THE PROBLEM OF ENSURING A BALANCE IN PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF THE VICTIM AND PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF THE SUSPECT (ACCUSED) IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS

The article is devoted to the problems of ensuring a balance between protecting the rights of victims and protecting the rights of a suspect (accused) in criminal proceedings. The author notes the importance of ensuring the rights of the victim at the stages of the preliminary investigation on an equal basis with the rights of other participants in criminal proceedings. The lack of legal assistance to victims from the State, and the lack of a mechanism, and legislative norms create an imbalance and violate the basic principles proclaimed in the Constitution of the Russian Federation.  Solving this problem requires endowing the victim with the rights and legitimate interests that the suspect (accused) has, this should be manifested in expanding the rights of the victim to restore justice and ensure his legitimate interests, which should be implemented in the ways proposed in this article. To fully analyze the chosen topic of the scientific article, the author conducted a comparative legal study of the criminal procedure legislation of the Russian Federation with the norms of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan, noting the positive experience of solving the problem under discussion and proposed the implementation of some norms into the current legislation of the Russian Federation. The author substantiates in the scientific article the necessity and importance of creating a Compensation Fund for victims in the Russian Federation, similar to the Republic of Kazakhstan.  

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