Topical Problems Emerging in the Implementation of Victims' Rights in Criminal Prosecution
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The aim. Victims take one of the central roles in the Russian criminal trial. They are active participants at all stages of criminal proceedings. Noteworthy, the practice shows that, despite the guarantees enshrined in the Constitution and the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation, the actual position of victims does not provide the opportunity to fully protect their rights and defend the legitimate interests while being involved in the criminal process. Therefore, the aim of this work was with the basis on the analysis of the legal acts to identify the problems in the current Russian legislation regarding victims’ rights, to systemize them into separate groups and to suggest the ways to overcome them. The methodology. The study of the issue was carried out by analyzing the legislation of the Russian Federation and the scientific literature sources in the field of victims’ rights. The conclusions. The results of the work were the identification of problems regarding victims’ rights during criminal proceedings and the classification of these problems in three main groups: a) the problems which violate victims’ rights while filing a report to the law enforcement agencies or initiating a criminal case and are conditioned by both the gaps in the criminal procedure law and the low effectiveness of the law enforcement activities; b) the problems which are related to pre-trial investigations; c) the problems which are connected with the compensation of monetary and moral damages to a victim. The author also suggested the certain ways to solve the mentioned problems which would allow the Russian legislation to correspond to the fundamental principles of the protection and restoration of victims’ violated rights, liberties and legitimate interests. The social consequences. The solutions to the identified problems will allow to increase the level and quality in realization of victims’ rights during criminal proceedings, which in turn will guarantee human rights and liberties as well as the supremacy of universal values inherent to the state of law. The contribution. This work can be useful for developing the measures aimed to remove the existing gaps and improving the Russian legislation in the field of victims’ rights.

Bayanov A.E., (2015), TOPICAL PROBLEMS EMERGING IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF VICTIMS' RIGHTS IN CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. Gaps in Russian Legislation, 1 => 214-217.

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legal state, the rights and freedoms of man and citizen, criminal law, the criminal process, the victim.