Detention of a person under suspicion of committing a criminal offence and the possibility to appeal in criminal proceedings by V. M. Fedchenko

“…The provisions of the criminal procedural legislation regarding the possibility of a person detained on suspicion, who already has the procedural status of a suspect, to appeal, in accordance with Clause 6, Part 1, Art. 42 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine the validity of his/her detention. Attention is also paid to the problematic legal aspects that do not allow a person detained (without a ruling of an investigating judge) on suspicion of committing a criminal offence during a pre-trial investigation, when such detention was carried out at the scene of the crime or immediately after its commission, to exercise his or her right to challenge the validity of the detention and file a relevant complaint with the prosecutor or investigating judge. …”
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Changes in the legal regulation of criminal proceedings under martial law by O. V. Salmanov

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Legal basis for providing legal aid to a detained person in the context of international standards and practice of the European Court of Human Rights by M. М. Kolomoitsev

“…Based on the analysis of theoretical approaches to the essence of the institute of detention of a person, the article substantiates the position that detention is a procedural action which has a temporary restrictive nature of the rights of a person who was detained during the commission or attempted commission of a criminal offence, immediately after the commission of a criminal offence or during the continuous prosecution of a person suspected of a criminal offence, and which aims to ensure further pre-trial investigation, clarification of the circumstances of the event which occurred. …”
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