Some Remarks on the Victim’s Rights in the Preparatory Proceedings after the Amendments of the Code of Criminal Proceedings from 27 September 2013

Abstract

A victim is an important participant of the criminal trial and a possibility to use the granted rights in the preliminary stages of the process already, i.e. in the preparatory proceedings, is especially important for him. The range of the victim’s rights is subject to change, as evidenced among others by the regulations of the amendment to the Code of Criminal Proceedings from 27 September 2013, introducing a new model of criminal procedure. The assessment of these changes from the point of view of the victim’s interests is not always clear. Beneficial regulations outweigh, but there are also those which raise doubts and objections.