Regional Workshop Environmental Crime/Environmental ... - RENA
Regional Workshop Environmental Crime/Environmental ... - RENA
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<strong>Environmental</strong> <strong>Crime</strong>s in<br />
Croatian legislation<br />
Lovel Petrović<br />
Some basic principles of Criminal law<br />
� Nullum crimen, nulla poena sine lege<br />
� Nullum crimen sine lege stricta<br />
� Nullum crimen sine lege certa<br />
� Unified principle: all crimes are sanctioned in<br />
one single law- A criminal code<br />
There are exceptions: some crimes are sanctioned in special laws, i.e. the<br />
crimes against safety of stock market transactions.<br />
Environment is not the case.<br />
Criminal law in Croatia<br />
Criminal Code 2009<br />
� Passed on in 1998<br />
� Merged two federal<br />
laws of former<br />
Yugoslavia (the general<br />
part, and the special part with<br />
provisions on criminal acts)<br />
� Has undergone many<br />
amendments depending<br />
on the situation<br />
� Has shown many gaps<br />
<strong>RENA</strong> Activity 1.2 RISP 1st <strong>Regional</strong> <strong>Workshop</strong>, 30-31 May 2011, Zagreb, Croatia<br />
Draft Criminal Code 2011<br />
� Needed for EU<br />
negotiations<br />
(completing chapter 23)<br />
� Drafted by many legal<br />
theoreticians and<br />
practitioners<br />
� Currently in public<br />
debate<br />
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