Extraordinary Legal Remedies Based on the Provisions of Code of Criminal Procedure in the Republic of Macedonia

This article presents the latest changes in the system of extraordinary legal remedies included in the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Republic of Macedonia. Special attention is given to the analysis of the legal provisions which are related to the reduction of the request for reduction of the sentencing and its replacement with new basis presented in the frame of the request for the uneven criminal procedure as well as other changes which reflect other means remaining in the repertoire of the extraordinary legal remedies: the representation of the request for the defense of the legality against the decision, constitutional violations, removal of the obligation of the Supreme Court to evaluate of the factual condition as well as the conditions for the presentation of the motion for the review of the decision. The legal reforms soften the consolidation of the domestic legislation with the international democratic standards of the criminal procedure.