ON THE INCORPORATION OF PRIVATE LAW INSTITUTIONS IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS

Abstract

The article deals with some areas of improvement of domestic criminal procedure legislation in terms of expanding dispositive principles and introducing alternative (non-punitive) forms of response to a crime in the current Criminal procedure code of the Russian Federation. The problems generated by the punitive approach to responding to the facts of committed socially dangerous acts are touched upon, and the values and ideas of a different (restorative) approach are highlighted, which, according to the authors, should not replace, but complement and enrich criminal proceedings. In addition, global and domestic trends in the development of legislation in the field of criminal justice are outlined. The authors propose the concept of restorative justice and exemption from criminal prosecution of persons who voluntarily compensated for the harm caused by the crime, with the full consent of the injured party. The authors highlight the essence of reconciliation mechanisms. The code of criminal procedure of the Russian Federation proposes some changes related to the introduction of the concept of conciliatory justice and the expansion of dispositive principles. The authors conclude that a reasonable compromise in the field of criminal justice is not only justified, but even necessary. The social value of conciliation procedures is that consensus is reached through mutual concessions (taking into account the interests and requests of both sides of the conflict) and is aimed at resolving the criminal conflict. Through reconciliation, the restoration of the disturbed order of functioning of public relations is achieved, as well as the restoration of social justice, which is directly related to the satisfaction of the interests of the injured party and depends on whether the victim remains satisfied with the outcome of the case.