Criminal proceedings of offences against children should be prescribed urgent in law

Date of article: 09/09/2020

Daily News of: 09/09/2020

Country:  Finland

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Article language: en

Parliamentary Ombudsman Petri Jääskeläinen considers that pretrial investigations should be prescribed urgent in cases where the victim is under the age of 18. Provisions concerning prosecution and criminal trials should also be reviewed in the same manner. The Ombudsman looked into the matter at his own initiative when...

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