scholarly journals From the Rejection of Court Disqualification to the Change of the Territorial Jurisdiction

2021 ◽  
pp. 22-26
Author(s):  
Antonina S. Taran ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Recent Change ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
High Position ◽  
Territorial Jurisdiction ◽  
Procedure Code ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
The Status ◽  
Cast Doubt ◽  
The Russian Federation

The author refers to the institution of rejection as one of the most important guarantees of the independence of judges. The relevance of this research is due to the need to study and demonstrate the mechanism of influence of the ECHR decisions on Russian legislation and law enforcement practice. The article tracks the recent change in the position of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on the issue of rejection judges due to the special status of the person whose interests are affected by the criminal case under consideration/. In particular, it can be the status of a judge, a high position in law enforcement agencies and so on. The specificity of this rejection is to extend to the entire composition of the court, which makes it necessary to change the territorial jurisdiction. The author concludes that the fixing in part 1 of art. 35 of the Criminal procedure code of such a reason change territorial jurisdiction, as «the existence of circumstances that may cast doubt on the objectivity and impartiality of the court» has not eliminated entirely the need for use of the institution of rejection.

Specifics of some anti-corruption measures in Russia within the framework of public and state security

2020 ◽  
pp. 541-547
Author(s):  
Tatyana Plotnikova ◽  
Andrey Paramonov
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Criminal Procedure ◽  
Presumption Of Innocence ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
State Security ◽  
Procedure Code ◽  
Illegal Acts ◽  
The Russian Federation

In the current difficult conditions for the economy of our state, corruption crimes represent a higher level of danger. It is necessary to reform anti-corruption activities in order to increase its effectiveness. One of the radical measures in the field of anti-corruption will be the abolition of the presumption of innocence for corrupt illegal acts. The presumption of inno-cence is a fundamental and irremovable principle of criminal law, which is enshrined in article 14 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation. Violation of this principle is impossible for criminal proceedings, but modern circumstances require timely, prompt, and sometimes radical so-lutions. It is worth not to neglect the measures of “insuring” on the part of law enforcement agencies, since otherwise it will increase the share of cor-ruption crimes in law enforcement agencies. The content of paragraph 4 of article 14 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation is man-datory even if the presumption of innocence for corruption crimes is can-celed: “A conviction cannot be based on assumptions”. At the same time, the principle of differentiation of punishment will be implemented by assigning the term of imprisonment from the minimum to the maximum, depending on the severity of the illegal act.

scholarly journals Registration of Second FIR (First Information Report) in Sughran Bibi Case: A Landmark Judgement of the Supreme Court of Pakistan

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-122
Author(s):  
Rais Nouman Ahmad ◽  
Faiz Bakhsh ◽  
M. Danyal Khan ◽  
Sidra Kanwal
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Supreme Court ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Criminal Trial ◽  
Judicial System ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
Police Report ◽  
The Status

The registration of First Information Report (FIR) has remained a challenging area for the judicial system of Pakistan; the multiplicity of the FIRs means separate investigation and separate police report. Precedents were available far and against the second FIR which had been creating perplexity and nuisance for law enforcement agencies. First Information Report is contaminated by the inclusion of exaggerated facts by the aggrieved parties. Moreover, there are several allegations on the working of police in Pakistan for drafting the FIR arbitrarily. Although FIR is a mere document to report the incident, however, it has gained a significant role in deciding the fate of a criminal trial in Pakistan. Therefore, it is imperative to examine the status of FIR in criminal-trail framework of Pakistan. To do this, Sughran Bibi Case is very significant in interpreting the status of multiplicity of FIRs in the criminal trail framework. Seven judges of esteemed Supreme Court decided the fate of second FIR in this human rights case. The study investigates the doctrinal aspects of the judgement by presenting a theoretical examination of the status of FIR, its evidentiary value, and effectiveness in the criminal trial framework.  

scholarly journals Features of informatization of the criminal process in the context of the pandemic: New challenges

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 544-554
Author(s):  
Evgenii V. Smakhtin ◽  
◽  
Irina G. Smirnova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Supreme Court ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Criminal Procedure ◽  
Digital Data ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
Coronavirus Infection ◽  
The Russian Federation

The article analyses the features of the application of the current criminal procedural legislation in practice in the context of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) after recognizing it as a disease that poses a danger to others, the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of April 08, 2020 and Reviews on certain issues of judicial practice related to the application of legislation and measures to counter the spread of the new coronavirus infection in the Russian Federation of April 21, 2020 and April 30, 2020. However, the difficulties that have arisen in law enforcement practice, also assessed in the article, indicate that criminal procedural legislation will be adjusted in the near future since the number of Decisions of the Presidium and the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation are not sufficient to eliminate ambiguities and contradictions in the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation. In particular, the article reflects such key problems as the emerging system of procedural decisions at the pre-trial and trial stages in a pandemic, the possibility of considering not only criminal cases but also case materials using videoconferencing systems as well as the prevailing and optimal understanding by law enforcement agencies of the category “urgency” of such consideration. The authors pay special attention to the absence in the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation of the concepts introduced by paragraph “m” Art. 7 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation such as “information technologies” and “digital data turnover”. The results of the study make it possible to formulate proposals for improving criminal procedural regulation in terms of the described problems.

scholarly journals ON THE INTERACTION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT BODIES AND JUDICIAL COMMUNITY

2017 ◽  
pp. 0-0
Author(s):  
Олег Степанов ◽  
Oleg Stepanov
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Supreme Court ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Public Confidence ◽  
The Public ◽  
Effective Implementation ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Relevant Level

The article discusses the possible forms of interaction between law enforcement bodies and judicial community. There are also proposals for improvement of the qualification collegiums of judges, for increasing of the public confidence in the judicial branch of power in current conditions. The current law allows bringing judges to disciplinary responsibility for the imposition of clearly illegal judicial act, if the illegality is confirmed by the highest instance, and the conclusion about the apparent illegality is made by the qualification collegium of judges. This approach does not contradict the legal approach on the principle of non-involvement of the judge to the responsibility for rendering its judgment — the judge shall be brought to disciplinary responsibility not for the opinion expressed in the judicial act, but for actions that violate the requirements of the Law on the status of judges. The author suggests the new way for the composition of the qualification collegiums of judges of all levels, which implies to guarantee the objectivity and impartiality of their work by reducing of the proportion of judges in the collegium to 51% and to replace remaining 49% of members by the members of the public society (25%) appointed by representative bodies of the relevant level, and the remaining (24%) — by the independent prosecutors appointed by the President of Russia. According to the author, creation of such institution of “independent prosecutors” in Russia will provide more effective implementation of the principle of “three keys”, when the appointment of the members of the qualification collegiums of judges will be involved popularly elected President, Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, the Federation Council (the legislative assemblies of the constituent entities).

On the issue of legal restrictions when entering the service of law enforcement agencies related to a person committing a crime and (or) a criminal record

2020 ◽  
pp. 20-24
Author(s):  
Антон Геннадьевич Антонов
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Penal System ◽  
Criminal Record ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Legal Restrictions ◽  
Federal Laws

В статье анализируются федеральные законы, регламентирующие прохождение службы в органах внутренних дел Российской Федерации, уголовно-исполнительной системе Российской Федерации, прокуратуре Российской Федерации, Следственном комитете Российской Федерации. При этом уделено внимание Закону РФ от 26.06.1992 № 3132-1 «О статусе судей в Российской Федерации». На основе данного анализа рассмотрены ограничения, связанные с совершением преступления, которые препятствуют службе граждан в ряде правоохранительных органов. Сделан вывод об отсутствии системного подхода законодателя в этом вопросе: соответствующие правоограничения имеют различный объем, структуру и содержание. The article analyzes federal laws governing service in the internal affairs bodies of the Russian Federation, the penal system of the Russian Federation, the prosecutor’s office of the Russian Federation, and the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. At the same time, attention was paid to the Law of the Russian Federation of June 26, 1992 No. 3132-1 “On the Status of Judges in the Russian Federation”. Based on this analysis, the author considers the limitations associated with the commission of a crime that impede the service of citizens in a number of law enforcement agencies. The study concluded that there is no systematic approach of the legislator in this matter: the corresponding legal restrictions have a different scope, structure and content.

JUDICIAL CONCILIATION AND JUDICIAL CONCILIATOR

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 265-293
Author(s):  
E.A. EVTUKHOVICH ◽  
D.G. FILCHENKO
Keyword(s):  
Supreme Court ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Civil Procedure ◽  
Procedure Code ◽  
Independent Analysis ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Russian Federation

The article analyzes the provisions of procedural legislation on judicial conciliation and judicial conciliators. The authors review the provisions of several draft laws that contained rules on judicial conciliators. In particular, attention is paid to the projects of the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation, projects of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, the Concept of a unified civil procedure code. The authors pay attention to the experience of foreign states in the formation of the institution of judicial conciliation procedures. The notion of judicial conciliation is considered in detail, as well as individual consequences of the consolidation of provisions on judicial conciliation in legislation. Authors conducted an independent analysis in order to compare and distinguish between judicial conciliation and mediation. For this, the authors have formulated the necessary criteria. The consequences of the appeal of the parties to the dispute to judicial conciliation are revealed. The specifics of regulating relations in organizing and conducting judicial conciliation, as well as the results of an appeal to judicial conciliation, have been established. Most of the article is devoted to the status of the judicial conciliator. The requirements for it are considered. The features of the position of the judicial conciliator in the organization and conduct of judicial reconciliation are revealed. Attention is paid by the authors to the formation of lists of judicial conciliators. The features of financing the activities of judicial conciliators are noted.

scholarly journals The Problem of Judicial Discretion in Declaration of Evidence Falsity by a Party as a Hindrance to Fulfillment of Tasks of Judicial Proceedings in a Civil Procedure

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 17-21
Author(s):  
Anastasia S. Strazheva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Civil Procedure ◽  
Judicial Discretion ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Legal Proceedings ◽  
Civil Process ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
Judicial Proceedings ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
New Evidence

Judicial discretion at the statement of the party about falsity of the proof is considered as the problem creating obstacles to achievement of objectives of legal proceedings in civil process. Ways of its resolution are offered: establishing in the legislation or Resolution of the Plenum of the Supreme court of the court’s obligation to appoint an examination or offer the parties to submit other evidence when a party claims that the evidence is false, only if the suspected evidence confirms or refutes a fact that is relevant to the case, but in fact at the time of filing such an application there is no evidence directly confirming or refuting this fact; establishing liability in the form of a fine on the party that did not substantiate the statement of fraud; addition of the article of the civil procedure code of the Russian Federation on the statement of falsification of evidence, the rule on sending information about it to law enforcement agencies in necessary cases, when establishing the falsification of evidence; revision for newly discovered circumstances when providing new evidence, when evidence showing a lie appeared after the decision entered into legal force (through implementation by official interpretation).

scholarly journals Judicial legal positions in the context of conflicts related to the formation of the procedural status of persons against whom acts of criminal prosecution are actually implemented

2019 ◽  
pp. 114-119
Author(s):  
Sergey Grachev
Keyword(s):  
Supreme Court ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Criminal Procedure ◽  
Criminal Prosecution ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Procedure Code ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Right

The article considers the grounds for the emergence of the procedural status of a suspect in a criminal case. The rights and obligations of the specified person, including the right to protection are analyzed. Subject to the requirements of the criminal procedure code of the Russian Federation, legal positions of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation and Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation the conclusion about the necessity of legislative consolidation of the procedural status of the person whose rights and lawful interests are affected carried out in relation to proceedings for verification of a crime report in accordance with article 144 of the Criminal procedure code and equating it to the status of a suspect, since during the pre-investigation check he has the right to protection from the criminal prosecution actually carried out against him.

scholarly journals Remote Participation of the Accused (Suspect) at the Preliminary Investigation Stage as an Alternative to the Criminal Proceedings Stay

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (10) ◽  
pp. 111-123
Author(s):  
O. G. Bondartseva
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Preliminary Investigation ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Legal Assistance ◽  
Criminal Cases ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Procedure Code ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Remote Participation

The participation of the accused at the stage of preliminary investigation presupposes the possibility of exercising his right to defense. However, in cases of being in a territory significantly remote from the location of the preliminary investigation body, including outside Russia, the impossibility of personal participation in investigative and other procedural actions, one of the ways of interaction between the accused and law enforcement agencies may be remote participation through electronic interaction systems, and video conferencing. Draft laws on the amendment into the RF Criminal Procedure Code on conducting investigative actions through video-conference communication were pending at the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation in 2015 and 2018, but were not finalized and adopted. The provisions of the Second Additional Protocol to the European Convention on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, providing for the simplification and acceleration of the procedure for providing mutual legal assistance in terms of the possibility of interrogating the accused (suspect) via videoconference, Russia, upon ratification of the protocol in 2019, did not allow to apply. In criminal cases of an economic nature, which reverberate in society and raise many questions about the activities of law enforcement agencies, large entrepreneurs often leave Russia, unable to remotely take part in investigative actions, present evidence in their defense, and get acquainted with procedural decisions in a criminal case. This leads to an increase in the number of suspended criminal cases, according to art. 208, part 1, clauses 1-3 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation. In 2019, the total number of economic criminal cases increased by 37% compared to 2018, while the number of suspended criminal cases under Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation increased by 15.83%, under Art. 159.1-159.6 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation — by 86.93%. The relevance of the topic is also due to the coronavirus pandemic, which limited the freedom of movement of Russian citizens both within the country and abroad. In this regard, the use of video-conferencing in the investigation of criminal cases is becoming a vital necessity, the imperative of the times.

scholarly journals On Regulatory Criteria for Classifying an Organization as a Non-State Expert Institution

2020 ◽  
pp. 123-126
Author(s):  
Olga N. Nadonenko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Expert System ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Criminal Procedure ◽  
Federal Law ◽  
Procedure Code ◽  
Legislative Regulation ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Russian Federation

The current legislation formalizes three elements of the expert system in Russia: state and non-state expert institutions and experts who do not work in expert institutions. As follows from this triad, the defining concept is “expert institution”. The concept “state expert institution” is legally enshrined in Federal Law No. 73-FZ of May 31, 2001, but there is currently no legislative regulation of the criteria for classifying an organization as a “non-state expert institution”, which gives rise to a number of law enforcement problems. For instance, for an investigator, determining the status of an organization entails the implementation of the provisions of Article 199 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation under Clause 1.2 or Clause 4. Therefore, in the author’s opinion, it is extremely important to pass a law regulating the criteria for classifying an organization as a state or non-state expert institution, or a non-expert institution.

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