The problem of prevention of criminal offenses regarding a witness as a participant in criminal proceedings: the experience of individual states and its implementation in Ukraine
The article is devoted to the problem of preventing criminal offenses against a witness as a participant in criminal proceedings in the context of ensuring his safety in criminal proceedings, thus, based on the study of the experience of certain foreign countries in solving a larger problem in criminal proceedings, it was established that the key feature of the procedural status of a witness, which distinguishes him from other participants in criminal proceedings, in particular the victim, suspect, accused, there is a statutory obligation to provide independent, impartial testimony