Аннотация
The article is devoted to one of the urgent problems of criminal law, where there is an importance of theoretical and practical study of the issue of parole from serving a sentence. This article discusses proposals to improve the effectiveness of the use of the parole mechanism in the law enforcement practice of the member States of the Council of Europe. The institution of parole is currently the most dynamically developing and the most frequently used in the system of release from serving a sentence. This institution is encouraging and is a positive tool in stimulating the law-abiding behavior of convicts and preventing them from committing criminal offenses.