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In total, 21 laws, drafts of laws, other documents, and 26 court decisions were analysed. Analytical, comparative, synthetic, systemic, sociological, induction, and deduction research methods were applied.\nConclusions: Criminal law should consider the latest medical research results when determining the boundaries of criminal law regulation. It is necessary to proceed from the principle of necessity in a democratic society when deciding on the criminalization of the transmission of HIV, tuberculosis, sexually transmitted diseases, COVID-19, and other infectious diseases. Based on this principle, decriminalization is necessary: a) infection with a disease that does not pose a serious danger; b) placing a person in danger of being infected with an infectious disease if such consequences did not occur and the person did not intend to become infected with such a disease.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.36740\/merkur202406119","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,2,15]],"date-time":"2025-02-15T13:01:25Z","timestamp":1739624485000},"page":"744-748","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Unfair criminalization as a threat to epidemic safety"],"prefix":"10.36740","volume":"52","author":[{"given":"Nataliya","family":"Gutorova","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University , Kharkiv, Ukraine"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Oleksii","family":"Soloviov","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Academy of Personnel Management , Kyiv, Ukraine"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yevhen","family":"Gnedik","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"\u0410cademician Stashis Scientific Research Institute for the Study of Crime Problems of the National Academy of Law Sciences of Ukraine , Kharkiv, Ukraine"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"22436","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref0","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","unstructured":"1. 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