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Over the years of its independence, Ukraine has made a significant step forward in adapting its criminal procedure laws to international human rights standards. However, since February 24, 2022, due to full-scale military aggression of the Russian Federation, our state has found itself in a situation where the functioning of an established system of human rights-oriented criminal proceedings has been almost lost in some Ukrainian regions. In this regard, there was an objective need to adapt the criminal procedure legislation to the conditions of wartime.

To deal with that, the legislator made a number of amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine (CPC), in particular by laws No. 2111-IX of 03.03.22, No. 2125-IX of 15.03.22, No. 2198-IX, and No. 2201-IX of 14.04.2022. A lot of information has already appeared in the media and professional legal publications about the essence of the adopted novels.

The purpose of this article is to analyze some of the novelties of the Criminal Procedure Code in the context of ensuring the right to defense of persons subject to choosing or extending a preventive measure in the form of detention under a new procedure.

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