(2017) 4 Visn. Nac. akad. prokur. Ukr. 111–117
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Title of the article	Special Release from Criminal Liability of Illegal Militarized or Armed Formations Participants
Author(s)	ARTUR KONONCHUK PhD student, Scientific Laboratory on Рre-trial Investigation Problems, National Academy of Internal Affairs, artyr_kononchyk@ukr.net
Short title of the journal (ISSN)	Visn. Nac. akad. prokur. Ukr.
Year	2017
Issue	4
Pages	[111–117]
Language	Ukrainian
Abstract	Preconditions and conditions of special kind of release from criminal liability of illegal militarized or armed formations participants are researched in the article. The problem issues of encouraging criminal norm provided by part 6 of Art. 260 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine are detected, and the proposals on its improvement are drafted.
Keywords	release from criminal liability; illegal militarized formation; illegal armed formation; criminal unit; encouraging criminal norm.
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