SPILF 2024 participants discuss areas for the development of criminal legislation

On 26 June 2024, the 12th St. Petersburg International Legal Forum held a session entitled ‘Criminalization and Decriminalization: Striking a Balance’.

The participants in the session discussed the relationship between criminalization and decriminalization trends and how to find a balance between the two, taking the specifics of the development of criminal legislation into account. They also considered draft legislation that aims to improve and systematize a number of criminal legal institutions.

Deputy Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation Vadim Fedorov spoke about the work the Ministry is doing to liberalize criminal and administrative legislation, including economic legislation.

Fedorov noted that the criminal and criminal procedural legislation in its current form requires significant reform. It should be based on the objective conditions of social development and the strategic course taken by the state in the fight against crime and set out in the concept of criminal law policy.

“We see the Concept as a document that is aimed at creating a logical, unified and systematic state policy to counter dangerous acts and the threats associated with them through criminal legislation. The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation has set up a working group to develop such a document. The group includes representatives of the government authorities, legal scholars, and practicing lawyers,” Fedorov noted.

The Deputy Minister said that the concept will suggest legislative measures that will set out the criteria for the criminalization, penalization, and mitigation of responsibility under the law.

Source: minjust.gov.ru

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