Equality of arms, impartiality of the judiciary and the role of the parties in the pre-trial inquiry: the perspective of Italian criminal justice

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Revista Brasileira de Direito Processual Penal, ISSN 2525-510X, Vol. 4, Nº. 2, 2018, pags. 559-603

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Equality of arms
judicial impartiality
pre-trial inquiry
Italian criminal justice
Paridade de armas
imparcialidade judicial
investigação preliminar
justiça criminal italiana

Equality of arms
judicial impartiality
pre-trial inquiry
Italian criminal justice
Paridade de armas
imparcialidade judicial
investigação preliminar
justiça criminal italiana
Ruggeri, Stefano
Equality of arms, impartiality of the judiciary and the role of the parties in the pre-trial inquiry: the perspective of Italian criminal justice

The analysis of the prosecutorial inquiry in Italian criminal proceedings displays a complex scenario. In spite of the progressive enhancement of participatory rights of private parties, the overwhelming role of the investigative authorities does not set the necessary conditions for effective equality of arms, while largely frustrating the tasks of the judiciary. To a great extent, the maintenance of several decision-making and coercive powers of the public prosecutor still largely reflect the old conception of an independent body of justice. Even though the individuals involved in the prosecutorial inquiry are ensured participation in a number of police and prosecutorial investigations, legal assistance often lacks effectiveness, and the possibilities of defence lawyers conducting autonomous investigations are scant and only achieve a formal level of par condicio. Certainly, this set-up cannot be justified in a human rights-oriented model of criminal justice. De lege ferenda, the enhancement of the tasks of competent judge for the pre-trial inquiry, who under Italian law is not an investigative magistrate but is called upon to ensure the proper fulfilment of procedural safeguards, appears to constitute today the best alternative to one-sided investigations and the dominant role of the investigative authorities. 

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Ruggeri, Stefano

Ruggeri, Stefano

Ruggeri, Stefano

Equality of arms, impartiality of the judiciary and the role of the parties in the pre-trial inquiry: the perspective of Italian criminal justice

Equality of arms, impartiality of the judiciary and the role of the parties in the pre-trial inquiry: the perspective of Italian criminal justice

Equality of arms, impartiality of the judiciary and the role of the parties in the pre-trial inquiry: the perspective of Italian criminal justice

Equality of arms, impartiality of the judiciary and the role of the parties in the pre-trial inquiry: the perspective of Italian criminal justice

Equality of arms, impartiality of the judiciary and the role of the parties in the pre-trial inquiry: the perspective of Italian criminal justice

equality of arms, impartiality of the judiciary and the role of the parties in the pre-trial inquiry: the perspective of italian criminal justice

2018

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dialnet-ar-18-ART00012820632018-09-18Equality of arms, impartiality of the judiciary and the role of the parties in the pre-trial inquiry: the perspective of Italian criminal justiceRuggeri, StefanoEquality of armsjudicial impartialitypre-trial inquiryItalian criminal justiceParidade de armasimparcialidade judicialinvestigação preliminarjustiça criminal italianaThe analysis of the prosecutorial inquiry in Italian criminal proceedings displays a complex scenario. In spite of the progressive enhancement of participatory rights of private parties, the overwhelming role of the investigative authorities does not set the necessary conditions for effective equality of arms, while largely frustrating the tasks of the judiciary. To a great extent, the maintenance of several decision-making and coercive powers of the public prosecutor still largely reflect the old conception of an independent body of justice. Even though the individuals involved in the prosecutorial inquiry are ensured participation in a number of police and prosecutorial investigations, legal assistance often lacks effectiveness, and the possibilities of defence lawyers conducting autonomous investigations are scant and only achieve a formal level of par condicio. Certainly, this set-up cannot be justified in a human rights-oriented model of criminal justice. De lege ferenda, the enhancement of the tasks of competent judge for the pre-trial inquiry, who under Italian law is not an investigative magistrate but is called upon to ensure the proper fulfilment of procedural safeguards, appears to constitute today the best alternative to one-sided investigations and the dominant role of the investigative authorities. A análise da investigação pelo Ministério Público no processo penal italiano apresenta um cenário complexo. Apesar do aumento progressivo dos direitos de participação das partes, o papel imenso das autoridades investigativas não determina as condições para a efetividade da paridade de armas, e também prejudica amplamente as tarefas do julgador. Em grande medida, a conservação de vários poderes decisórios e coercitivos do Ministério Público ainda refletem a antiga concepção de um independente membro de Justiça. Ainda que os indivíduos envolvidos na investigação ministerial possam participar em alguns atos policiais e do Ministério Público, a defesa técnica em muitas vezes carece de efetividade, e as possibilidades de investigações autônomas por advogados de defesa são limitadas e somente determinam uma igualdade em nível formal. Certamente, esse cenário não pode ser justificado em um modelo de justiça criminal orientado por direitos humanos. De lege ferenda, o aumento das tarefas do juiz competente para a investigação preliminar, que sistema italiano de justiça penal não é um juiz instrutor, mas um juiz de garantias, mostra-se atualmente como a melhor alternativa em relação a investigações unilaterais e o papel dominante de autoridades investigativas.2018text (article)application/pdfhttps://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=6545743(Revista) ISSN 2525-510XRevista Brasileira de Direito Processual Penal, ISSN 2525-510X, Vol. 4, Nº. 2, 2018, pags. 559-603engLICENCIA DE USO: Los documentos a texto completo incluidos en Dialnet son de acceso libre y propiedad de sus autores y/o editores. Por tanto, cualquier acto de reproducción, distribución, comunicación pública y/o transformación total o parcial requiere el consentimiento expreso y escrito de aquéllos. Cualquier enlace al texto completo de estos documentos deberá hacerse a través de la URL oficial de éstos en Dialnet. Más información: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/info/derechosOAI | INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS STATEMENT: Full text documents hosted by Dialnet are protected by copyright and/or related rights. This digital object is accessible without charge, but its use is subject to the licensing conditions set by its authors or editors. Unless expressly stated otherwise in the licensing conditions, you are free to linking, browsing, printing and making a copy for your own personal purposes. All other acts of reproduction and communication to the public are subject to the licensing conditions expressed by editors and authors and require consent from them. Any link to this document should be made using its official URL in Dialnet. More info: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/info/derechosOAI