences
    University of Latvia, Faculty of Law

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Published

2019-07-11

How to Cite

Meikališa, Ārija, & Strada-Rozenberga, K. (2019). 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. Journal of the University of Latvia. Law, 12, 41-57. https://doi.org/10.22364/jull.12.03