PROCEDURAL PROBLEMS OF VIDEO RECORD APPLICATION IN CONDUCTING INVESTIGATORY ACTIONS WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF THE MINOR-YEAR LOST AND CERTIFICATE


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The article deals with the provisions of Part 5 of Art. 191 and part 6 of Art. 281 of the Code of Criminal Procedure related to the mandatory application of video recording during interrogation, confrontation, identification and verification of testimonies with minor victims and witnesses. One of the main prerequisites for the introduction of the analyzed norms in the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation was the international standards of criminal justice, which require the formation of such national legislative systems that would be maximally oriented towards caring for the physical and mental health and well-being of children. The purpose of the article is to identify and substantiate the advantages of using video recording in the course of investigative actions with minors. The author presents the results of a study of the materials of criminal cases
involving minors. It is established that practical workers do not use video recording, thus ignoring the requirements of Part 5 of Art. 191 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The author of the article comments on the existing practice, suggests ways of solving the problems of applying the provisions of Part 5 of Art. 191 and part 6 of Art. 281 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

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L. A. Shestakova

Department of Criminal Procedure and Criminalistics, Faculty of Law, Samara National Research University

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Email: grigorjewa.katerina@yandex.ru
Russian Federation

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