DETERMINATION OF AGE CRITERIA OF THE MINOR AS A NECESSARY CONDITION OF REALIZATION OF HIS RIGHTS IN CRIMINAL LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
In article the controversial issues arising in connection with establishment of age of the minor victim are considered. The thesis that the lower age criterion of the minor victim does not depend on achievement of a certain minimum age by him is proved and the upper age criterion is set against him as a person under eighteen years of age at the time of production of the corresponding investigative action or further action, and the emancipation of a minor victim of criminal law does not entail consequences.