The prosecutor's protection of the rights of citizens by going to court

The author considers the grounds and practice of prosecutors’ exercise of the right to appeal to the court in defence of the rights and freedoms of citizens, an indefinite circle of persons, the state. Based on the provisions of the civil code and the CAS of the Russian Federation, the article specifies the established rules of judicial protection of rights by prosecutors and the provided exceptions to them. The author focuses on the fact that most of the prosecutors’ applications to the courts have a social orientation. Examples of the practice of participation of prosecutors in civil and administrative proceedings in the protection of labour, housing, environmental and other rights are given. Statistical data on the work of bodies of Prosecutor’s office of subjects of the Russian Federation in this direction is given. The article considers the experience of improving the efficiency of work on the preparation of applications to the courts in defence of the rights of citizens, an indefinite circle of persons, the state. The most common and popular forms of implementation of this work are given. The work of the University of the Prosecutor’s office of the Russian Federation on scientific and methodological support of protection by prosecutors in a court of the rights and freedoms of citizens, an indefinite circle of persons, the state is characterized. The conclusion about the need for further scientific and methodological support of this work, including the use of information technology.