FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH HEALTH REGULATIONS DURING AN EPIDEMIC – MACEDONIAN CRIMINAL CASES DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMICS

Abstract

The criminal act “Failure to comply with health regulations during an epidemic”, as stipulated in
Article 206 of the Macedonian Criminal Code, became particularly popular in 2020 when the COVID19 pandemics spread all over the world. This act falls under Chapter 21, which encompasses several
criminal acts whose main object of protection is human health.
Having in mind the above, by analysing the legal framework from the aspect of the criminal policy, the
trend of movement of this act shall be determined. Furthermore, with the help of scientific analysis and
description of the statistical data, the detecting and proving activities of the Macedonian law
enforcement organs shall be noted through the submitted criminal reports, initiated accusations and
delivered judgments for sanctioning of the perpetrators that had failed to comply with health
regulations during an epidemic. Finally, the Paper shall elaborate on specific court cases in which the
subject was this criminal act.