La prueba testifical anticipada como instrumento para reducir la victimización secundaria de menores de edad en el proceso penal

Abstract

This article studies the growing importance of the risk of secondary victimization in both national and supranational legislation. It also examines how this concern has led to the regulation of specialties in the statements of underage victims at the pre-trial stage, for example, through Law 4/2015, of April 27, on the Statute of the victim of crime or, more recently, Law 8/2021, of June 4, on the comprehensive protection of children and adolescents against violence. Finally, it is analyzed to what extent the modifications made to avoid secondary victimization have affected the principle of contradiction and the right to the presumption of innocence.