Criminal and criminal enforcement policy in the sphere of enforcement of imprisonment: novations in 2015

Abstract

This article discusses the novelties in criminal and penal policy, enshrined in policy documents and Criminal-Executive legislation in the year 2015. The author analyses the changes and additions to the concept of development of the penal correction system of the Russian Federation up to the year 2020, made by order of the Government of the Russian Federation dated September 23, 2015 Trends of humanization of conditions of serving imprisonment, further strengthening of compliance with the rights and legitimate interests of convicts are pointed out. The author considers the changes in the criminal enforcement legislation taken place in 2015 as well as the decision of the European Court of Human Rights in the case Khoroshenko v. Russia, affecting the content of life imprisonment and provides its evaluation. The article examines political, social and spiritual factors that may affect the decision of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation on a similar case. In addition to the article the author provides an expert opinion prepared by the author and presented to the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation on the question of granting convicts serving life imprisonment in strict conditions, long visits.