DISCLOSURE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION ABOUT A PERSON'S STATE OF HEALTH DURING COURT PROCEEDINGS AND PRONOUNCEMENT OF A COURT DECISION: PROBLEMATIC ISSUES

УДК 342.7:614.253 (043.2)

ORCID: 0000-0002-4711-2857

DOI 10.37566/2707-6849-2023-3(44)-7

PDF

Maksym  KHODAKIVSKYI, 

judge of the Zhovtnevyy District Court of Dnipropetrovsk,

teacher of the National School of Judges of Ukraine

DISCLOSURE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION ABOUT A PERSON'S STATE OF HEALTH DURING COURT PROCEEDINGS AND PRONOUNCEMENT OF A COURT DECISION: PROBLEMATIC ISSUES

At the current stage of the development of society, information is a value that is created and used in all spheres of life to fulfill the tasks of subjects of various legal relationships.

Confidential information about a person needs special importance and legal protection in the process of creating and publishing information, and therefore these issues are under the constant watchful eye of scientists and practitioners.

It is extremely important for the sustainable and successful development of this area to ensure the preservation of confidential information and the right to protect a person's personal data about his state of health. At the same time, the protection of such personal data becomes especially relevant in the field of justice by the bodies of the judicial system, whose institutions, in the course of their daily activities, process and use a large array of information and personal data of participants in court proceedings.

We can immediately note that this issue is currently not researched in Ukraine, where the vector of scientific developments is more directed towards the analysis of the protection of confidential information and personal data in the field of health care in general.

The special relevance of this issue is also due to the fact that the consideration of all categories of cases by courts is inextricably linked to the acquisition of information about a person, including his state of health, during the resolution of the case, with the subsequent consolidation of such information in the adopted court decisions, and therefore for the proper regulation of this process and the prevention of violations of the rights of participants in court proceedings, the first priority is to study existing gaps in the legislative regulation of the process of obtaining documents and materials by courts, publishing court decisions, where there is confidential information about a person's state of health.

Key words: information, confidential information, confidential information in the field of health care, disclosure of confidential information, confidential information about a person's health, consideration of court cases, announcement of a court decision.

References

 Аbout information: Law of Ukraine dated 02.10.1992 No. 2652-XII. URL: https:// zakon. rada.gov.ua/laws/show/2657-12

Сonstitution of Ukraine dated 28.06.1996 No. 254k/96-VR. URL: https: //zakon.rada. gov.ua/laws/show/254%D0%BA/96%D0%B2%D1%80#Tex.

Іnternational Covenant on Civil and Political Rights dated 16.12.1966. URL: https:// zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/995_043

Іnternational Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights dated 16.12.1966. URL: https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/995_042

Decision of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine in the case regarding the official interpretation of Art. 3, 23, 31, 47, 48 of the Law of Ukraine «On Information» and Art. 12 of the Law of Ukraine «On the Prosecutor's Office» (K. G. Ustimenko's case) dated 10.30.1997 (case No. 18/203-97). URL: http://zakon3.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/v005p710-97

The decision of the European Court of Human Rights in the case «M. S. v. Sweden» (M. S. v. Sweden) dated 27.08.1997. URL: file://C:/Users/Admin/ Downloads/001-45889.pdf

Decision of the European Court of Human Rights in the case «Z v. Finland» (Z. v. Finland) dated 25.02.1997. URL: https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/ eng#{%22item id%22:[%22001-58033%22.

Civil Procedure Code of Ukraine dated 18.03.2004 No. 1618-IV. URL: https://zakon. rada.gov.ua/laws/show/1618-15#Text

Administrative Judicial Code of Ukraine dated 07.96.2005 No. 2747- IV. URL: https:// zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/2747-15#Text

Economic Procedural Code of Ukraine dated 06.11.1991 No. 1798-ХІІ. URL: https:// zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/1798-12#Text

Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine dated 13.04.2012 No. 4651-VI. URL: https:// zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/4651-17#Text

On access to court decisions: Law of Ukraine dated 12.22.2005 No. 3262-VI. URL: https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/3262-15#Text

Ruling of the Civil Court of Cassation dated 23.09.2020 in case No. 761/29995/17. URL: https://reyestr.court.gov.ua/Review/91818619

Ruling of the Civil Court of Cassation dated 11.03.2021 in case No. 463/1115/18. URL: https://reyestr.court.gov.ua/Review/95653977

The website of the Unified State Register of Court Decisions. URL: https://reyestr. court.gov.ua/

The official web portal of the judiciary of Ukraine. URL: https://court.gov.ua/

Regulations on the automated court document management system, approved by the decision of the Council of Judges of Ukraine dated November 26, 2010 No. 30, with subsequent amendments. URL: https://court.gov.ua/sudova-vlada/969076/ polozhenniapasds