CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2015
| Author | Bizjak, Darko |
|---|---|
| Title | The protection of the environment through criminal law in Croatia |
| Summary | Environmental crimes are presenting a threat to the environment and to humans. The EU is prioritizing struggle against environmental crimes and thus by entering the EU, Croatia needs to establish the efficient enforcement of environmental legislation by using criminal law. Initial thesis research revealed that environmental crimes prosecution in Croatia is insufficient. This thesis aim to identify possible obstacles in the prosecution of environmental crimes in Croatia. Obstacles are established by interviewing relevant stakeholders; state and non-state subjects. While looking at the crime prosecution it is important to observe the whole system. The thesis is covering the whole state prosecution chain; detection, investigation, trial in front of the court as well as sanctions. Findings from interviews are combined with existing statistical data on environmental crimes in Croatia. Conducted quantitative and qualitative research revealed obstacles in the criminal enforcement of environmental regulations in Croatia. Obstacles are indentified throughout the whole prosecution system. Key obstacles are the low level of environmental awareness, the lack of budgetary and human resources. Listed is causing the insufficient recognition of environmental crimes, inefficient prosecution and inadequate imposed sanctions. During the interviews recommendations were indentified: the enhanced level of institution cooperation, trainings and education could raise the level of detection and the efficiency of prosecution. The adequate performance of each part of the prosecution “chain” is a key factor in ensuring the certainty, severity and the swiftness of the punishment and therefore deterrence against criminal activity. |
| Supervisor | Antypas,Alexios |
| Department | Environment Sciences and Policy MSc |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2015/bizjak_darko.pdf |
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