General provisions of the institution of criminal proceedings against minors

Authors: Malkina Т.О.
Published in issue: #9(74)/2022
DOI: 10.18698/2541-8009-2022-9-825
Category: Jurisprudence | Chapter: Criminal Law and Criminology
Keywords: criminal procedure, criminal responsibility of minors, criminal procedural status of a minor, international legal acts, procedural guarantees of the rights and freedoms of minors, the concept of a minor, age of criminal responsibility, delictual capacity
Published: 07.10.2022

The basic concept of "minor" within the institute of proceedings in criminal cases against minors is studied. It is shown that the concept of "minor" is closely connected with the age and psychological characteristics of a person under the age of eighteen, therefore the legal status of these persons is not only fixed at the federal and local levels of legislation, but also is widely covered in international normative legal acts ratified by the Russian Federation. The conclusion about the lack of specification of the concept of "minor" in relation to the criminal procedural law is formulated, and a generalized definition of this concept is presented.

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