For those who harm a child to be their legal representative is prohibited

A person who is alleged to have caused moral, physical, or material damage to the person represented by an act provided for by law cannot be admitted to participate in civil proceedings as the legal representative of that person.

Aztəhsil.az reports that this is reflected in the proposed amendment to the Civil Procedure Code, which was discussed at today's meeting of the Milli Majlis.

According to the proposed amendment to the Criminal Procedure Code, a person who is alleged to have caused moral, physical, or material damage to the victim, civil plaintiff, suspect or accused, or civil defendant by an act provided for by law cannot be admitted to participate in criminal proceedings as the legal representative of that person.

In the direction of protecting the personal data of children participating in criminal proceedings, the Criminal Procedure Code stipulates that the consent required for the disclosure of information about the identity of minor suspects, accused, or victims must be exclusively in written form. According to this article, consent is obtained from the children themselves and their legal representatives. The same approach is also proposed for the Law “On Media”.

The draft was put to a vote and adopted in the third reading.