Two researchers from the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Gdańsk have won in the latest edition of National Science Center (NCN) grants

The National Science Center (NCN) has announced the results of the latest edition of competition for research grants. Among the winners were two employees of our Faculty - Katarzyna Jakubczak-Fopke, MA from the Department of Substantive Criminal Law and Criminology, and Dawid Marko, MA from the Department of Criminal Procedure Law and Criminology.

The scientific objective of the project is to assess the admissibility of surgical and pharmacological castration as a mean of criminal law response to sex offenders. The project will examine and compare models of castration in selected states in the USA and European countries. The research project is the first attempt in Poland to undertake a comprehensive study of the issue of surgical and pharmacological castration from a comparative legal perspective, taking into account issues of human rights, constitutional criminal law, as well as medical and ethical concerns.

The primary scientific purpose of the project is to examine and determine the mechanism of the direct effect of the EU directives in the field of the Polish criminal process. The additional purpose is to formulate practical conclusions for the courts (and other competent procedural authorities in the criminal process) regarding the various possible forms and implications of the direct effect of EU directives in criminal procedure, to serve as a guide in the practice of law application. The research also intends to draw conclusions about the desired directions of further amendments in Polish criminal procedural law.