Environmental Criminal Enforcement in Poland and Russia: Meeting Current Challenges

Environmental criminal law provides for measures targeting the most serious environmental offences and improving the enforceability of environmental provisions. In the article, environmental criminal law provisions in Poland and Russia are analyzed and compared. The changes introduced by the Council...

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Autores principales:	Denis Solodov, Elżbieta Zębek
Formato:	article
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Publicado:	Utrecht University School of Law 2020
Materias:	environmental protection criminal law criminal procedure law enforcement practice polish environmental law russian environmental law Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence K1-7720
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:346c2f4651644e5e8594dfd00df6a8702021-11-08T08:17:04ZEnvironmental Criminal Enforcement in Poland and Russia: Meeting Current Challenges1871-515X10.36633/ulr.532https://doaj.org/article/346c2f4651644e5e8594dfd00df6a8702020-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.utrechtlawreview.org/articles/532https://doaj.org/toc/1871-515XEnvironmental criminal law provides for measures targeting the most serious environmental offences and improving the enforceability of environmental provisions. In the article, environmental criminal law provisions in Poland and Russia are analyzed and compared. The changes introduced by the Council Directive 2008/99/EC on the protection of the environment through criminal law have a significant impact on the Member States’ criminal law, promoting broader criminalization of environmentally harmful behavior and more severe sanctions. Although the Russian Federation is not an EU member and adopts its environmental legislation, it is still a party to several international treaties and therefore is obligated to provide an adequate level of environmental protection. There are several similarities between the criminal provisions in both countries concerning the classification of environmental crimes and the limbs of their legal definitions. Besides, both countries use a continental model of criminal procedure including their rules on evidence. It allowed us to compare national law enforcement practices. The authors analyze current law enforcement challenges and discuss possible solutions.Denis SolodovElżbieta ZębekUtrecht University School of Lawarticleenvironmental protectioncriminal lawcriminal procedurelaw enforcement practicepolish environmental lawrussian environmental lawLaw in general. Comparative and uniform law. JurisprudenceK1-7720ENUtrecht Law Review, Vol 16, Iss 1 (2020)
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topic	environmental protection criminal law criminal procedure law enforcement practice polish environmental law russian environmental law Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence K1-7720
spellingShingle	environmental protection criminal law criminal procedure law enforcement practice polish environmental law russian environmental law Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence K1-7720 Denis Solodov Elżbieta Zębek Environmental Criminal Enforcement in Poland and Russia: Meeting Current Challenges
description	Environmental criminal law provides for measures targeting the most serious environmental offences and improving the enforceability of environmental provisions. In the article, environmental criminal law provisions in Poland and Russia are analyzed and compared. The changes introduced by the Council Directive 2008/99/EC on the protection of the environment through criminal law have a significant impact on the Member States’ criminal law, promoting broader criminalization of environmentally harmful behavior and more severe sanctions. Although the Russian Federation is not an EU member and adopts its environmental legislation, it is still a party to several international treaties and therefore is obligated to provide an adequate level of environmental protection. There are several similarities between the criminal provisions in both countries concerning the classification of environmental crimes and the limbs of their legal definitions. Besides, both countries use a continental model of criminal procedure including their rules on evidence. It allowed us to compare national law enforcement practices. The authors analyze current law enforcement challenges and discuss possible solutions.
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title	Environmental Criminal Enforcement in Poland and Russia: Meeting Current Challenges
title_short	Environmental Criminal Enforcement in Poland and Russia: Meeting Current Challenges
title_full	Environmental Criminal Enforcement in Poland and Russia: Meeting Current Challenges
title_fullStr	Environmental Criminal Enforcement in Poland and Russia: Meeting Current Challenges
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Environmental Criminal Enforcement in Poland and Russia: Meeting Current Challenges

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