Zholtani M. Religious organization as a participant in criminal-executive legal relations

In the dissertation, based on the analysis of the state of research in science related to the study of the social and legal nature of religious organizations in Ukraine, as well as their tasks and goals, their place and role as a participant in the criminal-executive legal relationship are determined. Three stages of the emergence, formation and development of the institution of religious organizations in the field of execution of sentences of Ukraine in the modern period (1991-2017) and their influence on the correctional-resocialization process in penitentiary institutions are established, namely: a) the first of them for 1991-2003, when the attraction of the possibilities of religious organizations in Ukraine to the process of execution and serving of sentences was carried out without a clear regulation of this activity in the criminal-executive legislation; b) the second stage (2004-2015) began with the entry into force of the CEC of Ukraine on 01.01.2004 and ended with the completion of this Code of Art. 128-1 «Pastoral care organizations of convicts» on the basis of the Law of Ukraine dated May 14, 2015 No. 419-VIII; c) the third stage of involvement of religious organizations in participation in the correction and resocialization of convicts began in May 2016 and continues to date, coinciding with the content of the reforms implemented in the field of execution of sentences.