Implementation of the victims’ directive into Polish legal order: theoretical and practical issues

• In Event: Victimology-victims right's and law enforcement

Abstract

Implementation of the victims’ directive into Polish legal order: theoretical and practical issues

Joanna Beata Banach-Gutierrez
University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland



This contribution will deal with some theoretical and practical issues related to implementation of the EU directive 29/2012 (hereafter: victims’ directive) into Polish legal order. First, the attention will be paid on the selected provisions of the directive in the context of Polish regulations. Second, a reference will be made to practical functioning of the regulations adopted in Poland, which should safeguard the victims’ rights.

It seems that despite of undertaken efforts in adjustments of Polish legal order to the standards of the victims’ directive still there are many questionable issues concerning, both its proper implementation and functioning in the legal practice.

Hence, this contribution aims at giving some insight into the current problems in exercising the victims’ rights in the context of a comparative study, focusing on the EU directive 29/2012 and Polish legal order as well as legal or judicial practice.




Contact:
jbbanachgutierrez@gmail.com

Author

• Joanna Beata Banach-Gutierrez, UWM in Olsztyn