Legal Encyclopedia. Letter Y

Criminal procedure

-otrasl law regulating activities related to the initiation of criminal proceedings, the preliminary investigation and trial.

W. P. disclosure provides, comprehensive, complete and objective investigation and resolution of criminal cases for the implementation of the just punishment of those responsible. He directs the activities of law enforcement agencies and the public on the protection of the individual, the interests of society and the state from criminal encroachments, creates the necessary prerequisites and conditions of strict observance of the rule of law and the prevention of new crimes.

Principles W. PP are democracy, legality, humanism and justice.

Standards W. P. define:

1) tasks and competence of the bodies of inquiry, investigation, prosecution, the defense, the court of first, appeal and supervisory authorities;

2) the rights and duties of citizens;

3) The parties to the proceedings whose interests are affected in a criminal case;

4) The subject matter and methods of proof;

5) tasks, procedure and content of procedural steps and the components of their proceedings;

6) the procedure for making the content and procedural decisions.

W. PP consists of:

1) General part - a set of rules that determine the system, procedure and content of criminal proceedings as a whole;

2) Special parts - a set of rules that govern the individual stages of the proceedings.

W. P. defines the procedure for setting activities and proving the crime and its perpetrators, the use of criminal-law measures in each case in accordance with the deed, his motives, causes, consequences and the guilty person, as well as to prevent the unjustified involvement criminal liability, redress of miscarriages of justice, rehabilitation of persons wrongly prosecuted.