GÄFGEN V. GERMANY. CASE STUDY

• Authors: PATORA, KRYSTYNA , ŚWIĄDER, EMIL

Abstracts

EN

The article focuses on the case of Gäfgen v. Germany, which con-cerns the restrictions imposed on police offi cers who work on cases involving terror and violence posing a risk to human life, and on the ones who have to make decisions protecting victims’ lives. The choice of measures serving the protection of the highest value, i.e. human life, is not easy. At the same time, police offi cers are assessed in terms of criminal law as regards the protection of the basic human rights enjoyed by perpetrators who pose a risk to other people’s lives. The case of Gäfgen v. Germany regards the choice of values, and the criminal liability of police offi cers, connected with thereof, as well as the problem of the admissibility of evidence obtained in breach of the law in criminal proceedings, and the limitations of the fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine.

Keywords

EN

terrorism; child abduction; abuse of power; inhuman treatment; torture; diffi cult case; the fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine.

• Publisher: Wyższa Szkoła Policji w Szczytnie
• Journal: Przegląd Policyjny
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 138(2)
• Pages: 219-235

Dates

published

2020-08-28

Contributors

author

PATORA, KRYSTYNA

author

ŚWIĄDER, EMIL

Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0014.3682