The environmental prosecutor’s office is the body that monitors compliance with Art. 9, 36, 58, 42, 72, 71, 114, 74 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation.
In particular, Art. 9 establishes the right to use natural resources in the Russian Federation by peoples who live in a particular territory.
Subject of supervision
The environmental prosecutor's office should monitor the observance of the rights and freedoms of the citizen and the person, including the right to a safe environment, reliable information about its condition. As well as the right to compensation for damage caused to health or property by an environmental offense.
The prosecutor's office for environmental supervision is one of the links in the chain, which is aimed at the implementation of the guaranteed rights and freedoms of man, society, and the country.
Based on the Federal Law "On the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation", the observance of the Constitution of the country, as well as the enforcement of environmental laws on the territory of the Russian Federation by state committees, federal ministries, other authorities, commercial and non-profit organizations, is the subject of environmental supervision.
The environmental prosecutor’s office also checks the compliance of the orders and orders issued by the agencies with the environmental legislation in force in our country.
Activities
As one of the priority areas of work of the prosecution authorities, it is necessary to single out supervision in the environmental sphere. Environmental objects, including water, air, forests, land, are the economic and environmental capital, without which it is impossible to create favorable conditions for human life, to provide him with a comfortable environment, as well as the economic security of the whole country.
Destination
The environmental activities of the prosecutor's office are aimed at the timely formulation of certain tasks for each employee and the whole team, the correct placement of work areas. It also assumes a full-fledged leadership, the functioning of the team as a single full-fledged mechanism.
In addition, the environmental prosecutor's office establishes contacts with various authorities, heads of state and commercial companies.
They come down to informing, designed to ensure the timely receipt of high-quality and reliable information about offenses, as well as the functioning of the competent authorities to isolate and eliminate, restore the violated rights of companies and citizens about the effectiveness of prosecutorial oversight.
Significance of Activities
The environmental functions of the prosecutor's office are defined in the Federal Law "On the Prosecutor's Office." This document states that the powers, procedure and organization of work of the prosecutor's office of the Russian Federation are determined by the Constitution of the country, as well as various federal and international treaties of Russia.
Appearance story
The environmental prosecutor’s office appeared in the second half of the last century. It was during that period that the need arose to develop a mechanism for strengthening the rule of law in the environmental field, which was of particular importance for ensuring the vital functions of the state and society.
The option of building federal power structures on an administrative-territorial principle has ceased to be universal. Since offenses in the field of ecology and their consequences develop under the influence of geographical, natural and environmental laws, supervisory authorities appeared in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation.
Important points
The functioning of environmental specialized prosecutor's offices made it possible to ensure maximum independence, independence from local authorities in matters relating to the implementation of legislation in the field of nature protection.
Nowadays, the Volga environmental protection interregional prosecutor’s office is considered the only one. She submits 38 inter-district environmental prosecutor's offices. This body reports to the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation. There are 74 environmental prosecutor's offices in the country, they are subordinate to the prosecutor's offices of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation.
Their activities are carried out on orders and instructions of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation. In particular, such bodies monitor the implementation of laws, respect for the freedoms and rights of citizens, and also take part in various activities related to the protection of natural resources.
At present, the mechanism of prosecutorial oversight over the implementation of environmental legislation, as well as the rational use of natural resources, has been debugged. Thanks to the environmental prosecutor’s office, it is possible to prevent and promptly prevent various violations, identify the perpetrators and recover material damage from them in favor of the state.
Thanks to the systematic activities of the organization presented, it is possible to prevent numerous environmental disasters in our country.