Keyword: «compensation for harm.»

The article analyzes problematic issues of legislative consolidation of the concept of criminal procedural rehabilitation. Some shortcomings and gaps in the legal regulation of the procedure for compensation of property and moral damage, as components of rehabilitation of illegally or unreasonably subjected to criminal prosecution, are considered. It is proposed to introduce some amendments to the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Law regulating the rehabilitation of persons innocently brought to criminal.

The article is devoted to rehabilitation in criminal proceedings as a comprehensive legal institution aimed at restoring the rights, freedoms and legitimate interests of persons who have been unlawfully or unreasonably subjected to criminal prosecution. It is concluded that the legal nature of rehabilitation lies in its dual nature: on the one hand, it is a guarantee of constitutional human rights enshrined in the Basic Law of the State, and on the other, it acts as a procedural mechanism that is regulated by the norms of criminal procedure law.