Witness protection in criminal proceedings: the experience of individual states and the possibility of its implementation in Ukraine
The article is devoted to the problem of protection and security of a witness in criminal proceedings, as well as the study of the experience of some foreign countries in solving this problem in criminal proceedings. In particular, to determine the essence of a witness as a subject of criminal proceedings and as a carrier of evidence in criminal proceedings, a theoretical analysis of the scientific positions of individual scholars in relation to the purpose and grounds of protection and security of witnesses, and analyzes the current criminal procedure legislation in Ukraine.