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Accepted at the tenth plenary session of Inter-parliamentary Assembly of the State Parties of the CIS by the resolution of December 6, 1997, No. 10-14

MODEL LAW

About the state protection of the victims, witnesses and other persons promoting criminal trial

This Law installs the system of measures of the state protection of the victims, witnesses and other persons who are promoting criminal trial, including measures for safety and social protection of specified persons. The measures provided by this Law are used in cases when for safety of specified persons other means are insufficient.

Chapter 1. General provisions

Article 1. Safety of the victims, witnesses and other persons promoting criminal trial

Safety of the victims, witnesses and other persons participating in detection, the prevention, suppression, investigation and disclosure of crimes, judicial review of criminal cases assume implementation by the bodies ensuring safety, the legal, organizational, technical and other measures directed to protection of life, health and property rights of specified persons.

Article 2. Protected persons

Person on whom the decision on application of security measures is made hereinafter is referred to as in this Law as the protected person.

Have rights to safety according to this Law:

- person who declared in law enforcement agency crime or otherwise participating in detection, the prevention, suppression, investigation or disclosure of crime;

- victim and his legal representative;

- witness;

- suspect, person accused, defendant, their defenders and legal representatives, and also convict;

- expert, specialist, translator and witness;

- the civil claimant, the civil defendant in the claim in criminal case for compensation of the damage caused as a result of crime.

Security measures can be applied also to relatives of the protected person, and in exceptional cases - to other persons on whom illegal impact is made.

Article 3. The bodies ensuring safety

The bodies ensuring safety are:

- the bodies making the decision on application of security measures;

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