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Main Characteristics of the Prosecutorial Investigation According to the Croatian CPC from 2008 to 2013

Over the last six years, since the new Criminal Procedure Code was passed, 2 Croatian criminal procedure legislation and its judicial system have been undergoing fundamental and multi-faceted reforms. The paradigm of the preliminary criminal proceedings was transformed through the merger of the roles of the criminal prosecution and the collection of evidence which were put in the State Attorney’s hands while the procedural and evidentiary rights of the defence were abolished. The main incentive for such a radical reform of the criminal procedure in Croatia came from the realm of politics and was related to the European Union accession process.

Croatian CPC, Prosecutorial investigation, croatian criminal procedure, Reform

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