Realization of other convictions by convicted minors: organizational and legal aspects

In the article the author actualizes the problem of narrow interpretation of the realization of the freedom of conscience and freedom of religion. The Federal Law “On Freedom of Conscience and Religious Associations”, Penal Code of the RF regulates the implementation of exclusively religious beliefs. Other convictions (political, philosophical, ideological) are mentioned in legal acts regulating various spheres of social relations, but without a single legal mechanism remain declarative. The author analyzes two directions of realization of freedom of conscience and freedom of religion by convicted minors: religious and non-religious and justifies the need to enshrine in the penal legislation an expanded interpretation of freedom of conscience and freedom of religion, the possibility of restricting them, providing for a system of protective norms; as well as political information and ideological education of minor convicts. As part of the study an interdisciplinary study of the conceptual apparatus and legal thesaurus of public relations on the implementation of freedom of conscience and freedom of religion by convicted minors serving a sentence of imprisonment was conducted, the essence of the legal terms used was investigated, aspects of the legislative technique, international standards for the treatment of convicts were investigated; there are formulated proposals to improve the legal and organizational framework for the implementation of freedom of conscience and religion of minor convicts.