Review

The article deals with the main issues concerning the socio-legal nature of criminal proceedings concerning a particular category of persons. The provisions of the Criminal Procedural Code of Ukraine, which contain certain contradictions on this issue, are noted.

The study of the socio-legal content of criminal proceedings provided for in Chapter 37 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine is defined for the purpose of this publication.

Historically, there are certain people in any society who, due to certain circumstances, carry out public social functions. To ensure the fulfillment of these functions, legal measures are created and implemented that are associated with legal immunity or immunity. The study of the problem of the socio-legal content of the special procedure of criminal proceedings concerning a particular category of persons is extremely relevant.

The study of the socio-legal content of criminal proceedings against a particular category of persons is impossible without identifying the peculiarities of their legal statuses. Legislation consolidates the factors that can influence the degree of execution of procedural obligations in the field of criminal justice. Such factors are legal and procedural immunities and privileges. For subjects of criminal proceedings immunities and privileges are guarantees of the proper fulfillment of the public duties assigned.

The motives behind the legislative consolidation of immunities and privileges are different. This is mainly due to the special nature of the functions performed and the need to ensure unjustified criminal or administrative prosecution.

Contents of Art. 10 CPC of Ukraine provides grounds for arguing that when deciding on the issue of immunity or privileges the defining should not be the kind of occupation, but the real need for increased legal protection of subjects that are most vulnerable to the consequences of the application of measures of procedural coercion through age, gender, affiliation to another country or language group, health status, pregnancy, etc.

On the basis of the analysis, an author’s vision of the nature of the proceedings for a particular category of persons, its inalienable alignment with the categories of immunity and privileges is proposed.

The prospects for further exploration in the direction of improving the mechanism of criminal proceedings against persons with immunities and privileges are specified.

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