scholarly journals On the issue of countering the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) by means of administrative and criminal law

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (15) ◽  
pp. 76-90
Author(s):  
Viacheslav Ivanovych Borysov ◽  
Daryna Petrivna Yevtieieva
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Legal Responsibility ◽  
Main Task ◽  
Criminal Offense ◽  
European Court ◽  
Protection Of Human Rights ◽  
Legislative Changes

The study highlights the dynamics of legislative changes and the current state of legal regulation of administrative and criminal liability for violations of quarantine rules. The shortcomings of the relevant legislative provisions were revealed, in particular, a conclusion was made about the violation of the principle of system-legal coherence of administrative and criminal legislation. Thus, there are issues about the delimitation of the provisions of the administrative provided in the Art. 44-3 of the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offenses and criminal offenses provided in the Art. 325 of the Criminal Code (in terms of such consequences as the threat of harm, specified in the part 1 of the Article 325 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). In addition, there is an excessive severity of sanctions in the Art. 44-3 of the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offenses and their incompatibility with the sanctions of the Art. 325 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. In the context of the settled case law of the European Court of Human Rights the fine under the part 1 of the Art. 443 of the Code of Administrative Offenses based on its size and subject to appointment may be recognized as corresponding to a criminal offense within the meaning of the Art. 7 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. Another drawback of the legislation is the lack of enshrining a criminal offense for violating quarantine regulations. On the basis of the conducted research it is offered to make changes to norms of the Art. 44-3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses and the Art. 325 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine in order to optimally regulate legal responsibility for violation of sanitary rules and regulations for the prevention of infectious diseases and mass poisoning (Article 325 of the Criminal Code), as well as quarantine rules (the Art. 44-3 of the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offenses). The main task of such changes is to construct a consistent chain of normatively established offenses in the field of compliance with quarantine rules (administrative offense - criminal offense – non-grave offense – grave offense) with adequate and proportionate responsibility for their commission.

The right to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuliya Samovich
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Case Law ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Educational Organizations ◽  
European Court ◽  
Protection Of Human Rights ◽  
Judicial Procedure ◽  
The Right ◽  
Judicial Protection

The manual is devoted to making individual complaints to the European Court of human rights: peculiarities of realization of the right to appeal, conditions of admissibility and the judicial procedure of the European Court of Human Rights. The author analyses some “autonomous concepts” used in the court's case law and touches upon the possibility of limiting the right to judicial protection. The article deals with the formation and development of the individual's rights to international judicial protection, as well as the protection of human rights in universal quasi-judicial international bodies and regional judicial institutions of the European Union and the Organization of American States. This publication includes a material containing an analysis of recent changes in the legal regulation of the Institute of individual complaints. The manual is recommended for students of educational organizations of higher education, studying in the areas of bachelor's and master's degree “Jurisprudence”.

scholarly journals The issue of determination of bail’s size under Ukrainian legislation and legislation of Anglo-American countries: comparatively – judicial analysis

2019 ◽  
pp. 58-68
Author(s):  
M. Stefanchuk ◽  
N. Iveruk
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
Preventive Measure ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
European Court ◽  
Legislative Regulation ◽  
Anglo American

The legal regulation of bail's institute as a preventive measure in Ukraine and Anglo - American countries, including the aim of its application, bail's size and criteria for its determination, is the subject matter of this article. The authors support a point concerning to the inadvisability of legislative regulation of maximum bail's size as well as a judge's opportunity in certain circumstances to apply bail, size of which is lower than minimum level. The purpose of article is to clarify strengths and weakness of legislative regulation of the bail in Ukraine, England and United States of America, to highlight a separate problems, arising in practice, to express recommendations and proposals regarding to the improvement of valid criminal procedural legislation of Ukraine. Analyzing provisions of criminal – procedural legislation of England and United States of America, the authors provide a few bail's classifications, depending on way of making a deposit. Besides it, the authors detect the drawbacks of legislative technique of Anglo – American countries regarding to not taking by judges into account material and family state of accused and suspected person, that leads to taking into custody a significant number of people, who are not financially secured to make a deposit. The decisions of the European Court on Human Rights as an international judicial institution regarding to determination of the bail's size, which will guarantee an enforcement of duties that a suspected person is obliged to do and will be defined taking into account a material state of a suspected person, are highlighted in this article. The authors also explore an issue of determination of bail's object and emphasizes on the necessity of clarifying of the money origin with the aim to avoid money laundering, which is offence, predicted by art.209 of Criminal Code of Ukraine. Investigating theoretical and practical aspects of the determination of bail's size, the authors make a conclusion regarding to the existence of certain difference in national legislation and legislation of Anglo – American countries, that is a result of belonging Ukraine to continental, and the USA and England – to Anglo – American countries. The authors state that prospective of further explorations of high stated issue are an improvement of legislation, implementation of world's experience, taking into account the legal positions of the European Court on Human Rights, etc.

scholarly journals Current issues of decriminalization of goods smuggling considering the nature of the criminal offense

2020 ◽  
pp. 95-100
Author(s):  
A.O. Puhach ◽  
M.A. Rubashchenko
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Cultural Property ◽  
Current Version ◽  
Criminal Offense ◽  
The Past ◽  
European Court ◽  
Previous Edition ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Direct Target

The article is devoted to the investigation of the subject of crime under Article 201 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, its amendment and their analysis. In particular, the subject of the crime was considered in the wording of the article, which was in force until January 17, 2012, and the sanction provided for in the article for committing the crime. The principal and direct target of smuggling in the past and current versions were considered and questions were raised as to the appropriateness of locating the crime with items such as cultural property, poisonous, potent, explosive substances, radioactive materials, weapons or ammunition (except for shotguns or ammunition) , parts of firearms, special technical means of silent obtaining information among those generic object who are called to defense relationship that provides business activity. The author has demonstrated why this issue did not arise in the previous version. In addition, a comparison of the decriminalized "goods smuggling" with its current version was considered with the articles of the Customs Code, which now provide for liability for "goods" smuggling, in particular - with the sanction of the article intended for committing an offense. In order to understand why the humanization of the act committed did not take place, despite the fact that the former crime was a customs offense, the nature of the criminal offense, developed in the practice of the European Court of Human Rights, whose decisions are recognized as a source of law in Ukraine, was analyzed. Particularly, attention was drawn to the Court's findings in case of Engel and Others v. The Netherlands, where the criteria for attributing the offense to criminal were elaborated. In addition, the case of Nadtochiy v. Ukraine was analyzed, in which the European Court of Human Rights founds out that the custom legislation of Ukraine contained a criminal offense by its nature It is analyzed sanction provided by the Customs Code through the prism of these criteria, it was concluded that the sanctions did not change. The author explores bill of returning goods in significant, large and particularly large amounts to the object of the Smuggling crime with the previous edition of this article, and the conclusion was drawn.

scholarly journals Cо-perpetrators of torture: national and convention definition framework

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (15) ◽  
pp. 91-110
Author(s):  
Yuliia Serhiivna Tavolzhanska ◽  
Iryna Anatoliivna Kopyova
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Theoretical Modeling ◽  
Public Official ◽  
Criminal Offense ◽  
Human Rights Organizations ◽  
European Court ◽  
Convention Against Torture ◽  
Degrading Treatment

The article is prepared in continuation of development of author's dissertation researches. The paper reveals the peculiarities of objective and subjective features of cо-perpetration in torture (both on the basis of the provisions of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, and taking into account the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. When interpreting national criminal law norms in the light of convention provisions, the requirements of two-frame criminal law research are met. The authors' positions are supported by message from human rights organizations, decisions of the European Court of Human Rights, and theoretical modeling. The article contains the following conclusions. A co-perpetrator of torture may commit this criminal offense by his or her own actions or omissions, use another person as a “means” of committing a criminal offense, or delegate the commission of a criminal offense to another person. A co-perpetrator of torture may join in committing torture at any stage of the commission of this criminal offense. If, under the circumstances of complicity in torture, a public official or other person acting in an official capacity direct torture, he or she is the perpetrator (co-perpetrator) of the offense. If, in complicity in torture, a public official or other person acting in an official capacity creates the conditions for committing the offense, he or she should be recognized as the organizer, instigator or accomplice of the torture (depending on the role he or she has played). If, in complicity in torture, a public official or other person acting in an official capacity doesn't interfere of torture, he or she is the accomplice to torture. Not preventing torture should not be confused with the mental violence that can be used to torture. Article 1 of the 1984 Convention also covers cases of involvement in the torture of public official or other person acting in an official capacity.

THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF APPLYING THE PRINCIPLE OF NON BIS IN IDEM IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS RIGHT UKRAINE

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petro Olishchuk ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Criminal Responsibility ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Legal Responsibility ◽  
Criminal Prosecution ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Judicial Decisions ◽  
European Court

The article analyzes the principle of non bis in idem in the context of the criminal legislation of Ukraine, as well as the identification of cases of violations of this principle by law enforcement bodies during the qualification of criminal offences and during the issue of judicial decisions. It is noted that criminal law is a branch of law that is connected with the establishment of a ban on committing a certain act under the threat of the application by the state of measures of coercion of a criminal nature. The establishment of such a ban and the determination of measures of criminal-legal coercion, as a consequence, for its violation, is potentially related to the restriction of human rights. Obviously, the restriction of these rights cannot be arbitrary and chaotic, but must be subject to certain rules, ideas, which reflect the general development of society. These include the principles of criminal law, in particular the principle of criminal law, enshrined in art. Article 61 of the Constitution of Ukraine states: “No one can be brought to legal responsibility twice for the same type of offence”. According to Article 2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, “no one may be brought to criminal responsibility for the same criminal offence more than once”. The article highlights the characteristic features of the investigated principle. It is stated that its role is extremely important for the internal construction of the field of law, as well as the correct normalisation and law enforcement. There are cases of violations of this principle by law enforcement bodies during the qualification of criminal offences and during the issue of judicial decisions, on examples of the practice of the European Court of Human Rights and Ukrainian judicial proceedings. The European Court of Human Rights’s case-law on the application of Article 4 of the Convention is inconsistent and, in some cases, even contradictory. The principle of non bis in idem in the resolution of the question of the inadmissibility of double incrimination ensures the observance of the rights of the person during the implementation of criminal prosecution, as well as ensures the completeness of criminal legal qualification, the individualization of criminal responsibility and punishment.

scholarly journals The right of prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment to parole from serving a sentence or to replace the unserved part of the sentence with a milder one and ensuring it in Ukraine

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 168-175
Author(s):  
Anatoliy Chernenko ◽  
Anatoliy Shyyan
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Life Imprisonment ◽  
Conditional Release ◽  
Legal Norms ◽  
European Court ◽  
Protection Of Human Rights ◽  
The Right

The article examines the issues of ensuring the right of convicts to life imprisonment in Ukraine to parole from serving a sentence or replacing the unserved part of the sentence with a milder one. The norms of the Criminal Code, other legislative acts of Ukraine governing this issue, as well as the Regulation on the procedure for pardon approved by decree of the President of Ukraine No. 223/2015 of April 21, 2015 are analyzed. They are compared with international legal acts, in particular, the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of 1950, which governs the conditional release of life-sentenced prisoners or replaces the unserved part of the sentence with a milder one, as well as several decisions of the European Court of Human Rights regarding such issues. The inconsistency of Ukrainian legislation, the Regulation on the procedure for pardoning international law and the decisions of the ECHR is shown. Particular attention is paid to the decision of the ECHR in the case of “Roosters v. Ukraine” of March 12, 2019, as well as future decisions of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine and the Supreme Court, which are currently considering this issue. Considering the provisions expressed by the ECHR in this case, it is concluded that the current mechanism for such exemption does not comply with international standards and this entails the need to consolidate the relevant legal norms in Ukrainian legislation. The problematic aspects of the implementation of such a right are analyzed, some suggestions are made for their solution.

scholarly journals ISSUES OF THE EXECUTION OF JUDGEMENTS OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN UKRAINE AND THEIR POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (20) ◽  
pp. 23-29
Author(s):  
R. O. Nepyipa
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
The State ◽  
State Budget ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Special Procedure ◽  
European Court ◽  
Fundamental Freedoms ◽  
Protection Of Human Rights ◽  
The Right

The article analyzes the problems of implementation of the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights by Ukraine. In this context, too, the key problems and peculiarities of the current state of implementation of Ukraine’s judgments of the European Court of Human Rights are highlighted. It is emphasized that the enforcement of judgments by Ukraine is an important guarantee of ensuring the right to a fair trial. However, the lack of proper enforcement is recognized by the European Court of Human Rights as a violation of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. It is emphasized that the problematic issue in the implementation of ECHR decisions is that the state executor, as a representative of the public authority, receives a salary from the State Budget of Ukraine, but is obliged, according to executive documents, to act against his state. Thanks to the planned reform of the State Bailiffs’ Service of Ukraine, it is envisaged to create a private system of enforcement of court decisions, since a non-governmental institution would not be more effective in this case. The problem of determining the location of the collector by the ECtHR is considered. It is suggested that in order to find out the location (location) of the collector, in accordance with the ECtHR decision, a special procedure should be provided, a list of necessary actions to be taken by a state body. In particular, such actions may be sending requests to the last known place of work. It is emphasized that legal and political risks for Ukraine are that the violating state may be subject to various sanctions, such as deprivation of voting rights or suspension of membership, up to and including exclusion from the Council of Europe. It is proved that the source of inefficient work of the executive service should be sought, first of all, in imperfect legal regulation, numerous legislative restrictions, and insufficient state costs for the implementation of ECtHR decisions. The experience of Germany on the practice of implementing ECtHR decisions is considered and it is proposed to borrow the experience of foreign countries in the current situation. It is noted that an important step of Ukraine towards European statehood is to increase the level of national protection of citizens and to adopt a law that provides for the accountability of public authorities and their officials for inaction in the implementation of ECtHR decisions. Keywords: European Court of Human Rights, Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, judgment, enforcement, general measures.

scholarly journals SOME ASPECTS OF IMPROVING THE LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LEGAL MECHANISM OF LIABILITY FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Konovalova ◽  
M. Kovaliv
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Procedural Law ◽  
Court Judge ◽  
European Court ◽  
Fundamental Freedoms ◽  
Protection Of Human Rights ◽  
Judicial Protection ◽  
Legal Mechanism ◽  
Administrative Responsibility

The article reveals the peculiarities of the legal regulation of administrative responsibility for contempt of court (judge) in Ukraine in the context of improving the legal and administrative legal mechanism. It is noted that one of the factors ensuring the independence of the court is an effective mechanism of administrative responsibility for disrespect for the court (judge), which currently does not meet, to some extent, the requirements of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. An analysis is carried out problems that arise in law enforcement practice at administrative and legal characterizing of public law and procedural law delicts, which suggest for administrative liability for contempt of court (judge). It is suggested to introduce certain amendments to the current legislation of Ukraine in order to bring the institute of administrative responsibility for showing contempt to the court (judges) in accordance with the recommendations of the European Court of Human Rights to defense and other requirements of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. The authors considers the ability to expand jurisdictional powers for the employees of the Judicial Protection Service in the context prevention and opposition to manifestations of contempt of court (judge).

scholarly journals RESTRICTION OF THE RIGHT TO THE LIBERTY AND SECURITY OF MINORS ACCORDING TO THE INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL LAW (BY THE EXAMPLE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION)

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gulnara R. Shaihutdinova ◽  
Gulshat Z. Shamilova
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
International Law ◽  
Criminal Offense ◽  
European Court ◽  
Personal Rights ◽  
Fundamental Freedoms ◽  
Protection Of Human Rights ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Right ◽  
Article 5

The article is about the main points of the minors arrest and detention who are suspected in a criminal offense under paragraph 5 (d) of Article 5 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of 1950; the legality of the minors arrest and detention, rights and freedoms. The special attention is paid to the study of the pointed legal positions of the European Court of Human Rights. The importance of the study is connected with the fact that the right to the liberty and security is one of the most important rights included in the list of internationally recognized human rights and freedoms. From the point of the generally accepted classification in the law theory and Russian constitutional law, as well as in the theory of international law, the analysing law belongs to the civil (personal) rights. In this regard, the right to the liberty and security can be characterized as a law that has a natural character and it is closely connected with the nature of man.Detention or arrest is the most severe measure; it is applied only on the basis of a court decision which is based only on the results of consideration which is accepted as a result of the court’s learning of the relevant petition submitted by an investigator or inquiry officer

scholarly journals Protection of Human Rights in the Context of Fight against Gene Doping

2020 ◽  
pp. 67-77
Author(s):  
A. I. Redkina ◽  
O. A. Shevchenko ◽  
D. I. Vorontsov
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Human Right ◽  
Gene Doping ◽  
Right To Health Care ◽  
Testing Procedures ◽  
Protection Of Human Rights ◽  
The Right

This article examines issues related to the protection of human rights in the context of the fight against the use of gene doping. The fact of using gene therapy in relation to a person already includes a significant range of potential ethical problems, including probable health risks, the degree of awareness of the patient’s consent to perform certain manipulations, as well as the long-term consequences for a person’s life, and, which is equally important, for future generations. At the same time, the problems of the use of gene doping in relation to athletes significantly aggravates and complicates the process of building regulatory approaches. The article notes the particular susceptibility of the athlete's right to health care in the context of the problem of gene doping. The paper studies the features of the implementation and protection of the human right to protect health and the right to privacy, including legislation aspect of biomedicine and bioethics, as well as taking into account the difficulties associated with the identification of the use of gene doping. Conclusions regarding possible areas for improving legal regulation in this area, among which, strengthening or detailing the legal regulation of the provision of high-tech medical care, properly informing athletes, coaches and other sports professionals about the possible risks of applying genetic engineering methods to humans, proper regulation of testing procedures, toughening criminal liability and expansion of the subject matter of such crimes are formulated.

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