THE ESSENCE AND TRENDS OF HUMANIZATION OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURAL LEGISLATION OF UKRAINE AND ITS INSTITUTIONS

The article reveals the essence and general trends of humanization of criminal procedural legislation and its institutions. It is emphasized that in scientific sources, quite a lot of attention is paid to the grounds and directions of humanization of criminal legislation and there are very few publications in the special literature devoted to the features and general trends of humanization of criminal procedural legislation. It is concluded that “humanization of legislation” is a socio-legal phenomenon and a process that today covers not only criminal law, but also all other branches and institutions of public law, among which the criminal procedural law of Ukraine occupies a special place. It is found out that humanism is a multifaceted phenomenon that is used in the following meanings: 1) as a certain worldview (scientific, religious, ideological, etc.), which can manifest itself not only at the level of ideas (in the form of scientific concepts), but also in the material world (in the results of creative activity, etc.); 2) as a process of transformation in a certain sphere of social life (for example, humanization of criminal liability); 3) in the form of features of interaction and mutual relations of people among themselves and of subjects of public authority with individuals; 4) in the form of moral qualities of a person, which are often taken into account in law-making and law enforcement activities. It is proved that the concepts of “humanization of the criminal process”, “humanization of criminal procedural law” and “humanization of criminal procedural legislation” are closely related in content, but this does not mean that they should be completely identified. It has been established that the humanization of criminal procedural legislation loses the meaning of its existence in cases when it begins to have a destructive (negative, ineffective, socially harmful) effect on the solution of the tasks set for criminal proceedings and on the achievement of its goals. That is, the tasks and goals of criminal proceedings are the criteria by which one can determine the boundaries of the introduction and implementation of humanistic philosophy in criminal procedural activity, in criminal procedural law and criminal procedural legislation. Using the example of the institute of alternative (extrajudicial) methods of conflict resolution in criminal proceedings, the features of the humanization of modern criminal procedural legislation of Ukraine and its individual legal institutions – the institute of mediation, participants in criminal proceedings, amicable agreements, court decisions, etc. are revealed.