| Abstract [eng] |
The first part of the master's thesis analyzes the origins of the criminalization of trafficking in human beings (including children) and discusses the most important international and European Union legislation in this field. The evolution of national norms on trafficking in human beings and the purchase or sale of a child in the Criminal Law of the Republic of Lithuania is also analyzed. Also, the reasons that led to changes in the legal regulation of trafficking in human beings were analyzed up until the latest version of the Criminal Code. The master's thesis also focuses on modern trends in human trafficking and child trafficking. In this way, the concept of human trafficking and the development of criminalization are revealed. In the second part of the work, the composition of the purchase or sale of a child is analyzed by examining the main and qualifying objective and subjective features of the composition of this criminal act. This work focuses on the interpretations formulated by the doctrine of law, as well as the practice of Lithuanian courts and explanations of the issues discussed. Analyzing the provisions of the Criminal Code, legal doctrine and court practice, the features of the composition of a child's purchase or sale have been singled out - the object and the victim, the objective side, the subject, the subjective side, and the content of these compositional features are reviewed in detail. In this way, the composition of the purchase or sale of a child under Article 157 of the Criminal Code was analyzed not only in a theoretical but also in a practical aspect. The last part of the work reveals the connection between the crime of buying or selling a child and other criminal offenses, especially the relationship with trafficking in human beings, involvement of a child in prostitution, sexual exploitation in violation of a minor's sexual freedom and/or inviolability, etc. Taking into account the analyzed theoretical material and the analysis of case law, the conclusions are presented at the end of the work. |
