criminal procedure

Abstract. The legal status of a witness in criminal proceedings entails a set of rights and obligations, which are intended to ensure their cooperation with judicial authorities to fulfill the objectives of criminal justice.

Security measures for witnesses (physical protection, confidentiality, etc.) must guarantee the provision of testimony without fear for their own life or the lives of their loved ones, as well as prevent potential pressure or physical harm from criminals or other interested parties.

Abstract. Criminal procedure is one of the leading branches of law that plays a crucial role in maintaining law and order, justice, and human rights. In the context of globalization and the integration of international legal systems, particularly those of the European Union (EU) and the United States of America (USA), criminal procedure takes on special significance.

This research article discusses problem of crime in contemporary Ukrainian society and ways to
address it through the application of alternative responses to criminal offenses, particularly exemption
from criminal liability, are considered. The mechanisms and practical aspects of applying this institution
in Ukrainian criminal procedural law are analyzed. This article pays special attention to the role of
various subjects of the criminal process, such as the court, the prosecutor, the victim and the suspect, in

Protection and human rights and freedoms is the main task of every legal state. Of particular importance problem of individual rights gets in the criminal proceedings, which under certain conditions specified by law a person can be applied measures of criminal procedure compulsion. One of these measures that restrict the constitutional rights of the implementation of the criminal proceedings is a procedural criminal detention.

In the article the historical aspects of criminal procedure in Ukraine from customary law to date. The peculiarities of the legal system in judiciary different periods, focus on basic criminal procedural legislation, which operated in Ukraine in different times and contributed to the development and adoption of modern criminal procedure law.

The article examines the legal status of suspects in criminal proceedings in the context of the standards laid down in the rules of international legal acts recognized by Ukraine.

The article is wide open topic procedural guarantees of individual rights in criminal proceedings. Most attention is paid to the definition of “procedural safeguards”. Article considers issues concerning the interests of the criminal proceedings. The analyzes the opinions of lawyers on the concept of criminal procedural guarantees. Distinguishes them sutnistni signs and on the basis of their author formulated the definition of criminal procedural guarantees.

In the article issues concerning criminal procedure while executing a search are analyzed. Procedural grounds and a process of search execution by authorized persons at a time of criminal procedure are revealed. Also, it is admitted that the application of proper legal procedure will encourage the protection of fundamental rights and freedoms of a person in criminal procedure.