Abstract: the basis of the security of any state is the protection of the rights and freedoms of its citizens. The Constitution of the Russian Federation declared that a person, his rights and freedoms are the highest value. The recognition, observance and protection of the rights and freedoms of man and citizen – the duty of the state, rights and freedoms of man and citizen shall have direct effect. They not only determine the meaning, content and application of laws, the activities of the legislative and executive authorities, and self-government bodies, but also ensure justice. Every citizen has the right to protect their rights and freedoms in all ways not prohibited by law. This article will examine the legal positions of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, in particular the practice of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation in challenging the constitutionality of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, aimed at protecting the sexual integrity of the individual.
The empirical basis of this study is the Definitions of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation. In the process of preparing a scientific publication, general scientific (analysis, analogy, classification) and private scientific methods of criminal law research (logical-legal, comparative-legal and document analysis method) were used.
Keywords: Judicial power, Constitutional court, legal proceedings, legal positions, state security, challenging the constitutionality of norms, protection of sexual integrity of the individual