Research Article
Minors Inclusion in the Italian Forensic DNA Database: Which Safeguard between Justice and Individual Rights?
Pamela Tozzo* and Luciana CaenazzoDepartment of Molecular Medicine, Legal Medicine Unit - University of Padua, Via Falloppio 50, 35121 Padova, Italy
- *Corresponding Author:
- Pamela Tozzo
Department of Molecular Medicine
Legal Medicine Unit - University of Padua
Via Falloppio50, 35121 Padova, Italy
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E-mail: pamela.tozzo@gmail.com
Received Date: October 29, 2013; Accepted Date: November 14, 2013; Published Date: November 17, 2013
Citation: Tozzo P, Caenazzo L (2013) Minors Inclusion in the Italian Forensic DNA Database: Which Safeguard between Justice and Individual Rights? J Civil Legal Sci 2:107. doi:10.4172/2169-0170.1000107
Copyright: © 2013 Tozzo P, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
This work deals with issues that arise from some of the provisions of the Italian Law 85/2009, particularly regarding children inclusion in the Italian national Forensic DNA database, that can be considered as an example of legislation which is not “proportionate” to the legitimate aim to protect minors in a context of society’s security through the use of such database. The interesting debate on the juveniles involvement in the forensic database regards the balance between individual rights and the interests of justice, considering that in Italy the interests of justice seems to overcome the minors’ individual rights.
