Policy issues and legal support for the activity of the State Bureau of Investigation in Ukraine
Cuestiones de política y apoyo jurídico a la actividad de la Oficina Estatal de Investigación en Ucrania
Abstract
Using dialectics and cognition method the purpose of this work was to analyze the appropriate level of legal support for the activities of the State Bureau of Investigation, to determine its effectiveness and to identify problematic aspects. A number of statutes, reports, online meetings and speeches delivered in the media and in the specialized committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine were investigated. It is concluded that among the shortcomings of the State Bureau of Investigation regulation, the following stand out: 1) Absence of a system of internal law enforcement agencies and clear delimitation of their role; 2) Uncertainty about the status of the State Investigation Bureau as an anti-corruption body; 3) Changes in the status compared to the principal established in the first edition of the Basic Law of Ukraine; 4) Inadequacy of regulatory consolidation of social and pension provision of employees of the State Bank of Ukraine; 5) Questions about the need to create expert services in the SBI system and include them among the state institutions entitled to conduct forensic examinations in Ukraine.
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