Criminal Liability for Providing Inaccurate Information about the Spread of the COVID-19 Epidemic

Palabras clave: pandemia, epidemia, información inexacta, desinformación, responsabilidad penal

Resumen

El objetivo de este estudio fue identificar los problemas relacionados con el establecimiento de la  responsabilidad penal por proporcionar información inexacta sobre la propagación de la epidemia Covid-19 y proponer las formas de solucionarlos. Involucró los siguientes métodos: enfoque sistémico, estadística descriptiva, comparación y comparación, análisis descriptivo, enfoque pragmático, pronóstico. La eficacia de la respuesta de las autoridades sanitarias a los brotes de determinadas enfermedades depende de la  integridad y precisión de la información difundida. De hecho, las legislaciones nacionales no prevén  responsabilidad penal por proporcionar información inexacta sobre la situación epidemiológica en una  pandemia. Por lo tanto, es necesario desarrollar directrices provisionales para garantizar la precisión de la información sobre la situación epidemiológica en una pandemia. Una norma que tipifique como delito el  suministro de información inexacta o la difusión de información inexacta sobre la incidencia de una  epidemia y/o pandemia debería ser una de las normas sobre responsabilidad por delitos contra la seguridad nacional y debería ser punible con prisión por un período determinado y privación del derecho a ocupar  determinados cargos y realizar determinadas actividades. Este estudio no es exhaustivo y abre perspectivas para futuras investigaciones en esta área.

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Biografía del autor/a

Andrii A. Danylevskyi, Donetsk Law Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine

PhD in Law, Head of the Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Donetsk Law Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.

Mykhailo A. Akimov, National Academy of Internal Affairs

Candidate of Law, Associate Professor of Criminal Law Department, National Academy of Internal Affairs. Ukraine.

Vladyslav I. Kutsenko, Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic National University

Candidate of Economic, Associate Professor of Department of Civil and International Law, Law and Management Institute, Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic National University. Ukraine.

Oleksandr I. Savka, Kyiv University of Law of the National Academy of Ukraine

Candidate of Law, Head of the Department of Criminal Law and Procedure , Kyiv University of Law of the National Academy of Ukraine.

Tetiana Ye. Leonenko, Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic National University

Doctor of Law, Head of the Department of Criminal, Civil and International Law, Law and Management Institute, Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic National University. Ukraine.

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Publicado
2021-12-16
Cómo citar
Danylevskyi, A. A., Akimov, M. A., Kutsenko, V. I., Savka, O. I., & Leonenko, T. Y. (2021). Criminal Liability for Providing Inaccurate Information about the Spread of the COVID-19 Epidemic. Cuestiones Políticas, 39(71), 245-266. https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.3971.12
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