scholarly journals Issues of Legal Regulation of Applying Coercive Measures of Medical Nature in International and Legal Acts and Legislation of Certain Foreign Countries

2021 ◽  
Vol 80 (1) ◽  
pp. 173-179
Author(s):  
Д. В. Туренко
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Coercive Measures ◽  
European Court ◽  
Medical Institutions ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
Judicial Proceedings

The author has researched the main provisions of legal regulation in international and legal acts and national laws of some European Union countries and other foreign countries, where the possible application of coercive measures of a medical nature by courts, as well as decisions of the European Court of Human Rights on this category of criminal proceedings are regulated. The basic provisions, norms and differences of legal regulation of the application of coercive measures of medical nature in the legislation of certain foreign countries have been established. The implementation of international legal acts into national criminal, criminal procedural and other legislation has been analyzed. Based on the results of the research, the author has formulated a number of propositions and recommendations for the introduction into the legislative technique of Ukraine. Besides, the author has studied national theoretical issues of criminal law and criminal proceedings, as well as applied issues in this area of the research within law-enforcement activities of pre-trial investigation and inquiry agencies, prosecutor’s office and, in particular, procedural commissioners of pre-trial investigation. The scientific views of individual scholars and representatives of scientific schools on the researched issues have been also considered, and the relevant author’s opinions have been expressed. The author has characterized joint law-enforcement activities, problematic issues of law enforcement agencies and psychiatric medical institutions during the pre-trial investigation of criminal proceedings of this category, problematic issues and the existing system for providing psychiatric care to insane persons, as well as certain areas of cooperation in criminal and judicial proceedings. According to the results of the study, the author has suggested a number of propositions and recommendations for improving the theory of criminal law and criminal proceedings, law-enforcement activity and current criminal and criminal procedural legislation of Ukraine.

USE OF SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE DURING THE PRE-TRIAL INVESTIGATION OF CRIMES THAT ENCROACH ON THE NATIONAL SECURITY OF UKRAINE

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 109-114
Author(s):  
Oleh Batiuk ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
National Security ◽  
Criminal Group ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Scientific Article ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Special Knowledge ◽  
Psychological Knowledge ◽  
Empirical Material

The author aimed to reveal the content and forms of use of special psychological knowledge during the proceeding of interrogation in the pre-trial investigation of crimes that encroach on the nationalsecurity of Ukraine in the provisions of the scientific article. Namely, for fulfilling the intended goal, the author determines in the provisions of the scientific article that the use of special psychological knowledge at the stage of pre-trial investigation, of course, can be the great benefit for establishing the truth in the case and the lack of their wide and effective application in criminal proceedings is caused, first of all, by imperfection of the theory of use of special psychological knowledge and of legal regulation of the activity of experts and other persons with special psychological knowledge. This is resulted from primarily to vague and ambiguous theoretical definitions of the concept of special psychological knowledge, subjects, methods of use and forms of their realization. Based on the analysis of theoretical and empirical material, scientifically substantiated conceptual and categorical apparatus concerning the concept of special psychological knowledge, which are used in pre-trial investigation, is defined; the conclusions and proposals that are aimed at improving the procedural and applied aspects of practical application by law enforcement agencies are formulated by the author in the scientific article. According to the author, this will not only deepen scientific knowledge, but also will give the opportunity to use the obtained data in investigative practice, help law enforcement agencies quickly and efficiently to disclose, investigate and conduct measures to prevent of the committing crimes against national security of Ukraine. The results of the research can also be applied during the criminal proceedings, in the process of proving and evaluating evidence, during the qualifying the committed crime and establishing of circumstances mitigating of punishment. The author explored the features of the use of special psychological knowledge during the investigation of the crimes that encroach on the national security of Ukraine, which are committed by the organized criminal group.

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 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. 

scholarly journals The system of pre-trial proceedings in the criminal proceedings of the Russian Federation: Factors of formation

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 621-642
Author(s):  
Sergey B. Rossinskiy ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Criminal Procedure ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Direct Result ◽  
Chaotic Mixing ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Criminal Procedure Law ◽  
Problems Of Practice

The article is devoted to the analysis of historical prerequisites that predetermined the distinctive nature of the national system of Russian pre-trial proceedings as the initial stage of criminal procedure. By analyzing the peculiarities of domestic criminal procedure legislation, and the development of judicial and law enforcement agencies, in addition to drawing comparative parallels with foreign mechanisms for solving and investigating crimes, the author assumes that the gradual autonomy of the Soviet and then Russian system of pre-trial proceedings was a direct result of the well-known historical cataclysms associated with the Soviet power establishment in 1917 and its fall in 1991. It is noted that a rather unique model, based on the chaotic mixing and interweaving of various, including poorly compatible, elements inherent in various models of criminal procedure (French, German, Anglo-Saxon) of pre-trial proceedings has been formed in Russia at present. These elements are linked by means of specific domestic criminal procedure doctrine’s “inventions”, which are reflected in the relevant provisions of criminal procedure law and practical recommendations for law enforcement practice. The modern Russian model of pre-trial proceedings is expressed in the integration of the functions of the “police” and “justice”, in providing law enforcement agencies criminal procedural powers of a forensic nature to collect full-fledged evidence for the upcoming court hearing. According to the author, this explains many doctrinal and legislative problems of Russian pre-trial proceedings, which for many years have had a negative impact on judicial and investigative practice (problems related to the initiation of criminal proceedings; problems of practice in proving the results of operational-search activities; problems related to the legal regulation of the detention of a suspect, etc.). The research concludes that the legislator should stop the law-creating “throwing”, the policy of a chaotic mixing of various elements inherent in different types of criminal proceedings, and, finally, choose one single model that is the most suitable for modern Russia with its laws and realities of development.

scholarly journals Proving Corruption in the Investigative and Judicial Practice of Ukraine: Problems and Solutions

2021 ◽  
Vol 80 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-108
Author(s):  
Р. Л. Степанюк ◽  
В. В. Кікінчук ◽  
М. Г. Щербаковський
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Criminal Cases ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Judicial Practice ◽  
European Court ◽  
Problems And Solutions ◽  
Factual Data

The work is based on the analysis of the scientific literature, criminal and criminal procedural legislation of Ukraine, which regulates public relations associated with the identification, detection, investigation and judicial review of cases of illegal benefit by officials, on the precedents of the European Court of Human Rights on this issue, as well as the study and summarizing the materials of 200 criminal cases on illegal benefits considered by the courts of Ukraine in 2015-2019. It has been established that proof of corruption offences in criminal proceedings is the activity of the subjects of criminal proceedings, which consists of collecting, assessing and verifying factual data in order to establish circumstances relevant to the investigation. At the same time, procedural and tactical mistakes, as well as abuses on the part of prosecution agents, which lead to deficiencies in the process of proving the guilt of officials who commit corruption offences, are very common in the practice of the Ukrainian law enforcement agencies in this area.

scholarly journals Peculiarities of the tactics of commissioning forensic tax audit

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Elina Sergeevna Sarygina
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Economic Entity ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approaches ◽  
Tax Audit ◽  
The Government ◽  
Structural Methods

The subject of this article is the scientific and organizational-methodical patterns of forensic audit in conducting research on the objects of accounting processes of an economic entity, which describe records on the due and listed tax obligations seized by the Federal Tax Service to the government and (or) municipal formations. Special attention is given to the tactics of assigning such research in the criminal proceedings. In the course of this study, the author applied the comparative-analytical and system-structural methods of scientific cognition, as well as interdisciplinary approaches, since the study required knowledge of procedural and substantive law, forensic science, theory of forensic audit, economics and normative legal regulation regulation of the accounting processes of economic entities, which determined comprehensive character of this research. The author attempted to examine the forensic tax audit as an independent type of economic audit, which includes subject, object, goals and scientific-methodical recommendations for law enforcement agencies in commissioning such audits. The article describes the fundamental principles of private theory of forensic tax audit, which did not receive due attention within the scientific literature. The proposed recommendations are aimed at unification of investigative and judicial practices on commissioning and assessment of application of the results of forensic tax audit.  A comprehensive perspective upon the forensic tax audit and its current status is essential for its implementation by investigators, courts or investigating officers in criminal proceedings. The result of this work lies in formulation of recommendations for law enforcement agencies on the peculiarities of tactics used in commissioning forensic tax audit to state and non-state forensic audit institutions relating to peculiarities of preparing the objects of investigation, specificity of questions submitted to resolution by a forensic expert. A list of questions for forensic tax audit is presented.

scholarly journals The sources of forensic recommendations for collection, examination and use of evidence in criminal proceedings

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (92) ◽  
pp. 166-176
Author(s):  
А.В. Коваленко
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Forensic Science ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
Criminal Procedure ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Sound Sources ◽  
European Court ◽  
Criminal Offenses

The article is devoted to identifying the main sources of forensic recommendations for the collection, examination and use of evidence in criminal proceedings. The author emphasizes that the relevance, sufficiency, practicality and methodological literacy of these recommendations should be ensured by the use of appropriate scientifically sound sources for their formation. The sources of formation of such recommendations are: the most relevant provisions of forensic science; provisions of the legislation of Ukraine on criminal liability and provisions of the science of criminal law; provisions of the criminal procedural legislation of Ukraine and achievements of science of criminal procedure; legal positions formulated by the European Court of Human Rights; the practice of detection, investigation and trial of criminal offenses; scientific provisions of other (non-legal) sciences, which are integrated by forensic science and implemented in law enforcement practice.

scholarly journals Waffengleichheit im Vorverfahren

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorenz Garland
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Case Law ◽  
The Other ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Holistic View ◽  
Structural Principle ◽  
European Court ◽  
The One ◽  
Decisive Evidence

The concept of equality of arms is often used in the context of criminal proceedings but is rarely defined clearly. The present work is preparing to give the term an outline. It highlights the historical roots of this important structural principle and shows the goals of equality of arms. The work pays particular attention to the case law of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). In the decisive evidence procedure, this requires a procedural balance between the accused person on the one hand and law enforcement authorities on the other. To what extent does Swiss procedural reality - with its postponement of crucial procedural steps in the pre-litigation - meet this demand? Based on empirical data, it is shown that the institutional superiority of law enforcement agencies in the underregulated preliminary proceedings has the potential to objectively restrict the defendant's rights of defense. The author discusses how this problem can be dealt with in a holistic view of the Swiss criminal trial using various variants.

scholarly journals THE USE OF POSSIBILITIES OF LINGUISTIC EXPERTISE TO ESTABLISH SIGNS OF PROVOCATION

2021 ◽  
pp. 656-673
Author(s):  
N. Akhtyrska
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
International Convention ◽  
Judicial Practice ◽  
European Court ◽  
Law Enforcement Officials

The article discusses topical issues of the use of evidence obtained as a result of covert (investigative) search actions (hereinafter - CISA), in particular, control over the commission of a crime. An analysis of the investigative and judicial practice testifies to the ambiguous interpretation of the tactics of the CISA, which leads to the ruling of acquittals by the courts, since signs of provocation are established in the actions of law enforcement officials. The judicial practice has not developed a unified approach to assessing the actual circumstances of control over the commission of a crime. Different interpretations are allowed by the courts of first instance and appeal. International convention standards provide for the possibility of such measures that are effective in the fight against corruption. The European Court of Human Rights (hereinafter - the ECHR) also recognizes the legality of covert operations in the fight against organized crime and corruption. At the same time, the ECHR points to a number of signs that allow determining the legality of such actions. In particular, the ECHR identifies two groups of criteria: substantive and procedural. Some relate to the nature of the actions of both parties themselves, while others allow the court to assess and verify the procedural grounds and the procedure for conducting the operation. Despite the fact that the Decisions of the European Court of Human Rights are considered a source of law and the courts of Ukraine are obliged to use them in legal proceedings, in practice a number of unresolved questions arise when assessing evidence. That is, whether they are reliable and proper. Alternatively, is there a provocation, that is, a criminal offense, excluding person’s accusation? The general criteria for provocation is the repeated offer by the agent to commit any illegal actions; verbal, organizational, psychological acts aimed at provoking, an attempt to evoke compassion, pity; use of friendly ties. The very fact of expressing “abstract readiness” (to hand over an unlawful benefit) on the part of law enforcement agencies is not a provocation. A new direction in expert practice, linguistic expertise, which solves questions of speech and law, is used in Ukraine in this category of criminal proceedings extremely rarely. Since the operational purchase, test purchase, special investigative experiment are carried out in conditions of direct establishment of interpersonal communication, the content of communication should be considered from the point of view of tactical characteristics (psychological, organizational, speech), for the presence of a call to commit illegal actions by insisting, persuasion: – the use of nihilistic culture, the prevailing illegal practice (“Everybody does it”, “You have to live”), – willingness to pay (“I collected money”), – involvement in the subject’s problems, which he/she can solve with the help of illegal benefits. Using the example of a specific criminal proceeding, the author reveals the mistakes of the investigating authorities and justifies the advisability of raising the level of awareness regarding the use of the possibilities of linguistic expertise to establish signs of provocation, indicating passive corruption or the exclusion of charges.

Legal Devices, Law Enforcement, Facilities and Infrastructure

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mia Lasmi
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Civil Law ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Civil Litigation ◽  
Main Task ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Procedural Law ◽  
The Law ◽  
Law And Justice

Abstract The importance of law enforcement agencies or the judiciary that can help enforce the law to resolve the problems its faces. Therefore, the main task of the court is to maintain the law, both in the form of criminal law and civil law. In the case of civil procedural law, it is a legal regulation that regulates how a person processes civil litigation in front of a court session and how the court processes in accepting, examining, adjudicating and deciding cases and how the process of implementation is in order to maintain the existence of material civil law. Generally, in the enforcement of law and justice, there are several elements, namely: elements of law enforcement, elements of justice seekers, elements of legal instruments (legal / regulatory material), and elements of infrastructure all of which become an integrated unit. The four elements have the same opportunity to be a support and obstacle in the implementation of law enforcement and justice in the field of Shari'ah economy

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