The article explores the principle of equality, one of the most established and widespread in the constitutional law in the BRICS countries, the practice of its consolidation, implementation, as well as the existing problems in this area. It is shown that the implementation of this principle should be associated with increased protection of some "vulnerable" groups of the population: national minorities, women, children, persons with disabilities and others. The provisions of constitutions and legislation of such countries as the Russian Federation, China, India, the Federal Republic of Brazil and South Africa are analyzed. It is concluded that in many cases the formal Declaration of the citizens' equality principle does not always correspond to the actual practice of social relations in such areas as the use of national languages, inter-ethnic relations, gender equality and so on. In this regard, measures are proposed to improve the legislative regulation of the relations in the BRICS countries question.

The article deals with international crimes related to cultural heritage. The current international legal framework for the protection of cultural heritage and the prosecution of persons, involved in cultural crimes, is being analyzed. The authors attempted to classify Che types of crimes, gave international legal characteristics to attribute the crime to the relevant field of international legal regulation, and also presented examples from legal practice. The article uses methods of interpretation of law, analytical methods, methods of comparative law, as well as classification and typology.