Аdvocate in criminal proceedings: organizational and legal principles

Abstract

The article examines the organizational and legal principles of the advocate’s activities in criminal proceedings. The authors noted that a major role in ensuring the rights and freedoms of individuals during criminal proceedings belongs to advocates, who must provide the necessary professional legal assistance to the participants in the process. But high-quality professional legal assistance of an advocate depends on many factors, both subjective and objective. It was determined that the quality of the legal regulation of an advocate’s activity in criminal proceedings directly affects him and, secondarily, the person to whom he provides professional legal assistance.When conducting research, the authors take as a basis the fact that the participation of an advocate in criminal proceedings requires the presence of 2 legal statuses: 1) an advocate of Ukraine, 2) the status of a participant in a criminal proceeding (defender or representative). Based on this approach, the collection of evidence by the defense, the right to receive information and copies of documents in the context of maintaining the secrecy of the pretrial investigation, the recusal of other participants in the criminal proceedings in connection with the involvement of a advocate who is related to the participant in the criminal proceedings, the provision of professional of legal assistance by an advocate to persons whose procedural status is not regulated in detail analyzed.Investigating the organizational principles of an advocate’s activity in criminal proceedings, the authors drew attention to the role of curfew in a advocate’s work, insufficient research into the tactics of a advocate’s tactics in criminal proceedings and methods of defense in proceedings regarding a separate category of criminal offenses. Based on the results, a conclusion was formed that among the outlined problems there is a regularity is connected with the fact that the Law of Ukraine “About Advocacy and Advocacy Activities” details separate provisions of the advocate’s participation in criminal proceedings, which are not defined by the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine, in turn, causes their uneven implementation by the authorized subjects of the CPC of Ukraine. And the research direction of the advocate’s participation tactics and methods of defense or representation in certain types of criminal proceedings is recognized as perspective.