Prospects for the implementation of the system of electronic criminal proceedings in Ukraine

Perspectivas de la implementación del sistema de procesos penales electrónicos en Ucrania

• Viktoriia Zarubei National Academy of Internal Affairs, Kyiv, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6690-967X
• Yuliia Fidria Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University, Lutsk, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9703-9494
• Volodymyr Yusupov National Academy of Internal Affairs, Kyiv,Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5216-4144
• Yuliia Sukhomlyn National Academy of Internal Affairs, Kyiv, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5699-6914
• Iryna Soroka National academy of Internal Affairs, Kyiv, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1536-6745

DOI: https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.4179.40

Keywords: electronic criminal proceedings, pre-trial investigation, information technologies, digitalization, digital evidence

Abstract

Using the dialectical method, the article is devoted to the study of the impact of digitization on the implementation of pre-trial criminal proceedings and court proceedings in Ukraine. Based on the study of the positive international experience of electronic criminal proceedings, the good features of the introduction and further development of electronic criminal proceedings have been identified, such as: optimization of the investigation and trial procedure; improvement of supervision and control; saving budget funds; reducing the number of employees; elimination of red tape and corruption risks; automation of communication processes and others. In the conclusions, the authors argue that it is desirable to determine in the procedural legislation the possibility of introducing a special regime of court proceedings, in the form of videoconferencing and procedures for signing court judgments, etc., during the period of war or state of emergency.

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