International standards for application of compulsory medical measures

Abstract

Introduction: The study of the international standards of compulsory medical measures’ (CMM) application to persons who have committed socially dangerous acts is relevant problematics of medical law. The aim: of the research is to define international standards for the implementation of CMM, as well as assessing the state of their implementation in Ukrainian law and medical practice. Materials and methods: The study is based on international acts, ECHR decisions, legislation of Ukraine and foreign countries, scientific articles in the fields of law and psychiatry as well as empirical materials that illustrate application of CMM in Ukraine. Dialectical, comparative-legal, statistical, induction and deduction, legal modeling, sociological research were used in this research. Conclusions: As a result of the research the concept of the international standards of CMM application is defined, their scope in the law-enforcement and medical practice of Ukraine is determined, the system and meaning of these standards are formulated.