TY - JOUR AU - Korcheva , Tetyana PY - 2022/05/17 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Topical problems of legislative regulation of defense mandatory participation in criminal proceeding JF - Problems of legality JA - Plaw VL - IS - 152 SE - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND СRIMINALISTICS DO - 10.21564/2414-990X.152.224398 UR - http://plaw.nlu.edu.ua/article/view/224398 SP - 124-134 AB - <p><em>For</em> <em>a</em> <em>certain</em> <em>category</em> <em>of</em> <em>persons</em> <em>in</em> <em>particular</em> <em>cases</em> <em>legislator</em> <em>provides</em> <em>for</em> <em>a</em> <em>special</em> <em>procedure</em> <em>of</em> <em>criminal</em> <em>proceedings</em> <em>as</em> <em>well</em> <em>as</em> <em>mandatory</em> <em>participation</em> <em>of</em> <em>a defender</em><em> (</em><em>Article</em><em> 52, </em><em>The Code of Criminal</em> <em>Procedure</em><em>) </em><em>to</em> <em>create</em> <em>additional</em> <em>person</em> <em>defense</em> <em>guarantees in criminal proceedings.</em> <em>The article is devoted to study of problem aspects of legislative regulation of defense mandatory participation in criminal proceedings. The importance of defense mandatory participation is emphasized as rendering legal aid to a person in criminal proceedings.</em></p><p><em>This</em> <em>article</em> <em>is</em> <em>devoted</em> <em>to</em> <em>study</em> <em>the</em> <em>importance</em> <em>of</em> <em>the mandatory</em> <em>participation</em> <em>of</em> <em>a defender</em> <em>in</em> <em>criminal</em> <em>proceedings</em> <em>and</em> <em>on</em> <em>the</em> <em>basis</em> <em>of</em> <em>obtained</em> <em>data</em><em>, </em><em>with</em> <em>due</em> <em>consideration</em> <em>of</em> <em>international</em> <em>standards</em> <em>of</em> <em>human</em> <em>rights</em> <em>protection</em> <em>in</em> <em>criminal</em> <em>proceedings</em><em>, </em><em>to</em> <em>submit</em> <em>substantiated</em> <em>author</em><em>’</em><em>s</em> <em>proposals</em> <em>as</em> <em>regards</em> <em>the expansion</em> <em>of</em> <em>the</em> <em>circle</em> <em>of</em> <em>grounds</em> <em>for</em> <em>the mandatory</em> <em>participation</em> <em>of</em> <em>a defender</em> <em>in</em> <em>Ukrainian</em> <em>criminal</em> <em>proceedings.</em></p><p><em>Within the topic of study we analyzed criminal procedural legislation in force, research works in this area, decisions of European Court oh Human Rights, aiming to reveal deficiencies in law and submit author’s proposals as regards their elimination.</em></p><p><em>&nbsp;According</em> <em>to</em> <em>normative</em> <em>sense</em> <em>of</em> <em>Article</em><em> 52, </em><em>The Code of Criminal Procedure of Ukraine</em><em>, </em><em>the</em> <em>article</em> <em>gives</em> <em>classification</em> <em>of</em> <em>the grounds</em> <em>for</em> <em>mandatory</em> <em>participation</em> <em>of</em> <em>a defender</em> <em>depending</em> <em>on</em><em>: 1) </em><em>consideration</em> <em>of</em> <em>severity</em> <em>of</em> <em>a</em> <em>crime</em><em>; 2) </em><em>consideration</em> <em>of</em> <em>personal</em> <em>data</em> <em>of</em> <em>a defendant</em> <em>held</em> <em>criminally</em> <em>liable</em><em>; </em><em>3) peculiarities of criminal proceedings.</em></p><p><em>&nbsp;Proposals are presented aimed to improve legislative regulation of Ukrainian criminal procedural law.</em> <em>It is proposed to add one more reason connected to the circumstance that the defendant denies suspicion against him/her and/or denies his/her guilt in commission of criminal offense. The proposal consists in addition to Article</em><em> 52, </em><em>Part 2, The Code of Criminal Procedure of Ukraine of</em> <em>new Item 10 postulating the mandatory</em> <em>participation</em> <em>of</em> <em>a defender</em> <em>in</em> <em>criminal</em> <em>proceedings</em> <em>against persons who deny a suspicion as specified in Suspicion Notice on deny pleading guilty at court session.</em></p> ER -