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right of denunciation

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information in writing and under oath

military criminal law [ military criminal justice ]

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criminal division

mediation in criminal cases | mediation in penal matters | penal mediation

Other information: (a) One of the leaders of the Islamic Jihad Group; (b) Has undertaken special training on mines and explosives at Al-Qaida camps; (c) Has participated in military operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan on the Taliban side; (d) Was one of the organisers of the terrorist attacks committed in Uzbekistan in 1999 and 2004; (e) Criminal proceedings were instituted against him in March 1999 in accordance with the following articles of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan: Articles 154 (Mercenary), 155 (Terrorism), 156 (Incitement of Ethnic, Racial or Religious Hatred), 159 (Attempts to Constitutional Order of Uzbekistan), 242 (Organisation of Criminal Community) and 244 (Failure to Report about Crime or Concealmen ...[+++]t thereof); (f) An order for his arrest has been issued’. under the heading ‘Natural persons’ shall be replaced by the following:

4. In cases referred to in point (b) of paragraph 1, Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the exercise of their jurisdiction is not subject to the condition that a prosecution can be initiated only following a report made by the victim in the place where the criminal offence was committed, or a denunciation from the State of the place where the criminal offence was committed.

whereas digital modes of communication have contributed to the prevalence of hate speech and threats against women, with 18 % of women in Europe having suffered since adolescence some form of harassment from acquaintances on the internet, and nine million victims of online violence in Europe; whereas the number of threats, including death threats, towards women has increased; whereas social awareness about digital forms of violence, both among the general public and the relevant professionals, such as law enforcement agents and teachers, remains insufficient to ensure adequate prevention, monitoring and assistance for victims; whereas various forms of online violence are not yet fully reflected in criminal law, nor in some modes and proc ...[+++]edures of prosecution in all Member States; whereas there is a lack of responsiveness by the justice system; whereas abusers and haters are very rarely reported, investigated, prosecuted and sentenced; whereas there is a need for recognition at EU level of the potentially transborder nature of the abuse and violence on the internet.

Article 10 (2) sets out a number of optional jurisdictional grounds, which the Member States may inter alia choose to adopt.Article 10 (3) refers to the prosecution of the offences referred to in Articles 2 and 3 committed outside the territory of the Member State concerned and stipulates that "each Member State shall, in those cases referred to in point (b) of paragraph 1, and may, in those cases referred to in paragraph 2, take the necessary measures to ensure that its jurisdiction is not subject to either of the following conditions: (a) the acts are a criminal offence at the place where they were performed; or (b) the prosecution can be initiated only following a report made by the victim in the place where the offence was commit ...[+++]ted, or a denunciation from the State of the place where the offence was committed".