SPECIAL PROCEDURAL GUARANTEES FOR OBTAINING AND EXAMINING DIGITAL EVIDENCE IN CRIMINAL CASES INVOLVING JUVENILES
Keywords:
juvenile, digital evidence, CPC Chapter 60, Article 121, Article 204¹, specialist, participation of pedagogue and psychologist, cyberbullying, Convention on the Rights of the Child, Lanzarote Convention, legal representative, procedural guarantee.Abstract
This research analyses the special procedural guarantees for obtaining and examining digital evidence in criminal cases involving juveniles. The work examines the systemic connection between Chapter 60 of the Criminal Procedure Code and the new provisions of the digital evidence institute, in comparison with international legal sources. The analysis results in a conceptual framework of a two-tier procedural regime and formulates practical proposals for eliminating procedural gaps across four areas.
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