Marchuk V. Criminal-executive principles of execution and serving of punishment in the form of life imprisonment

In the dissertation the complex and systematic research of criminal-executive bases of execution and serving of punishment in the form of life imprisonment is carried out. The scientific research of this punishment is revealed and substantiated and its methodological tools are formulated. There are two periods of formation and development of punishment in the form of life imprisonment: the first period is updated transformational and modern period. The concept and content of punishment in the form of life imprisonment are defined and substantiated. The author's definition of punishment in the form of life imprisonment is formulated. The criminal-legal characteristic of punishment in the form of life imprisonment is given. The significance of a closed criminal-executive institution as a subject of execution of a sentence in the form of life imprisonment is revealed. The order and conditions of execution of punishment in the form of life imprisonment are defined. The case law of the European Court of Human Rights regarding the violation of the rights of inmate while serving a sentence of life imprisonment has been studied. The foreign experience of execution and serving a sentence in the form of life imprisonment is studied. The socio-demographic and criminal-executive characteristics of persons sentenced to life imprisonment are analyzed. The ways of improvement of normative-legal maintenance of execution and serving of punishment in the form of life imprisonment are offered.