scholarly journals Standards of fair justice and their relationship to standards of proof in criminal proceedings

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (71) ◽  
pp. 957-971
Author(s):  
Serhii Kovalchuk ◽  
Liliia Korytko ◽  
Galyna Kret ◽  
Serhii Fomin ◽  
Volodymyr Hryniuk
Keyword(s):  
Structural System ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Concept System ◽  
Test Standards ◽  
Judicial Decisions ◽  
Standards Of Proof ◽  
Standards Of Evidence ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Right ◽  
Testing Standards

The purpose of the article is to define the concept, system and content of fair justice standards and outline their relationship to standards of evidence in criminal proceedings. The purpose of the study is to reveal the content of the right to a fair trial, distinguish fair justice standards and establish its relationship with standards of evidence in criminal proceedings. The research methodology consists of comparative law, structural system methods and formal legal methods. The study found that testing standards are covered by justice standards, expanding, specifying, and clarifying their content. The content of the fair justice standards "examination of the case by an independent and impartial tribunal established by law", "adversarial procedure", "equality of the parties", "frankness of the examination of evidence", "presumption of innocence" and reveals the "motivation of judicial decisions". It is concluded that each of these concepts is a heuristic contribution to test standards. As a result of the study, the author's definition of the concept of "fair justice standards" is formulated and the concept is based on its relationship with the standards of evidence in criminal proceedings.

Silence with caution: The right to silence in police investigations in Belgium

2021 ◽  
pp. 203228442110283
Author(s):  
Ashlee Beazley ◽  
Fien Gilleir ◽  
Michele Panzavolta ◽  
Joëlle Rozie ◽  
Miet Vanderhallen
Keyword(s):  
Case Law ◽  
Public Prosecutor ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
The Public ◽  
Digital Devices ◽  
Police Investigations ◽  
Right To Silence ◽  
Right To Information ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Right

This article is about the right to remain silent within Belgium. Although the right has always been considered applicable, both the courts and parliament have historically demonstrated a disinclination to define or engage with this. The right to silence is now formally recognised in the Belgian Code of Criminal Procedure, albeit with the classic distinction between those who are not (yet) accused of a crime and those who are formal suspects: while all enjoy the right not to incriminate themselves, only formal suspects in Belgium enjoy the explicit right to remain silent. Accordingly, whilst no one may be obliged to assist with their own conviction or be forced to co-operate with the authorities, it remains unclear how far the right not to cooperate effectively stretches. The case law seems to be moving, albeit slowly, in the direction of confining this right within narrower borders, particularly by excluding its applicability with regard to the unlocking and decryption of digital devices. This is not, however, the only idiosyncrasy concerning the right to silence in Belgium. Among those also addressed in this article are: the lack of caution on the right to remain silent given to arrested persons immediately following their deprivation of liberty (an absence striking for its apparent breach of Directive 2012/13/EU on the right to information in criminal proceedings); the possible inducement to breach the right to silence via the discretionary powers of the public prosecutor to offer a reduction or mitigation in sentence; the obscurity surrounding the definition of ‘interrogation’ and the consequences of this on both the caution and the obtaining of statements; and the extent to which judges can draw adverse inferences from the right to silence. The question remains: is the right to silence currently protected enough?

WAIVER OF SUBJECTIVE RIGHT INSTITUTE: LEGAL NATURE AND ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS

2020 ◽  
pp. 42-47
Author(s):  
I. N. Chebotareva ◽  
◽  
O. S. Pashutina ◽  
I. V. Revina ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Back Analysis ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Legal Analysis ◽  
Scientific Interest ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Legal Doctrine ◽  
Legal Nature ◽  
The Look ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Right

The nature of a subjective right causes the possibility of a criminal proceedings participant willingly, based on own interests and wishes, both to exercise the right exactly and waive it and not to use the provided procedural possibilities. Within the criminal proceedings, the waiver of the right institute is new, underdeveloped. There is practically no understanding of its subject matter and the extent of its exercise at the level of doctrine and jurisprudence as opposed to the foreign experience and civil legal regulation, which causes definite scientific interest in this topic. The paper carries out the look-back analysis of the definition of the nature of the waiver of the subjective right in Russian legal doctrine. This institute is relatively new and little researched in the Russian doctrine, which determines a particular scientific interest in the study of this issue. The paper provides the authors’ description of the waiver of the subjective right. In respect to the Russian criminal procedural legislation, the authors highlight the necessity to distinguish between the refusal of a right and the refusal to exercise a right by the participants in the criminal procedural activity; analyze the differentiated approach of the legislator on this issue. Based on the theoretical and legal analysis, the authors define that the waiver of the subjective right has definite essential features, forms, and ways of implementation, as well as specify the criteria for its admissibility. The paper proves the conclusion that the waiver of the right within the criminal process is possible under such conditions, as the direct willingness of a subject of criminal law relations to waive a right; the awareness of the existence of a particular procedural right and the consequences of such refusal; the form of a waiver showing its voluntary nature by implementing the intended freedom of choice. The authors expressed the proposals aimed at the improvement of norms of current criminal procedural legislation.

scholarly journals Application of preventive measures in the criminal process: current issues

2020 ◽  
pp. 122-126
Author(s):  
V.S. Suslova ◽  
O.I. Tyshchenko
Keyword(s):  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Preventive Measure ◽  
Criminal Procedure ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Legal Provisions ◽  
Procedure Code ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Right ◽  
Criminal Matters

The article is devoted to the research of topical issues of application of the institute of preventive measures in criminal proceedings on the basis of the analysis of normative provisions of the current criminal procedure legislation and law enforcement practice. It is emphasized that the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine 2012 (hereinafter - the CPC of Ukraine) provides for an updated system of preventive measures, unlike the CPC of 1960. Attention is drawn to the degree of restriction of human rights and freedoms in the application of preventive measures. The purpose of this article is to analyze topical issues regarding the grounds and procedural order for the application of preventive measures in criminal proceedings and to offer optimal ways of solving them. The author has come to the conclusion that at this stage criminal procedural legislation in terms of regulation of preventive measures needs improvement. The article investigates the types and reasons for choosing preventive measures, which determined the author's position on the need to consolidate at the legislative level the definition of the term "preventive measures". The scientific positions of different authors on the issues related to the application of preventive measures are analyzed, in particular, the views of the processional scientists on the concept of "preventive measures". This made it possible to demonstrate the existence of a rather wide range of scientific proposals for defining this concept at the legislative level. Attention is drawn to the fact that, in practice, the right of a person to liberty and personal integrity when choosing a preventive measure in the form of detention is quite often unduly restricted. The materials of the case law, legal provisions of the ECtHR, Letter of the High Specialized Court of Ukraine on Civil and Criminal Matters "On Some Issues of Preventive Measures During Pre-trial Investigation and Proceeding in the Procedure Provided by the Criminal Procedure" Code of Ukraine of 04.04.2013 are used.

scholarly journals TYPES OF DISPOSITION OF CRIMINAL JUDICIARY OF UKRAINE

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (4(106)) ◽  
pp. 215-221
Author(s):  
М. М. Почтовий
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Article ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
General Group ◽  
Procedural Law ◽  
Legal Provisions ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Right ◽  
Different Order

The scientific article considers the issue of modern understanding of the essence of the principle of dispositiveness in the criminal proceedings of Ukraine, as well as its classification in scientific sources. At the beginning, the author emphasizes the importance of the existence of the principle of dispositiveness in criminal proceedings and its impact on the implementation of the rights and freedoms of participants in criminal proceedings. On the basis of the defined criteria the classification of dispositiveness in criminal proceedings is carried out: 1) on the maintenance - social, material and formal (procedural); 2) according to the methods of connection of elements in the structure of dispositiveness - horizontal (equal-order) and vertical (different-order); 3) by enshrining dispositive norms in the substantive or procedural law - substantive and procedural; 4) on the generality of powers used by the subjects of dispositive rights - general, group and exclusive powers (the right to the last word of the defendant); 5) on the subordination of rights and freedoms (legal provisions) of the subjects of dispositiveness - the main provisions, provisions that ensure the implementation of the basic; 6) depending on the scope of powers granted to participants in criminal proceedings, for a certain period of time - static and dynamic; 7) depending on how many participants in the criminal proceedings are endowed with dispositiveness in a particular criminal proceeding - unilateral and bilateral; 8) depending on the mechanism of realization of dispositive rights - constitutive and situational; 9) for the subject of dispositive rights - suspect, defense counsel, accused, legal representatives, victim, civil plaintiff, civil defendant, witnesses, etc. The author of the study formulates the definition of dispositiveness in the criminal proceedings of Ukraine - it is a conscious need for active and purposeful activities of entities endowed with dispositive rights, the implementation of which affects the emergence, change or termination of criminal procedural relations and aims to defend their own or representative interests.

scholarly journals THE PROBLEMS OF THE REFORM OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE

2019 ◽  
pp. 207-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. M. Tertyshnyk
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Prosecution ◽  
Conceptual System ◽  
Legal Assistance ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Applicable Law ◽  
Procedural Law ◽  
Criminal Procedure Law ◽  
Third Person ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Right

The article covers the problem of optimization of regulatory and criminal proceedings in terms of the implementation of the principle of the adversarial parties. Analysis of the positive stories and shortcomings of the current CPC of Ukraine. Disclosed the problem to run the investigation and legal assistance and protection. The submitted proposals concerning improvement of the norms of the criminal procedure law. The principle of admissibility of intervention in human rights and the application of coercive measures in establishing the objective truths only in case of extreme urgency has become a basic principle of the criminal process. According to the applicable law of Ukraine “on advocacy and its activities” (p. 7 article 20) advocate in their activities has the right to “remove things, documents, copy them”. That is, it can only go about getting published, and not about “deleting”, without the consent of the holder of the document or thing. “Extract” is commonly understood as forced extraction, and side protection, by definition, its function may not to have establishing the authority. Finally, to protect enough of getting copies of documents, not delete documents, especially the absence of a duty to Act laid them in the proper way to store and share the Court. At first glance, insignificant legislative inaccuracy may only have character problem definitions, but in reality these “trivia” smear Vaseline give opportunity not so much for a parallel legal investigation, how, in practice, for the active counteraction to the inquest by hiding or destroying evidence. In today’s criminal counsel may participate in criminal proceedings in three different status: 1) as a defender of the suspect, accused, convicted, justified; 2) as a representative of the victim of physical persons; a legal entity that is affected civil plaintiff, civil respondent; third person; 3) as legal assistant to the witness. Prescription of the Constitution that exceptionally lawyer carries out representation of another person in court, as well as protection from criminal prosecution does not mean establishing the monopoly of lawyers to perform the function of protection. Wise will introduce a new conceptual system of legal assistance and protection: 1. Protection of the suspect can make as lawyers and other professionals in the field of law, for which there is no reason for removal. 2. Defendant and defendant in court should carry only a lawyer who offered to appoint judicial agent. 3. Legal assistance to victims, civil plaintiffs, civil and for third parties (art. 63 of the CPC of Ukraine) can make as lawyers and other specialists in the field of law, which can act in the procedural status of the representatives of the respective parties. 4. Legal assistance to witnesses, applicants to other participants of the process can make as lawyers and other professionals in the field of law. Implementation of the constitutional principles of legal assistance and protection in criminal proceedings requires a clear definition of the procedural status of the Defender, therepresentative and law agent, development and adoption of the law on the independent Institute the investigation, which has become an independent institution of the criminal procedural law.

When it is (also) Algorithms and AI that decide on Criminal Matters: In Search of an Effective Remedy

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 280-304
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Contissa ◽  
Giulia Lasagni
Keyword(s):  
Fair Trial ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Innovative Solutions ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Effective Remedy ◽  
The Right ◽  
Criminal Matters

Abstract The paper presents the main areas of application of predictive systems based on algorithmic and AI technology, and analyses their impact on fundamental rights and fair trial principles. It focuses in particular on the definition of the right to an effective remedy against decisions taken (also) with the support of algorithmic and AI systems, and proposes some innovative solutions on how to ensure compliance with this right in technologically advanced criminal proceedings.

scholarly journals THE CONCEPT OF EFFICIENCY OF DETENTION OF A PERSON IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS

2021 ◽  
Vol 76 (3) ◽  
pp. 158-168
Author(s):  
Myroslav Pototskyi ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Information Support ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Procedural Law ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Right

The article focuses on the study of the concept of the effectiveness of detention of a person in criminal proceedings. It is emphasized that criminal procedural detention is an important tool of the criminal procedural activity of the prosecution. Not enough attention has been paid to the definition of the effectiveness of criminal procedural detention in the scientific literature. When posing the problem statement, it is noted that the study of the concept of the effectiveness of detention is the starting point in the study of ways to improve the effectiveness of such coercive measures. The relevance of the study of the concept of the effectiveness of criminal procedural detention is also enhanced by the fact that achieving a clear understanding of the effectiveness of detention can serve as a reliable basis for developing and improving the effectiveness of criminal procedural detention. The effectiveness of criminal procedural detention takes into account the balance of interests of the state and the individual, the balance of legal capabilities of law enforcement agencies and effective mechanisms for protection against arbitrariness. There are three signs of the effectiveness of criminal procedural detention: prompt achievement of the goal; legality on the basis of a qualitative law; short-term restriction of the right to liberty. During the presentation of the main material the procedural characteristic of each of them is given. We do not consider the selected criteria of efficiency of criminal procedural detention to be exclusive. The effectiveness of any criminal procedure institution is not a static phenomenon. It is dynamic and depends on the specific circumstances of the criminal proceedings. Based on the study of the above features, the concept of the effectiveness of criminal procedural detention is formulated. The effectiveness of criminal procedural detention is the ability to detain in a legal manner, regulated by a quality criminal procedural law, by short-term restriction of the right to freedom to promptly achieve the goal of ensuring proper conduct of the suspect and the information support of the initial stage of pre-trial criminal proceedings.

scholarly journals The right to receive qualified legal assistance in criminal proceedings: The concept, the relationship with the right to defense

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 198-205
Author(s):  
Galina I. Sedova ◽  
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Vasilina Yu. Gromak ◽  
Keyword(s):  
International Standards ◽  
Criminal Prosecution ◽  
Legal Assistance ◽  
Legal Aid ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Scientific Representations ◽  
Legitimate Interests ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Right ◽  
To Receive

Introduction. An important achievement of modern criminal procedure legislation and law enforcement practice is the implementation of international standards and democratic legal institutions concerning the strengthening of guarantees of respect for the rights, freedoms and legitimate interests of participants in criminal proceedings. Among them is the right of a person to receive qualified legal assistance. In this regard, it becomes important to analyse the system of scientific views and studies on the issue of qualified legal assistance and its relationship with the right to protection determined by the Constitution of the Russian Federation, and to determine the main characteristics to which such assistance should correspond. Theoretical analysis. The mechanism of procedural support of the right of a person against whom criminal prosecution is being carried out to receive qualified legal assistance is identified, and proposals are formulated to improve the legal guarantees of ensuring legal activity in its implementation. Empirical analysis. A definition of the right to qualified legal assistance has been developed, which represents the rights of a suspect, accused, or victim to use the help of a lawyer with legal education, who is part of the professional legal community, with a confirmed status, in order to ensure the implementation of the purpose of criminal proceedings – in terms of protecting the rights of victims of crimes – and all components of the right to protection from criminal prosecution and prosecution, which are enshrined in the current legislation at all stages of criminal proceedings. Results. The authors carried out a study on scientific representations of the right to qualified legal aid and the distinction between the right to protection and the right to qualified legal aid.

scholarly journals Verification by the prosecutor of the legality and validity of the decisions made by the investigating judge regarding the applied security measures

2021 ◽  
pp. 341-345
Author(s):  
I.О. Merimerina
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Procedure ◽  
Appellate Court ◽  
Security Measures ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Procedure Code ◽  
Legitimate Interests ◽  
Precautionary Measures ◽  
Characteristic Features ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Right

The article is devoted to clarifying what the stage of an appeal in criminal proceedings is. During the investigation, the decisions of the investigating judge concerning the application of measures to ensure criminal proceedings are con-sidered to be appealed in accordance with the requirements of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine. It was empha-sized that appealing the decisions of the investigating judge during the pre-trial investigation is an important guarantee of ensuring the protection of the rights and legitimate interests of the participants in the criminal proceedings. The list of persons who have the right to file an appeal is covered. The normative regulation of appealing against the decisions of the investigating judge is analyzed. The problematic issues of this activity and the definition of ways of normative regulation are considered. In the course of the research the works of scientists on the outlined issues are analyzed.The article examines the role of the prosecutor in verifying the legality and validity of decisions made by the investigating judge on the election, change, cancellation of measures to ensure criminal proceedings. Attention is drawn to the peculiarities of the prosecutor’s appeal of certain precautionary measures. Emphasis is placed on the peculiarities of the prosecutor’s filing of appeals, the quality of preparation of response documents. The peculiarities of appealing the decision of the appellate court, ruled on the results of the review of the decision of the investigating judge on the application of certain precautionary measures, have been studied. The characteristic features of appealing certain measures to ensure criminal proceedings have been identified and investigated.It is concluded that it is expedient to supplement the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine with provisions on the possibility for the prosecutor to appeal the decisions of the investigating judge on seizure of property, refusal, full or partial revocation of seizure of property, revocation of seizure of property, return of temporarily seized items and documents. measures in the form of a personal obligation or refusal to apply it, application of a precautionary measure in the form of a personal guarantee, application of a measure of restraint in the form of transfer of a juvenile suspect or accused under the supervision of parents, guardians, trustees or administration of a child care institution.

scholarly journals The interpretation and application of the right to effective participation

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 321-341 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abenaa Owusu-Bempah
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
European Convention ◽  
Legal Certainty ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Criminal Trials ◽  
Medical Opinion ◽  
Precise Meaning ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Right

Defendants have long held rights to participate in their criminal trials, including the right to effective participation. However, the precise meaning and scope of this right is unclear, and in practice the extent to which defendants can be said to participate effectively in criminal proceedings is often limited. This article examines the definition and uncertain scope of the right to effective participation. It also examines the narrow way in which the right has been applied by the courts, including a judicial willingness to reject medical opinion and an optimistic approach towards the effectiveness of special measures. It argues that there is a need for a clearer and more comprehensive definition of ‘effective participation’ and a more rigorous and medicalised approach to determining whether defendants can participate effectively, to ensure compliance with Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights and create legal certainty.

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