ANALYSIS OF LEGISLATIVE EXPERIENCE OF STATE PROTECTION OF PARTICIPANTS IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES

Abstract

This article discusses issues related to the regulation of the sphere of ensuring the safety and state protection of participants in criminal proceedings. The article analyzes the experience of foreign countries, including the USA, Canada, the French Republic, the Great Britain, the Kingdom of Spain, the Italian Republic, the Federal Republic of Germany, in regulating the safety ensuring system for participants in criminal proceedings. Based on an analysis of the relevant legal acts of these countries and examples of the practical application of the provisions defined in them, criteria and mechanisms for the formation of an effective system for ensuring the safety of participants in criminal proceedings are highlighted. As a result of the study, it was also emphasized that in the field of protection of participants in criminal proceedings, not only measures are needed to ensure physical safety, but also a unified system of social, psychological and financial support. The article also discusses the importance of involving private companies and public organizations in the field of protecting participants in criminal proceedings. In addition, the article formulates proposals for improving national legislation and legal practice in the field of regulation of this legal institution. In particular, the need to develop a national strategy for state protection of participants in criminal proceedings was discussed, taking into account the domestic legal system, its characteristics, the way of thinking of society and world standards.