EUROPEAN EXPERIENCE CONSTITUTIONALLY INSTITUTE OF APPLICATIONS OF CITIZENS Sergeeva Daria Alexandrovna, postgraduate student. <...> Place of study: Belgorod state national research university. <...> E-mail: 575874@bsu.edu.ru Annotation: In theory, the constitutional riРСt of citiгens’ appeals has repeatedly been the subject of independent investigations, including, as a separate institution. <...> However, the development of modern legislation in this area, as well as updated doctrinal provisions stipulate the search for new approaches to their scientific understanding. <...> In this aspect, the generalization of foreign constitutional experience is one such approach that enables complete and systematize the knowledge of citizens' complaints. <...> In this regard, the subject of research articles were constitutional norms constituent acts of the European states, mediating the institutionalization of citizens. <...> The article presents the results of a comparative legal analysis of the European constitution that allowed to evaluate the existing trend in the specified legal environment; identify the features of the constituent elements of the formalization of the Institute of citizens in relation to the individual states. <...> В теории конституционного права обращения граждан неоднократно выступали предметом самостоятельных исследований, в том числе, в качестве обособленного института. <...> Вместе с тем развитие современного законодательства в этой сфере, а также обновленные доктринальные положения обусловливают поиск новых подходов для их научного осмысления. <...>