Disposal of the person’s hospitalization in the medical insitution for conducting forensic examinations in the criminal procceedings

Abstract

Individual freedom is one of the fundamental values protected by the European Convention on Human Rights, due to its importance, requiring a rigorous review by the European Court of Human Rights of any measure that could infringe this value. At the same time, this fundamental right is protected by the Constitution of the Republic of Moldova and the Code of Criminal Procedure, due to which individual freedom is inviolable, and its coercion is allowed only in cases and with the procedure strictly regulated by law. The hospitalization of the person in the medical institution is a form of de privation of liberty and, respectively, it is going to take place only on the basis of a court authorization. At the same time, the person’s hospitalization can affect the right to privacy. It is therefore strictly necessary that the whole procedure be followed imperatively and without exception. The disposition of the forced internment of the person in a medical institution for the performance of judicial expertise in the criminal process is within the competence of the investigating judge. Therefore, this article is dedicated to the procedure regarding the hospitalization of the person in the medical institution, on the basis of grounds and reasons on which the hospitalization can take place, the attribution of the criminal investigation body and the prosecutor in cases when there is a need to hospitalize the person.