On the issue of inequality of procedural rights and procedural capabilities of participants in criminal proceedings on the part of the prosecution

Abstract

The article is devoted to topical issues related to unequal procedural rights and procedural capabilities of participants in criminal proceedings on the part of the prosecution. The article analyzes the most problematic issues of the current law enforcement practice in this area, provides the most characteristic examples of the lack of procedural equality of participants in criminal proceedings on the part of the prosecution, the lack of rights and procedural capabilities of such participants as the victim and the civil plaintiff in comparison with such participants as the investigator, investigator, head of the investigative body, prosecutor and others. A brief comparative analysis of the procedural capabilities of the plaintiff in civil proceedings and the civil plaintiff in criminal proceedings is given. Proposals have been developed and formulated on the need to make the necessary changes to the criminal procedure legislation in order to expand procedural opportunities for the realization of the rights of the victim and the civil plaintiff to full access to justice.