DEAD SUSPECTS DO NOT HAVE FALLEN SILENT
14 July 2011 held a historic ruling of the Constitutional Court of the RUSSIAN federation (no.16-P) on the case about the verification of constitutionality of the provisions of item 4 of part 1 of article 24 and paragraph 1 of the article. 254 OF THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. The right to protection of the dignity of the person applies not only to the period of human life, it obliges the state to create legal guarantees for the protection of the honor of a good name and the deceased, the preservation of decent relation to it, which in turn implies the duty of the competent authorities proceed from the necessity to ensure the close relatives of the deceased access to justice and judicial protection in full, as it follows from the article. 46 of the Constitution of the RUSSIAN federation in conjunction with art. 6 of the Convention on the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms.