(2018) 2 Visn. Nac. akad. prokur. Ukr. 35–45
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Title of the article	Procedural Rights of a Person in the Implementation of Compulsory Measures of a Medical Nature in the Context of Legislative Changes
Author(s)	ANTON CHERNIENKO PhD in Law, chief research officer, department of scientific and methodological support of prosecutor’s participation in criminal proceedings, Scientific Research Institute, National Prosecution Academy of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, cherniienko13@gmail.com
Short title of the journal (ISSN)	Visn. Nac. akad. prokur. Ukr.
Year	2018
Issue	2
Pages	[35–45]
Language	Ukrainian
Abstract	The Constitution of Ukraine states that the person, his/her life and health, honor and dignity, inviolability and security are recognized as the highest social value; human rights and freedoms, and their guarantees determine the essence and course of activities of the State. Moreover, the State is responsible to the person for its activities, affirming and ensuring human rights and freedoms are the main duty of the State. Under such conditions, compliance with the requirements of the law in criminal proceedings regarding the application of compulsory medical measures remains relevant, since citizens have equal constitutional rights and freedoms, and are equal before the law and the state, regardless of race, skin color, political, religious and other beliefs, gender, ethnic and social origin, property status, place of residence, language or other characteristics. Changes to certain legislative acts of Ukraine regarding the psychiatric care also concern to the existing legal provisions of domestic criminal procedure legislation, which determine the procedure for the use of forced medical measures. The purpose of the article is to study the procedure rights of a person in the implementation of compulsory measures of a medical nature in the context of legislative changes. Thus, the author examined the international legal guarantees of the rights of persons with mental illness and their adaption in the criminal procedure law of Ukraine concerning application of forced medical measures. The necessity of personal participation of the person concerning whom the issue of application of forced medical measures is resolved in court proceeding is grounded. The fragmentary observance of the rights of such persons during the pre-trial investigation is proved. The need to enable individuals to exercise their rights at the stage of a pre-trial investigation, not only through a legal representative, a defender, but also on their own. In this regard, the author offers to supplement Art. 506 of the CPC of Ukraine with the relevant provision.
Keywords	special procedure of criminal proceedings; criminal proceedings on the application of forced medical measures; person’s rights; litigation; international standards.
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