Application of criminal law measures for treatment of socially significant diseases: the right or duty of court
Yakovlev A. A. Application of criminal law measures for treatment of socially significant diseases: the right or duty of court. Penitenciarnaya nauka = Penitentiary Science. 2020; 14(2):211–217. (In Russ.). DOI 10.46741/2686-9764-2020-14- 2-211-217.
The paper is a study on the application of the obligation to a person with a socially significant disease, treatment under criminal prosecution. The subject of the study is the laws governing the appointment of criminal law measures for the prevention of socially significant diseases. Preserving the health of the population and preventing the spread of diseases is one of the main tasks of any state; the Russian Federation is no exception. Proof of this is the implementation of a number of state programs for the prevention of diseases that pose a significant threat for society. Analyzing the current state of domestic repressive legislation in the field of counteracting the spread of socially significant diseases, it is worth noting the presence of a wide range of possibilities for applying the obligation to treat these diseases. The article analyzes the norms of the criminal and penal legislation in order to ensure an integrated approach when assigning the obligation to treat a socially significant disease, substantiates the need for the obligatory prescription of such treatment, draws conclusions about the need to improve the criminal and penal legislation in order to create equal conditions for the application of the treatment obligation for all socially significant diseases when brought to criminal responsibility and the execution of criminal punishment, to ensure an integrated approach to the treatment of socially significant diseases and to exclude the court’s right to appointment of treatment by replacing it with the court’s duty to prescribe treatment when criminally prosecuting a person with the disease, exceptions norms duplicating the application of duties to a person with a socially significant disease.
Keywords: sentencing; conviction; right; duty; socially significant disease
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