CRIMINAL-LEGAL COMBAT CRIMINAL OFFENSES AGAINST JUSTICE: CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES

Yuliia KHRYSTOVA

KHRYSTOVA Y. (2022), CRIMINAL-LEGAL COMBAT CRIMINAL OFFENSES AGAINST JUSTICE: CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES; Scientific Bulletin of Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affair, Special Issue №2, 333-341

DOI: 10.31733/2078-3566-2022-6-333-341

 

ABSTRACT. The article is devoted to highlighting the current problems of criminal-legal counteraction to criminal offenses against justice in Ukraine in modern conditions. It was established that under the conditions of martial law in Ukraine, the problem of ensuring the safety of the administration of justice, which is one of the main guarantees of the independence of judges, is particularly acute.

An analysis of the most dangerous threats to the security of the administration of justice, modern challenges of martial law, as well as an assessment of prospective needs in connection with the restoration of justice in the de-occupied territories was carried out.

Proposals regarding the strengthening of criminal liability for interference in the activities of judicial bodies under martial law conditions, as well as regarding the criminal protection of employees of the Judicial Protection Service, a state body in the justice system, which is a special subject in the mechanism of ensuring the security of its implementation, and their close relatives by making appropriate changes to Articles 377–379 of Chapter XVIII of the Special Part of the Criminal Code of Ukraine “Criminal offenses against justice”.

It is proposed to supplement the composition of the criminal offense provided for in the second part of Article 376 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine with a qualifying feature – commission under martial law, as well as to increase the term of imprisonment for its commission to five years.

The urgent need to take measures regarding the normative-legal regulation of the constitutional right to freedom of peaceful assembly in Ukraine, including the prohibition of their holding near court buildings during the period of martial law, was emphasized. Part 1 of Article 19 of the Law of Ukraine “On the Legal Regime of Martial Law” after the words “… conducting strikes, mass meetings and actions” should be supplemented with the words “peaceful gatherings, rallies, marches and demonstrations, other mass events near court buildings”.

Keywords: protection of justice, interference in the activity of a judge, Court Security Service.

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