The well-established system of state power at all its levels would not be as effective if it were not for continuous supervision. One of the controlling bodies is the prosecutor's office, which reacts to cases of violation of the legal order both on its own initiative and as a result of receiving applications from citizens.
Supervisory Activities of the Prosecutor over State Bodies
Exercising control over the observance of the law by the executive authorities, employees of the prosecutor's office have the right not only to observe the work of state structures, local administrations and other organizations, but also to intervene in it if violations are established. They are identified on the basis of incoming information in the form of complaints from citizens or statistical data.
During the investigation of the current situation, the prosecutor can freely enter any premises subject to inspection, interrogate responsible officials and citizens, including by summoning them for interrogation, and upon receiving positive results, issue a resolution to initiate criminal or administrative proceedings.
Control over the observance of the legality of investigative and search measures
Police activity is always accompanied by the dissatisfaction of citizens who have been denied to initiate criminal cases or whose rights have been violated as a result of operational-search work. The prosecutor is obliged to identify cases of impending or committed crimes, the conduct of investigative measures for which does not meet the requirements of the Criminal Procedure Code.
After receiving a statement from a citizen or finding a discrepancy in the information received from the registering authorities, medical institutions, conducting a routine check on the legality of refusals to initiate criminal cases, prosecutors begin an investigation. They have the right to demand all official documents accompanying the search activity, as well as cancel illegal acts, remove guilty investigators from work, and return incorrectly formed cases for revision.
Inspection of executive bodies carrying out punishment of citizens
Supervision over the activities of places of temporary detention and imprisonment of citizens has two directions. According to the first, the prosecutor monitors the legality of their presence in the above institutions, and according to the second, the conditions of their detention. To do this, prosecutors can freely enter the territory of correctional institutions, take official papers for familiarization, demand clarification of their decisions from officials and challenge their actions, release persons illegally imprisoned in pre-trial detention centers, as well as solitary confinement cells and other premises of disciplinary punishment.
