On the essence of the concept of a reasonable time of criminal proceedings

The article notes that, by its nature, a reasonable time of criminal proceedings differs from formal procedural terms, since the purpose of its introduction into the legal field is to protect individuals participating in the case from anxiety and mental suffering associated with the unjustified waiting time for the outcome of the case. At the same time, anxiety and mental suffering for a person interested in a reasonable period of time may be aggravated by such factors as the state of his health, the significance for this person of the subject of a legal dispute, the resolution of which he expects. A reasonable period of court proceedings is a legal assessment of the duration of proceedings in a particular case for the justification of the objectively evolving duration of proceedings. This assessment is based on the criteria relating to the conduct of both the individuals involved and the authorities conducting the criminal proceedings, i.e. the degree of sufficiency and effectiveness of the procedural actions of the latter.