Everyone is born equal and expects to be treated similarly before the law in cases involving criminal activity and other obligations. It is problematic to have some people immune to legal consequences because they enjoyed special treatment in the eyes of the legislation meant to protect them. The issue we must bring up is crucial, as there is always the need to conduct a thorough investigation into the commission of crimes to secure justice. However, the tendency is that as far as immunity is on the individual concerned, this would frustrate the prosecution process. In this vein, it was proposed that this study investigate how immunity relates to today's state of the law. We will look at an analytical approach to determine if immunity's status has changed due to the rise of modern legal science. The paper overviews the legal framework adopted in Ukraine concerning immunity given to certain public servants.

The aim of the study: 1) to determine the features of temporary access to documents containing information that may be a medical confidentiality; 2) to identify legislative gaps regarding the regulation of the measure of criminal proceedings; 3) to formulate proposals for improvement of legislation in the part of the investigated issue. Materials and methods: The legal basis for the protection of information that may be a medical confidentiality is provided. Legislative provisions have been identified and analyzed, which provide for particulars of access to documents containing information that may be a medical confidentiality. It is argued that the evidence collected in violation of the procedural order of the measure of criminal proceedings is inadmissible and therefore cannot be taken into account by the court in the future. Writing the article, the authors used both general and special methods of scientific knowledge, namely: formal-legal, formal-logical, comparative analysis and logical-normative. The complex application of these methods has made it possible to formulate science-based conclusions and proposals. Conclusions: Exemption of documents containing information that may constitute medical confidentiality should be done exclusively by temporary access to them. In order to eliminate the legislative gaps of the investigated issue, it is proposed to amend the current legislation accordingly.

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Статтю присвячено проблемним питанням правового регулювання статусу захисника у кримінальному провадженні, визначенню основних особливостей процесуального статусу захисника, та його структурних компонентів у руслі сучасного законодавчого регулювання, а також з'ясуванню його функціонального призначення. Наголошено на необхідності закріплення в окремій статті КПК України процесуальних прав захисника як самостійного учасника кримінального провадження Ключові слова: кримінальне провадження, процесуальний статус, захисник, адвокат, сторона захисту, обов'язки, права Рекомендовано до публікації д-р юрид. наук, професор Юхно О. О. Дата надходження рукопису 20.02.2018 Абламський Сергій Євгенович, кандидат юридичних наук, доцент, кафедра кримінального процесу та організації досудового слідства, Харківський національний університет внутрішніх справ, пр. Л. Ландау,