151. Європейські стандарти у сфері захисту прав осіб, постраждалих від незаконних рішень, дій чи бездіяльності в межах кримінального процесу
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Convention ,Due process ,Human rights ,Law ,Political science ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Convict ,Fundamental rights ,Conviction ,Coercion ,Res judicata ,media_common - Abstract
The article examines European standards in the field of protection of the rights of persons affected by illegal decisions, actions or omissions in criminal proceedings. The norms of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and some decisions of the European Court of Human Rights are analyzed. Based on the analysis, it is determined that the following standards should be considered as standards for protection of the rights of convicts, victims of illegal decision, action or inaction of the body carrying out operative-investigative activity, pre-trial investigation, prosecutor's office or court: 1) only if she has been convicted of a criminal offense on the basis of a final sentence and must be punished as a result of such conviction; 2) compensation to the person in case of illegal conviction is possible only with observance of the principle of res judicata; 3) compensation to a person in case of unlawful conviction is possible only if the conviction was revoked or pardoned in any case on the grounds that any new or newly discovered circumstance unequivocally proves that there is a miscarriage of justice; 4) the procedure for establishing a judicial error should be decided exclusively at the national level; 5) compensation to a person for damage in case of illegal conviction is impossible if it is proved that a previously unknown fact was not revealed in full or in part due to the convict's fault; 6) the right to compensation within the meaning of p. 5 of Art. 5 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms arise solely on the basis of violation of p. 1-4 of Art. 5 of Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. According to the results of the study, it is established that only in compliance with the above standards of protection of the rights of victims of illegal decisions, actions or omissions of the body carrying out investigative activities, pre-trial investigation, prosecution or court can talk about criminal proceedings, which are enshrined in Art. 2 of the CPC of Ukraine, in particular, no innocent person was accused or convicted, no person was subjected to unreasonable procedural coercion and that each participant in criminal proceedings was subject to due process of law.
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- 2021
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