PROTECTION OF RIGHTS AND LEGITIMATE INTERESTS OF JUVENILES DURING CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
The paper analyzes the features of protection of rights and legitimate interests of juvenile in the course of criminal proceedings. The relevance of this topic is due to a number of reasons: citizens under age represent a special category of peple for whom special criminal procedural protection is provided. Due to their psyche instability, they need additional state protection in the criminal legal sphere. The legislation of the Russian Federation establishes mechanisms for regulating relations during criminal proceedings that contribute to protection of rights of minors. But in the course of the study, conclusions were drawn about the existence of conflicts that hinder full execution of justice against this category of persons.