Legal Status and Procedure for Defendants with Mental Disabilities in International and National Law : Postgraduate final paper

U radu će se obrađivati pravni položaj i postupak prema osobama s duševnim smetnjama sukladno međunarodnom pravu odnosno europskom konvencijskom pravu te u sklopu kaznenog zakonodavstava Republike Hrvatske. Usporedit će se položaj počinitelja s duševnim smetnjama u Njemačkoj, Francuskoj, Engleskoj i Kanadi smaterijalnopravnim i procesnopravnim položajem okrivljenika s duševnim smetnjama u okviru zakonodavstva Republike Hrvatske. Nadalje, analizirat će se i njihov pravni položaj prema Europskoj konvenciji za zaštitu ljudskih prava i temeljnih sloboda, a zasebno će biti obrađene pretpostavke za određivanje prisilnog smještaja osoba s duševnim smetnjama kao i procesna prava koja su zagarantirana prisilno smještenim osobama s duševnim smetnjama sukladno Konvenciji. Naglasak će biti na odredbama glave XXVII ZKP/08 kojima je uređen posebni postupak prema okrivljenicima s duševnim smetnjama (pravna priroda posebnog postupka prema okrivljenicima s duševnim smetnjama, istraga, istražni zatvor, rasprava, odluke suda, žalba i žalbeni postupak) uz primjere iz sudske prakse te postupak prisilnog smještaja neubrojivih počinitelja protupravnih djela sukladno Zakonu o zaštiti osoba s duševnim smetnjama.This paper will analyze legal position andt he procedure for persons with mental disorders in accordance with international law and European Convention Law and within the criminal law of the Republic of Croatia. The position of the perpetrator with mental disorders in Germany, France, England and Canada will be compared to the substantive law and procedural law of the defendants with mental disorders within the frame work of Croatian legislation. Furthermore, their legal status under the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms will be analyzed, and the assumptions for determining the forced accommodation of persons with mental disorders as well as the procedural rights guaranteed for forced persons with mental disorder sunder the Convention will be considered separately. The emphasis will be on the provisions of Chapter XXVII of the ZKP/08 which regulate the special procedure for defendants with mental disorders (legal nature of special proceedings against defendants with mental disorders, investigations, investigative jail, hearings, court decisions and appeals) from the jurisprudence and the procedure of forcible accommodation of non-violent perpetrators of unlawful acts in accordance with the Law on the Protection of Persons with Mental Disabilities