Witness immunity in civil proceedings
The article discusses the concept of witness immunity in civil procedure law, and it determines which categories of persons are entitled to act as a witness. The role of testimony as one of the means of evidence in civil proceedings is assessed. Classifications of witness immunities are given for various reasons: depending on the nature of the immunity, the subject of the witness’s immunity, the reason for using the immunity. Particular attention is paid to the study of related immunity, its implementation in the Russian Federation, as well as to the subject composition to which this witness privilege applies. With the help of the analysis of normative legal acts of the international level, as well as the legislation of the Russian Federation containing the norms of civil procedural law, the problems are identified and the measures necessary to eliminate conflicts in this area are announced.