Damage compensation mechanism in the criminal process

Mecanismo de indemnización por daños en el proceso penal

DOI: https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.4072.03
Keywords: civil claim, victim, criminal procedure, compensation for damage, procedural actions

Abstract

It discusses the problematic issues of consideration and resolution in a criminal case of a civil claim for compensation for property damage or compensation for moral damage caused by a criminal offense. The essence and content of the «civil claim in the criminal process» is determined, the advantages are noted, and the problems of a civil lawsuit in the criminal process of Ukraine are discussed. The authors propose to consider the filing of a civil claim as a right of the victim, corresponding to the obligation of the criminal prosecutor’s office and the court to take measures for the timely reparation of damages. Some reasons are revealed that complicate the implementation of the principle of inevitability of civil liability for a crime committed simultaneously with the procedure for convicting the perpetrator. As a conclsuion se proposes to develop new approaches to the institution of a civil lawsuit in the criminal process of Ukraine, contributing to the improvement of the activities of the criminal prosecution authorities and the court to restore the violated civil rights of victims of crime.

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Author Biographies

Yana Koniushenko, National Academy of Internal Affairs, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Doctor of Law, Associate Professor, Associate Professor at the Department of Criminal Process, National Academy of Internal Affairs, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Petro Pidyukov, National Academy of Internal Affairs, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Candidate of legal sciences, Associate Professor, Senior Researcher, Unit for the Organization of Scientific Activity and Protection of Intellectual Property Rights, National Academy of Internal Affairs, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Tetiana Ustymenko, National Academy of Internal Affairs, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Candidate of legal sciences, Associate Professor, Professor of the Department of Civil Law and Procedure, National Academy of Internal Affairs, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Olha Khakhutsiak, National Academy of Internal Affairs, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Candidate of legal sciences, Associate Professor, Professor of Department of Criminal Process, National Academy of Internal Affairs, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Mykhailo Gultai, National Academy of Internal Affairs, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Doctor in Law, Associate Professor, Professor of the Department of Constitutional Law and Human Rights, National Academy of Internal Affairs, Kyiv, Ukraine.

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Published
2022-02-18
How to Cite
Koniushenko, Y., Pidyukov, P., Ustymenko, T., Khakhutsiak, O., & Gultai, M. (2022). Damage compensation mechanism in the criminal process: Mecanismo de indemnización por daños en el proceso penal. Political Questions, 40(72), 48-68. https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.4072.03
Issue
Vol. 40 No. 72 (2022): Cuestiones Políticas
Section
Derecho Público

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