| (2019) 2 Visn. Nac. akad. prokur. Ukr. 44–59 | |
| https://doi.org/10.34285/visnyknapu2019.02.044 | |
| Title of the article | Features of the Organization and Processing Management a Pre-trial Investigation in Conditions of Action Special Legal Modes |
| Author(s) | MYKOLA TURKOT PhD in Law, Docent, head, department of initial and continuous training of military prosecutors, Institute for Continuing Professional Development, National Prosecution Academy of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, nik_turkot@ukr.net OKSANA LAZUKOVA PhD in Law, assistant, department of criminal procedure, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Kharkiv, Ukraine, lazukov@ukr.net |
| Short title of the journal (ISSN) |
Visn. Nac. akad. prokur. Ukr. |
| Year | 2019 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | [44–59] |
| Language | Ukrainian |
| Abstract | Socio-political events taking place in Ukraine since 2014 have become a catalyst for introducing amendments and additions to the criminal procedural legislation in the part of consolidation of special norms, which provide for the possibility of conducting a pre-trial investigation in a special regime during an emergency situation. The updating of lawmaking processes in this area was due to the fact that the criminal procedure law that was in force at that time, developed for the needs of peacetime, was ineffective in achieving the objectives of criminal proceedings. In the article the peculiarities of the organization's prosecution and procedural guidance to the pre-trial investigation in the conditions of the special legal regimes are investigated. It is stated that in the course of an emergency, due to a number of objective and subjective reasons, the effectiveness of criminal procedural activities is significantly reduced. At the same time, the State's positive obligation to carry out an effective investigation is intact even in times of war or other emergency. In view of the above, it is emphasized that the realization of the tasks of criminal proceedings, enshrined in Art. 2 CPC of Ukraine, depends, first of all, on the proper organization and procedural management of the prosecutor by a pre-trial investigation. The purpose of the article is a general description of the peculiarities of the organization and implementation of procedural management to the pre-trial investigation under conditions of special legal regimes, as well as analysis of problems in the application of law and the development of proposals for their solution. The current normative model of pre-trial investigation in the conditions of military, emergency state or in the area of ATO is analyzed; characterized by the chronodiscrete conditions of application of special norms, which provide for the possibility of pre-trial investigation in a special regime; analyzed the problematic issues that arise at the initial stage of pre-trial investigation; the specifics of the application of separate measures for the provision of criminal proceedings and the conduct of separate investigative (search) actions are disclosed. On the basis of generalization of law enforcement practice it is concluded that in emergency situations traditional means of investigation due to the presence of a number of negative factors in many cases do not allow to achieve the purpose of investigative (search) action, often lead to loss of evidence, and sometimes even endanger life and health participants in criminal proceedings. The attention is focused on the issue of the proper fixation and processing of investigative (search) actions under the conditions of a special legal regime, since an analysis of criminal proceedings in the area of the ATO has shown that there have been unusual cases of improper execution of procedural documents, which led to the loss of their probative value. Based on the analysis of the normative provision of pre-trial investigation in the conditions of a military, emergency state or in the area of the antiterrorist operation and the practice of its implementation during 2014–2018, the directions of optimization of the latter are proposed. |
| Keywords | procedural guidance; pre-trial investigation; special legal regime; military state; emergency state; anti-terrorist operation. |
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