Mediation in criminal proceedings: legal regulation in Ukraine and foreign experience of application

Motliakh Oleksandr; Bezusyi Vadym; Chudnovskyi Oleksandr; Burlakov Serhii; Shevchuk Hennadii

Motliakh Oleksandr Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affairs
Bezusyi Vadym Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs
Chudnovskyi Oleksandr Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affairs
Burlakov Serhii Research Institute of Public Law
Shevchuk Hennadii Academy of Internal Affairs

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to study those conceived of the use of the mediation institution in the criminal proceedings of European countries to implement positive experience in Ukrainian law. The theme of the study is the institution of mediation in criminal proceedings. The following scientific methods were used in the research: dialectical, formal and logical, and legal, system and functional, comparative and legal, legal and other modeled methods. We study the concetorities of the regulation and legal of mediation in criminal proceedings in Ukraine, as well as the practice of its implementation, which is more than modest with other European states. Therefore, we draw on the experience of countries such as Germany, Poland, and the United Kingdom. It is concluded that, given the successful functioning of the mediation institution in most countries, we propose to emulate this positive practice and a separate law "On Mediation" in Ukraine. It is established that the main right for the legislative registration of mediation in Ukraine is the lack of information on the existence of such a way of resolving a criminal case.

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Author Biographies

Motliakh Oleksandr, Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affairs

Doctor of Law, Professor, Head of the Scientific Laboratory for Psychological Support and Psycho-physiological Research of the Educational and Scientific Institute of Correspondence and Distance Learning of the National Academy of Internal Affairs

Bezusyi Vadym, Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs

Doctor of Law, Associate Professor, Professor of the Department of Legal Support of Economic Activity of Faculty № 6 of Kharkiv National University of Internal

Chudnovskyi Oleksandr, Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affairs

PhD in Law, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of General Legal Disciplines of Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affairs

Burlakov Serhii, Research Institute of Public Law

Doctor of Law, Leading Researcher at the Research Institute of Public Law

Shevchuk Hennadii, Academy of Internal Affairs

PhD in Law, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of Police Law Department of the National Academy of Internal Affairs

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