Abstract
The work is devoted to the main problems and features that have emerged in the field of criminal justice (pre-trial investigation and trial) in a pandemic. The relevance of this article is that criminal justice, like other areas of human activity, has been affected after the spread of Covid-19 and its recognition as a pandemic. The introduction of quarantine was accompanied by some problematic issues, including uncertainty in the work of the judiciary and law enforcement agencies, lack of a unified approach to court schedules, and the conduct of certain investigative actions. Thus, it is necessary to analyze the peculiarities of criminal proceedings in a pandemic. An explorative and collative methodology (that considers the comparative law) was used. The proposals have been made to address the problems that arise during the pre-trial investigation and criminal proceedings in a pandemic, in particular: the need to allow videoconferencing in criminal proceedings out of court; a list of programs for video communication have been defined; to provide adequate funding for technical re-equipment; to suspend the terms of criminal proceedings, and; to prevent in the future the situation of cancellation of previously adopted decisions on the strengthening of criminal liability for intentional infection.
Highlights
Many international legal acts protect the right to access to justice as one of the fundamental rights that man needs in modern society
The outbreak of acute respiratory disease Covid-19 in early 2020 and its recognition as a pandemic necessitated the introduction of certain quarantine measures at the regional level
The study gives grounds to talk about the limitations of many principles of criminal proceedings during the Covid-19 pandemic
Summary
Many international legal acts protect the right to access to justice as one of the fundamental rights that man needs in modern society. Given the provisions of international treaties, states seek to establish judicial systems that operate based on justice, legality, independence and impartiality. The construction of such a system is impossible without proper legal regulation of the judicial process, which must be constantly improved because of the conditions in which society is developing. As we can see from these data, there is a significant drawdown in work in the period from March to April It fell by about 20% from the norm (from the same period last year) in quantitative terms and by 8% in qualitative terms (the ratio of handed suspicions to the total number of criminal cases initiated). Had a negative impact on the solution of cases and the protection of citizens from crimes
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