THE PROCEDURAL POSITION OF THE INJURED PARTY IN THE CRIMINAL CASES IN POLAND

Abstract

The article is devoted to the possibilities of exercising the victims’ rights in the criminal proceedings in Poland. The author refers to the article by M. Strkolec published recently in Studia Iuridica Cassoviensia, in which the instructive observations about the position of the injured party in Slovak criminal trial were made, as well as de lege ferenda proposals have been put forward. The author takes a view from a Polish perspective and share some experience. In addition to comments on the positive law, it also presents selected findings made thanks to extensive research program devoted to the practical issues of the position and activity of the victim in the Polish criminal trial.