Author

MISHIN V.V.

Title of article

THE CONTENT AND DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF CONCILIATIONPROCEDURES IN THE RUSSIAN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS

Section

Section 7. Criminalрrocedural review

Issue, year

3 (49) 2019

Abstract

The views of scientists regarding the nature and content of conciliation procedures in the Russian criminal proceedings are examined in the article. Classifying the approval procedures provided by the criminal procedure legislation as conciliation procedures is critically assessed. According to the author’s opinion, the reason of this is the inaccuracy in determining the meaning of the concept of “consent”, enshrined in paragraph 41.1 of article 5 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation. In this regard, a new wording of this norm has been proposed. The distinctive features specific only to conciliation procedures, which allow to distinguish them from other criminal procedure mechanisms are analyzed. The author of the article believes that the main distinguishing feature of the conciliation procedures is their contractual nature, which implies the will of the parties involved in the criminal procedure relations, who are free to decide whether to enter into these relations or not. That is not inherent in the procedures for the coordination of procedural decisions, which is in certain cases
the obligation of the persons conducting criminal proceedings. The author pays attention to the fact that obtaining the consent of the accused (suspect) to take part in the conciliation proceedings should
be fixed in the criminal procedure legislation. For this purpose, it is proposed to amend the wording of part 2 of article 27 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation.

Keywords

criminal proceedings; conciliation procedures; approval procedures; coordination of procedural decisions; participants in criminal proceedings.

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