The article presents a comparative legal analysis of a number of norms of the North Korean and Russian criminal legislation regulating early release from serving a sentence. The types of early release from serving the sentence and their content are considered, as well as some features of the North Korean criminal law regulation are revealed. Articles of the Criminal Code of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea containing the aspects under consideration are structurally included in the Chapter of Punishment, in particular: special pardon and amnesty (Article 54); reduction of sentence and early release (Article 55); legal status of the person who has served the sentence (Article 56). Special attention is paid to the application of amnesty, pardon, as well as early release from serving a sentence based on the good behavior of the convicted person. In addition, the North Korean system of criminal penalties is shown. The authors version of Article 54 of the Criminal Code of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Special pardon and amnesty is formulated.

The article discusses historical evidence of parole release application presenting a wide range of archival materials and statistical data. This topic provokes interest due to a certain shift towards a concern for the victim’s interests observed after the emergence of new criteria in the criminal code. The article is devoted to the history of release on parole in Siberia, particularly in Transbaikal region, in the pre-revolution period. Analysis of the available official documents and personal correspondence of military governors of Trans- Baikal region gives evidence of their opinions concerning exile and penal servitude in the region in the second half of the 19th-early 20th centuries. The available archival and statistical data have enabled us to show the history of parole practice and to highlight some topical issues of determining the criteria for the detainees’ correction, and, accordingly, advisability of their release on parole

В статье проводится сравнительно-правовой анализ ряда норм катарского уголовного законодательства, а также российского уголовного и уголовно-исполнительного законодательства. Рассматриваются виды наказаний, связанных с лишением свободы, и их содержание по Уголовному кодексу Катара. Дополнительно обращается внимание на систему и содержание отдельных наказаний (в виде смертной казни, пожизненного лишения свободы и лишения свободы на определенный срок). Формулируется авторская редакция статей 57-62 Уголовного кодекса Катара, касающихся системы основных видов наказаний и их содержания. The article provides a comparative legal analysis of a number of norms of Qatari criminal law, as well as Russian criminal and penal enforcement legislation. The types of punishments related to deprivation of liberty and their content under the Qatari Criminal code are considered. In addition, attention is drawn to the system of punishments, the content of individual punishments (in the form of the death penalty, life imprisonment and imprisonment for a certain period). The author's version of articles 57-62 of the Criminal Code of Qatar concerning the system of main types of punishments and their content is formulated.

The types of punishments in the Republic of Korea and the Democratic peoples Republic of Korea have significant specifics in comparison with Russia and differ from each other. Their criminal law regulations are laconic in comparison with the Russian approach. Under the Criminal Code of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, there is a clear emphasis on regulating punishments involving deprivation of liberty and restriction of the rights of a convicted person, and under the Criminal Code of the Republic of Korea, punishments with economic content. The author provides a translation of the provisions of Article 27 of the Criminal Code of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea and Article 41 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Korea regarding the list of types of punishments.