Democratische verwachtingen in maatschappelijk gevoelige klachtprocedures tegen niet-vervolging
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Democratic expectations in socially sensitive complaint procedures against non-prosecution Article 12 of the Dutch Criminal Code of Procedure allows citizens to complain against non-prosecution. Originally, this procedure had been intended as a correction mechanism against the monopoly position of the Public Prosecution Service and its discretionary power. Later, the private interests of complainants became more central, so that the procedure gained an important societal function. This paper examines a new societal function of the complaint procedure in socially sensitive cases. Through interviews with complainants and their lawyers in four case studies – the Wilders-case, the Martijn-case, the Libor-case and the case Henriquez – it argues that a new democratic function of the article 12 Sv procedure emerges from within a traditionally liberal criminal justice system.
Source: Recht der Werkelijkheid
Author: Sophie Koning
Language: English
Topic: Criminal Law and Policy
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4403387151