Title: Сервецький І
Author: User
Company: NAU

Servetsky I.V. The concept of high treason and its social danger

The article deals with the qualification of acts of people who commit crimes against man, society and the state. Reviewed and analyzed the existing legislation, which defines the grounds and procedure for criminal responsibility for acts of high treason. 
High treason, that acts intentionally committed by a citizen of Ukraine at the expense of the sovereignty, territorial integrity and inviolability, national defense, civil, economic or information security of Ukraine, the transition to the enemy under martial law or in time of armed conflict, espionage, to provide a foreign state, foreign organizations or their representatives help in carrying out subversive activities against Ukraine
Defense of the state - the state's ability to protect in the event of armed aggression or armed conflict. It consists of material and spiritual elements and is a combination of military, economic, social, moral and political potential in the defense and appropriate conditions for its implementation.
The law establishes a general legal basis for obtaining, use, dissemination and storage of information, establishes a person's right to information in all areas of public and political life of Ukraine, as well as system information, its sources, determines the status of participants in information relationships, regulates access to information and ensure its protection protects the individual and society from false information.
Public Information- reflected and documented by any means and in any media information that was obtained or created in the course of public authorities of their duties under applicable law, or that is in the possession of government powers other public information provided by this Act.
Go to the enemy is a complete crime from the moment when a citizen of Ukraine performed in the interest of the enemy certain actions to the detriment of Ukraine. The fact that consent to do the following (for example, to enter the service of the police or other military formations) are only cook to commit a crime (Article 14 of the Criminal Code) and is an opportunity to voluntarily give proof of the offense to the end, and if the crime of the criminal code Art. 66 Paragraph 1 contains the following provisions - the revelation of confession, repentance or active assistance in detecting crime.
Keywords: High treason, criminal liability.