Countering the Violation of the Right of Detainees to Visits

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The article presents the results of a study of the problem of overcoming violations of the constitutional right of the accused to visits and personal life in cases that have a public resonance by criminal procedural means. According to the Constitution of the Russian Federation and international legal norms, in particular, Article 8 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, other acts of international law, the right of accused persons in custody to meet is unconditional and absolute. The same guarantee follows from Russian federal legislation, in particular, paragraphs 5 of Article 17, Article 18 of Federal Law No. 103-FZ of July 15, 1995 «On the detention of suspects and accused of committing crimes». This right is considered in the article in a broad sense and in two aspects: a) as an integral part of the complex of humanitarian rights of an individual in criminal proceedings; b) as a procedural guarantee of the defense party, including the exercise of legal powers directly in criminal proceedings and in other legal relations. Thus, the varieties of the latter are the right to meet with a lawyer (defender), the right to perform notarial and other legal actions with the help of intermediaries due to the presence of legal restrictions caused by detention. The author, when analyzing the practice of exercising the right of detainees to visits, states its systematic violations by representatives of the preliminary investigation, employees of institutions providing detention. The study of the causes of such violations led to the conclusion that they are mainly associated with the exertion of unlawful pressure on detainees to compel them to testify, commit other actions or abstain from them in the interests of the prosecution, for selfish (corruption) motives, revenge or intimidation (suppression of will). A variant of such illegal actions may be the impact on the relatives or relatives of the prisoner in custody, as well as his lawyer (defender). Examples of this are analyzed in detail in this article. The article is prepared on the basis of the author's work experience as a criminal lawyer and is devoted to the analysis of the following problem. In the article, the author explores the theoretical foundations and background of the problem, using the example of criminal cases that have a public resonance, analyzes the principles that ensure equality and competitiveness of the parties in criminal proceedings, the system of rights of participants in legal proceedings based on them, their legal regulation, the most common, most typical violations of dating. Next, the author examines the legal means and mechanisms (ways) to overcome these violations in the criminal process. a number of conclusions and proposals aimed at improving the legal protection of the rights of persons in custody, as well as their relatives (relatives), a lawyer (defender, representative). In conclusion, based on the conducted research, the author formulates a number of conclusions and proposals aimed at overcoming the accusatory bias and violations of the rights of participants in court proceedings in cases with public resonance, improving and increasing the effectiveness of overcoming violations of the constitutional right to defense.

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Danila V. Ilin

NO Moscow bar Association «Unity of Solidarity»

Email: peter.rajkovsky@gmail.com
Cand. Sci. (Law), lawyer, retired from the Ministry of internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, police Colonel Moscow, Russian Federation

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