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The Irresponsible Persons: The Imposition And Execution Of The Mandatory Treatment Measures On Criminal Procedure Of Kosovo, Mujë Ukaj

International Journal on Responsibility

According to the Code of Criminal Procedures of Kosovo, the treatment of irresponsible persons is carried out in a special criminal procedure only with regard to the determination of innocence, respectively irresponsibility and the imposition of compulsory psychiatric treatment, while the further treatment is transferred to the competent court for the abolition of legality action and then begins with the execution of the measure imposed on the psychiatric institution. In comparative criminal law, security measures are mainly part of the criminal sanction system, but there are also exceptions. The treatment of irresponsible persons in Kosovo's criminal legislation was built based …