Types and classification of measures to ensure the safety of participants in criminal proceedings

Abstract

The article examines the issue of types of measures to ensure the safety of participants in criminal proceedings as the main phenomena, the application of which serves as a means of protecting the life, health, and property of a person. The view is substantiated that measures to ensure the safety of a person in criminal proceedings constitute a diverse system of means of preventing and terminating unlawful influence on persons participating in criminal proceedings. It is noted that the analysis of the specific structure of security measures is relevant in view of the need to find directions for further improving the efficiency of procedural activities regarding the application of such measures during criminal proceedings. The study concludes that the system of security measures, which is provided for by criminal procedural legislation, can be classified on various grounds. As criteria for classification, it is proposed to choose: the nature of the security measure, the features and duration of their application, the ability to counteract specific threats, the criterion of urgency for the application of security measures, the open or secret nature of their application, by the subjects of their application and the subjects to whom such measures can be applied, etc. The identification of types and classification of measures to ensure the safety of participants in criminal proceedings creates the prerequisites for their meaningful study and development of proposals to improve their regulatory and legal mediation, and the conclusions obtained are the basis for further increasing the effectiveness of protecting the rights and freedoms of individuals in criminal proceedings and a condition for the proper administration of justice.in criminal proceedings and a condition for the proper administration of justice.