ABSTRACT
The Constitution of the Russian Federation, focusing on international standards of human rights, raised many questions which decision demands special scientific researches. Among them in the context of updating of Russian legislation the great value has the legal status of victims of crimes and abuse of power. Separate aspects of the rights of victims of crimes were developed in jurisprudence. The problem of protection of victims of crimes always caused interest and drew attention of scientists in the field of criminal law, criminal trial and criminology. Literal interpretation of the text of the Declaration allows recognizing that criminal abuse of power is completely covered by the concept "crime". In the given normative-legal regulations the rights of victims of the given category are indicated, a group of obliged persons and their powers are detailed, the order of realization of the rights is remedially determined.
