Legal principles of using special medical and psychiatric knowledge in criminal proceedings: Ukrainian context and international standards

Conclusions: The use of medical and psychiatric knowledge must be carried out in compliance with a number of legal principles. All participants in criminal proceedings are required to comply with them. The main criteria for the use of special knowledge include: the validity of the grounds for the implementation of certain forms, the impartiality and independence of the person entrusted with the examination or other form, the rule of law, the inadmissibility of disclosing the secret of the pre-trial investigation, the right to receive another independent opinion.