The Use of Expert Testimony and Results of Search Operations in the Criminal Process in Keeping with Decisions of the European Court of Human Right
https://doi.org/10.30764/1819-2785-2017-12-2-102-118
Abstract
The paper examines the problem of using expert testimony and the results of search operations in adversarial courts in keeping with decisions issued by the European Court of Human Rights. It includes a summary of Strasbourg Court rulings concerning search operations and the use of their outcomes. The author lists key requirements imposed by the Strasbourg Court on expert witnesses participating in judicial inquiries.
About the Author
Irina E. Nikitina
The Russian Federal Centre of Forensic Science of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation.
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Nikitina Irina Eduardovna - Candidate of Law, Head of the Research Methodology Department in the system of State Forensic Institutions of the Russian Ministry of Justice.
Moscow.
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For citations:
Nikitina I.E. The Use of Expert Testimony and Results of Search Operations in the Criminal Process in Keeping with Decisions of the European Court of Human Right. Theory and Practice of Forensic Science. 2017;12(2):102-111. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.30764/1819-2785-2017-12-2-102-118
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