Classification features of criminal offenses against the authority of state protection department of Ukraine

Abstract

The article analyzes the provisions of the current Criminal Code of Ukraine, in terms of regulation of liability for criminal offenses committed against servicemen and employees of State Protection Department of Ukraine. Attention is focused on the fact that in the context of the Joint Forces Operation in the east of the country, as well as with the growing volume of tasks set by the state leadership to the State Protection Department of Ukraine due to constant, real threat to life and health of servicemen and employees of SPD of Ukraine, there is a need to study the problems of modern criminal law protection of the authority of SPD of Ukraine. It is established that the current criminal legislation does not directly contain norms that would provide for liability for criminal offenses against the authority of State Protection Department. The law emphasizes encroachments on statesmen, law enforcement officers or other persons performing security functions, persons involved in criminal proceedings, judges and their relatives who have been granted protection, etc. The law emphasizes encroachments on statesmen, law enforcement officers or other persons performing security functions, persons involved in criminal proceedings, judges and their relatives who have been granted protection, etc. The classification of criminal offenses against the authority of the SPD is considered there and it is established that encroachments on the established procedure of state protection can be committed both “outside” and “inside”, that is it can be committed by servicemen and employees of the SPD and others. It is concluded that a serviceman and an employee of the State Protection Department of Ukraine act as law enforcement officers during state protection implementation, and criminal offenses committed against their rights and freedoms are divided according to objective and subjective elements (characteristics).