Problems of Criminal Legal Assessment of Infringements on Human Anatomical Integrity

Purpose of the study. The article deals with the problems of improving the mechanism of legal support of the rights and legitimate interests of citizens in the application of modern medical technologies. The emergence of transplantology as an independent area of medical activity at the beginning of the 20th century showed that already in those years there was a differentiation of its various methods, suggesting significant differences in its legal regulation. The provisions of the Russian legislation on transplantology do not cover the entire set of social relations in this area, which creates a breeding ground for a variety of, including criminal law violations. This article shows the directions of development of criminal legislation to protect the anatomical integrity of a person. To achieve this goal, the work used a set of research methods widely known to science, including the analysis of scientific literature, legislative acts and regulatory documents, as well as studying the experience of other countries and international organizations. Conclusions. In the course of the study, the author comes to the conclusion that in order to improve the mechanism of legal support for the rights and legitimate interests of citizens of the Russian Federation in transplantology, an integrated approach is needed, including updating the legislation. For this, proposals to the legislator on improving the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation are formulated.