scholarly journals Testimonial immunity as an element of the principle of protection of the rights and freedoms of man and citizen in criminal proceedings

2019 ◽  
pp. 239-248
Author(s):  
M. Kharitonova
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Judicial Reform ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Protection Of Human Rights ◽  
Legitimate Interests ◽  
The Individual ◽  
State Defense

In the conditions of formation of the rule of law, one of the biggest manifestations of the democratization of law enforcement activity in Ukraine is the legislative protection of human rights, the creation of guarantees of the rights and legitimate interests of the individual. In this regard, the legal status of participants in criminal proceedings becomes especially important. In addition, the important task of criminal procedural science is to identify and eliminate gaps in the legal regulation of criminal procedural relations. In this regard, studies are currently being conducted to identify legal issues in the field of law and recommendations are being prepared on this basis. It is known that every participant of criminal justice has its own legal status, enshrined in the rules of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine. The procedural status of the victim, suspect, accused legislator and procedural scientist are given much attention, including the issues of securing their rights and legitimate interests. The procedural status of a witness in criminal proceedings requires, in our opinion, additional investigation, including through the prism of securing the rights and legitimate interests of the person in conducting pre-trial investigation and judicial proceedings in criminal proceedings. Research into the problems of the theory and practice of witness immunity is relevant, as various aspects of witness immunity are controversial among both theorists and practitioners. Of course, it is, first and foremost, important for witnesses to have additional opportunities for state defense. The purpose of the article is to address topical issues arising from the reform of criminal procedural legislation, which has created some difficulties in law enforcement practice, including the implementation of the rules governing the institution of immunity of witnesses. In particular, this is explained by contradictory, sometimes unsuccessfully formulated provisions of the legislation itself, which are not always consistent with the implementation of the tasks of judicial reform. In addition, the article raises the problem of witness immunity classification. The authors' different perspectives on the concepts and components of witness immunity are examined. Discussion questions of the classification of the immunity of witnesses are revealed and its classification is divided into categories and categories of testimony provided by witnesses. The result of the study is to provide valid proposals for improving the legal regulation of the institute of immunity of witnesses in criminal proceedings. Witness immunity is a set of rules that exempt certain groups of witnesses from the obligation to testify in criminal proceedings, as well as exempt a witness from testifying against themselves. In this regard, the immunity of the witness is divided into two types of imperative (absolute, unconditional) and dispositive (relative, conditional).

Criminal law measures to combat provocation of crimes and falsification of criminals

2021 ◽  
pp. 127
Author(s):  
Viktor N. Borkov
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Criminal Responsibility ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
Legal Aspects ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Criminal Prosecution ◽  
Actual Problem ◽  
The Individual

The article examines the criminal-legal aspects of the actual problem of protecting the inviolability of the individual from the unacceptable activity of state representatives in the exercise of law enforcement functions. Topical issues for theory and practice of the legal nature of the provocation of crime and the falsification of criminals remain debatable. There are no unified approaches to the qualification of provocative and inflammatory actions and cases of "throwing" objects to citizens, for the turnover of which criminal responsibility arises, there is no theoretical justification for the criminal legal status of persons provoked to commit a crime. The article shows that the qualification of common cases of provocation of crimes and falsification of criminals according to the norms providing for liability for abuse of official authority, falsification of evidence or the results of operational investigative activities should be recognized as not accurate. At the same time, responsibility for these actions committed by subjects who are not officials, and without the participation of the latter, has not been established at all. The author proposes a draft criminal law provision providing for liability for inducing to commit a crime or its staging in order to illegally create grounds for criminal prosecution. The paper questions the approach according to which a person provoked by law enforcement officers to commit a crime is not subject to criminal liability regardless of the specifics of the encroachment.

scholarly journals Current problems of the institute of extradition in modern criminal proceedings Russian Federation

2020 ◽  
pp. 126-135
Author(s):  
S. V. Matveev ◽  
S. M. Kolotova
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
International Cooperation ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Criminal Process ◽  
Legislative Framework ◽  
The Russian Federation

The Institute of extradition is one of the most important areas of international cooperation in the fight against crime, since this tool ensures the achievement of the fundamental principles of the criminal process, which include: the restoration of the rights of the victim violated by the crime, the application of fair punishment to the criminal, despite the differences in the legal regulation of this issue in the jurisdiction of different States. However, should the legal regulation currently, this institution does not have, and therefore the activities of law enforcement agencies in this part cause certain difficulties.The article analyzes some features of the legal regulation of the institution of extradition in the criminal process of the Russian Federation, identifies current problems of theory and practice of application. In addition, the author suggests ways to solve the problems of legal regulation of this institution. Attention is focused on the need to make changes not only to the legislative framework, but also to modernize the extradition mechanism itself. In addition, the current issues that arise in the course of the extradition procedure, both at the request of the Russian Federation and foreign States, are considered. 

State service of the Russian Federation in the sphere of law enforcement: problems of theory and practice of administrative and legal regulation

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Роман Нагорных ◽  
Roman Nagornyh
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Administrative Law ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Russian Federation

The monograph presents the characteristics of modern theoretical and methodological approaches to the understanding of the problems of administrative and legal regulation of the public service of the Russian Federation in the field of law enforcement, subjected to a detailed analysis of the current administrative legislation in the field of administrative and legal regulation and organization of public service in law enforcement agencies, justified the direction of further improvement Special attention is paid to the problems of development of the administrative law Institute of public service in law enforcement, the legal status of civil servants of law enforcement agencies in our country. The book is intended for students, postgraduates, teachers and researchers of educational institutions and research institutions, as well as for all those interested in the problems of modern administrative law.

scholarly journals DISMISSAL AS A MEASURE TO ENSURE CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (10) ◽  
pp. 104-109
Author(s):  
V. Anastasiyeva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Labor Rights ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Main Task ◽  
Constitutional Rights ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Social Difficulties ◽  
Legitimate Interests ◽  
The Individual

The article considers the legal grounds and procedure for removal from office in criminal proceedings, analyzes the range of procedural problems that arise in the implementation of the investigated measure. As a result, it was established that removal from office in criminal proceedings belongs to the measures to ensure criminal proceedings. Important aspects that require consideration are the grounds for dismissal, as well as the appropriate procedural procedure for the implementation of the measure under investigation. The study reveals the need for further study and detailed legal regulation of such a measure of criminal proceedings as removal from office, given the underdevelopment of its effectiveness and significance by the pre-trial investigation authorities. The main task of the current CPC of Ukraine is to respect and protect the rights and legitimate interests of persons involved in criminal proceedings, to ensure the legality and reasonableness of restrictions on constitutional human rights and freedoms at the pre-trial stages of criminal proceedings. Measures to ensure criminal proceedings are directly related to the restriction of human rights. This institute is given considerable attention both at the legislative level - within the CPC of Ukraine provides for a separate year II, and in the practical implementation of its provisions - the implementation of specific criminal proceedings. Modern criminal procedural legislation of Ukraine, enshrining a new system of coercive measures, proposed a humanistic approach to the restriction of labor rights of the individual and established preliminary judicial supervision over the legality and justification of temporary removal from office of a suspect or accused. In the system of measures of criminal procedural coercion, removal from office occupies a special place due to the high probability of creating social difficulties for a suspect or accused person who loses his job, position and position in society, receiving a statutory level of material support from the state. Therefore, there are problems of unclear legal regulation of removal from office, the practice of applying this measure to ensure criminal proceedings has not been properly formed, which has led to a decrease in the number of satisfied requests of the prosecution. The following problems can be argued: first, the lack of justification for the need to restrict the labor rights of citizens, second, the growing role of legal guarantees to protect the rights of citizens in restricting their constitutional rights, and third, the lack of a clear list of grounds for dismissal. , the content of this measure to ensure criminal proceedings and legal regulation of the legal consequences of removal from office.

Conceptual problems of the rehabilitation institute in criminal proceedings

2020 ◽  
pp. 278-286
Author(s):  
Anton Fedyunin ◽  
Natalya Peretyatko
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Criminal Prosecution ◽  
Legal Analysis ◽  
Legal Basis ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Legal Nature ◽  
Legitimate Interests ◽  
Conceptual Problems ◽  
Industry Affiliation

We consider procedural and legal problems of ensuring the rights and legitimate interests of the rehabilitated person in criminal proceedings. The purpose of the work is to study the problems of industry affiliation of the rehabilitation institute, the grounds for rehabilitation, and analyze the phi-losophical and ethical categories that make up the legal basis of the rehabili-tation institution. We analyze the legislative regulation of the rehabilitation institution and identify contradictions in the current legislation in the studied sphere of legal relations, as well as focus on the possibility of violating the rights and legitimate interests of rehabilitated person stipulated by law. The methodological basis of the study consists in the use of traditional general logical and special legal methods – logical, formal and legal, analysis and generalization of law enforcement practice. We propose the author’s concept about the nature and legal nature of the rehabilitation institution as an inter-disciplinary institution, which consists in the fact that rehabilitation consists in the idea of complete innocence. A literal (adequate) interpretation of the concept of rehabilitation in this case means the presence of three key ele-ments: 1) the criminal prosecution of a person was unfair (illegal, un-founded); 2) the application of measures of criminal procedural coercion and (or) criminal punishment to him was illegal (unreasonable); 3) there were no grounds for prosecuting him, or there were grounds for excluding him. The study allows us to conclude that the rehabilitation institution of innocent needs further improvement, based on its thorough legal regulation, since, be-ing an interdisciplinary institution, it can ensure the observance and respect of the rights and freedoms of individuals and citizen only if the contradictions in the current legislation are eliminated.

scholarly journals criminal proceedings, minor, suspect, accused, legal status, preventive measures, measures of restraint not related to isolation from society

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (4) ◽  
pp. 132-139
Author(s):  
Ol'ga Tuchina
Keyword(s):  
Legal Status ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Optimal Solution ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Legal Norms ◽  
Legitimate Interests ◽  
A Minor ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Juvenile Suspects

The relevance of the topic is determined by the importance of the rights, freedoms and legitimate interests of a minor who is a participant in criminal proceedings as a suspect or accused. It is generally recognized that the value of the legal system is determined, inter alia, by the legislator’s attention to these intangible benefits of minors, to the legal norms on the basis of which the protection of these persons in criminal proceedings is ensured. The purpose of the article is to identify the legal features and problems in the field of legal regulation of preventive measures chosen in Russia by underage suspects (accused), which do not contribute to isolation from society. Preventive measures that are not related to the isolation from societyof a juvenile prosecuted by justice become an object of the article. The problems identified in the designated area of legal regulation and the ways of their optimal solution corresponding to these problemsare considered as the subject of the article. The article reflects the issues of the concept, the legal nature (essence) of the measures of restraint chosen in relation to juvenile suspects (accused), not related to isolation and a system of such measures. It is noted that the Russian legislator, paying attention to the rights and legitimate interests of this category of persons, in standards regulating preventive measures, does not take into account the peculiarities of the legal status of a minor suspect and accused, the specifics of the application of preventive measures, as well as the aspects of the impact of isolation (not isolation) from society on psycho-physical condition of these persons.The novelty is defined by thesubstantiation that the humanistic principles of international law and Russian legislation should be reflected in preventive measures for minors with the priority of measures that prevent isolation from society, and, accordingly, from the family, where the formation of the moral aspects of the individual, traditions and universal values take place. As a result, the author proposes the author’s definition of the legal category “measures of restraint chosen by minors, not related to isolation from society”, reflects the legal peculiarities of preventive measures chosen against juvenile suspects or accused, substantiates the need to amend Art. 423 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation.

scholarly journals APPLICATION BY THE PROSECUTOR OF TEMPORARY ACCESS TO THINGS AND DOCUMENTS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CHARGE FUNCTION

2021 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-142
Author(s):  
Iryna Sukhachova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Criminal Procedure ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Individual Treatment ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Procedure Code ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Right

The article is devoted to one of the effective means of obtaining evidence in criminal proceedings – temporary access to things and documents, the legal regulation of which is defined in Chapter 15 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine. Attention is drawn to a number of problematic issues related to the prosecutor's use of temporary access to things and documents in the exercise of the function of prosecution, the presence of which does not ensure the effectiveness of criminal procedural evidence and the effectiveness of this institution in criminal proceedings. According to the results of the study, the author concludes that the use of temporary units to temporarily access things and documents on the basis of a prosecutor's order makes it impossible to recognize the results of such action as evidence in criminal proceedings, as they do not meet the admissibility requirement. Prosecutorial oversight in criminal proceedings should not only ensure the inevitability of criminal punishment, but also ensure proper respect for human rights in criminal proceedings, respect for the individual, treatment as a person whose guilt has not yet been proven, and ensure impartiality and objectivity of the pre-trial investigation. Based on the results of the analysis of the decisions made by the investigating judge based on the results of consideration of the petitions, the author identified the grounds for the prosecutor's refusal to satisfy these petitions by the investigating judges. It is proposed to expand the procedural powers of the prosecutor as a subject of criminal procedural evidence, giving him the right to instruct operational units to conduct not only investigative (investigative) and covert investigative (investigative) actions, but also other procedural actions. Thus, taking into account the results of the analysis of scientific literature and materials of law enforcement practice, we can conclude that it is necessary to expand the procedural powers of the prosecutor as a subject of criminal procedural evidence by stating paragraph 5 Рart 2 of Art. 36 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine in the following wording: «to instruct the investigative (search) actions and covert investigative (search) actions or other procedural actions to the relevant operational units», as well as the need to supplement Part 1 of Art. 41 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine by the authority of operational units to carry out other procedural actions on behalf of the prosecutor.

scholarly journals THE LEGAL PROBLEMS OF ESTABLISHING THE ADDITIONAL GUARANTEES OF REALIZATION OF CONSTITUTIONAL HUMAN AND CIVIL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS BY THE CONSTITUENT ENTITIES OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 87-95
Author(s):  
Alexander Chuklin
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Civil Rights ◽  
Theoretical Analysis ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Federal Law ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Individual

The subject. The article focuses on the need to improve legislative and law enforcement activities related to the consolidation of constituent entities of the Russian Federation additional guarantees of realization of constitutional human and civil rights and freedoms.The purpose of the article is to identify main ways of improvement the legal regulation additional guarantees of realization of constitutional human and civil rights and freedoms by the constituent entities of the Russian Federation.The methodology. The author uses a dialectical method, a method of analysis and synthesis, a formal legal method.The results and scope of application. The lack of unity in understanding the essence of additional guarantees of realization of rights and freedoms requires not only theoretical analysis of this legal category, but a consistent system of the legislation, and corresponding to the system of law enforcement practice. The legal establishment of the additional guarantees of realization of constitutional human and civil rights and freedoms, due solely to the will of the legislator of a constituent entitiy of the Russian Federation aimed at the concretization of constitutional rights and freedoms as well as of the security mechanisms (legal conditions, means) of the implementation of these rights. Features of development of the corresponding constituent entitiy of the Russian Federation should be taken into account.One of the main directions of improvement of legal regulation in this field is legislative recognition of additional guarantees of realization of constitutional human and civil rights and freedoms established by the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. This concept should be reflected in the Federal law of October 6, 1999 No. 184-FZ "On General principles of organization of legislative (representative) and executive bodies of state power of constituent entities of the Russian Federation", as well as in the constitutions (charters) of constituent entities of the Russian Federation. The consolidation of this concept in the legislation will be the impetus to the theoretical analysis of this legal category, and will ultimately contribute to the improvement of the legal status of the individual.Conclusions. Improvement of regional legal policy in the sphere of establishment additional guarantees of realization of constitutional human and civil rights and freedoms by subjects of the Russian Federation has great practical significance and contributes to the theoretical knowledge of the specified legal category.

scholarly journals Nature of legal status of the subjects of forensic activities

2019 ◽  
pp. 111-117
Author(s):  
L. V. Lazareva
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Enforcement Mechanism ◽  
Forensic Institutions ◽  
Legitimate Interests ◽  
The Right ◽  
Improvement Of Legislation ◽  
Rule Making ◽  
Expert Study

The paper discusses the main problems of the enforcement mechanism in the appointment and production of forensic examination. It is shown that the provisions of the current criminal procedural legislation inadequately carry out the legal regulation of the subjects of forensic activities. Particular attention is given to ensuring the rights and legitimate interests of those participating in the expert study of individuals. Analyzing the rules governing the procedure for the appointment of forensic examinations, the author draws attention to the absence of temporary restrictions on familiarizing the participants in the criminal process with the resolution on the appointment of the examination. The author justifies the possibility of vesting the defense with the right to assign expertise, which could be implemented through non-state forensic institutions or private experts. Proposals for the improvement of legislation and law enforcement practice are formulated. The theoretical conclusions formulated in the paper serve as a basis for further research of forensic issues, and can also contribute to the improvement of rule-making in this area.

The First Pinochet Case: Immunity of a Former Head of State

1999 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 207-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin Warbrick ◽  
Dominic McGoldrick ◽  
Hazel Fox
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Liability ◽  
Sovereign Power ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
State Immunity ◽  
Head Of State ◽  
House Of Lords ◽  
Civil Proceedings ◽  
Protection Of Human Rights ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Reversal Of Fortune

The case of Pinochet has aroused enormous interest, both political and legal. The spectacle of the General, whose regime sent so many to their deaths, himself under arrest and standing trial has stirred the hopes of the oppressed. His reversal of fortune, loss of liberty with a policeman, on the door, has been heralded by organisations for the protection of human rights as one small step on the long road to justice. For lawyers generally, the House of Lords' majority decision of 1998 that General Pinochet enjoyed no immunity signalled a shift from a State-centred order of things.1 It suggested that the process of restriction of State immunity, so effectively begun with the removal of commercial transactions from its protection, might now extend some way into the field of criminal proceedings. And it further posed the intriguing question whether an act categorised as within the exercise of sovereign power, so as to relieve the individual official of liability in civil proceedings, may at the same time, as well as subsequent to his retirement, attract parallel personal criminal liability.

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