ACCESSIBILITY OF JUSTICE FOR THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE NORTH, SIBERIA AND THE FAR EAST OF RUSSIA (on the example of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug)
The article is devoted to the analysis of the conditions of accessibility of justice for representatives of indigenous minorities of the North in the territory of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. Accessibility of justice is determined by a number of conditions: guaranteed right to appeal to the court; proximity of the court to the population; guarantee of legal assistance; reasonable terms for consideration and resolution of civil cases, etc. The author analyzes the reviews of judicial practice of the Court of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug in civil, administrative, criminal cases and cases of administrative offenses from 2020 to 2022. The facts of unjustified refusal of representatives of indigenous minorities of the North to exercise their right to judicial protection have not been established. At the same time, it was revealed that the problem of accessibility of justice for representatives of the small peoples of the North is particularly acute during the off-season due to the remoteness of national villages from administrative centers, as well as complications or in most cases, there is no possibility of using ground transport at this time. In addition, there is an acute shortage of legal personnel in many areas. Lawyers of the Chamber of Advocates of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug are forced to carry out long business trips to such areas of the district, the mobility of which is limited by the complexity of the transport scheme. The author of the study makes a number of proposals to improve the accessibility of justice for residents of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug.