Author

SERGEEV A.B.

Title of article

CRITICALANALYSISOFTHECERTAINPROVISIONSOFTHEDRAFT FEDERALLAW “ON FORENSIC ACTIVITIES IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION”

Section

Section 11. Special topic:Discussing the draft law

Issue, year

2 (48) 2019

Abstract

In 2009, the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, and later the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, revealed significant shortcomings of the Federal Law
“On state forensic expert activities in the Russian Federation”, which regulates conducting forensic examinations. To solve the related problems and create favorable conditions (factors) for conducting
high quality forensic examinations, the Government of the Russian Federation has developed a draft federal law No. 306504-6 “On forensic activities in the Russian Federation”. The drafters of
the bill propose to expand the list of institutions that may be legally entrusted to conduct forensic examinations by the investigative bodies and courts. They have also developed a mechanism to make
the algorithm of expert actions transparent and understandable. The legal means for improving the quality of methodological support of forensic examinations and controlling their quality are named.
Certain provisions of the bill are analyzed in the article: the certification of the methods for conducting forensic examinations and the procedure for confirming the competence of the forensic experts. The
assessment of the legal regulation of admitting non-state institutions to conduct forensic examinations is given. The comments concerning the certain provisions of the draft are examined and the ways to
eliminate them are proposed. The necessity of the adoption of this bill is substantiated.

Keywords

forensics activities; expert opinion; methods of conducting forensic examination; draft federal law; certification.

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