PROBLEMATIC ISSUES AND PROSPECTS FOR IMPROVING THE LEGAL REGULATION OF THE PROCEDURE FOR CONDUCTING AN INVESTIGATIVE (SEARCH) ACTION – A SEARCH

Olena SOLDATENKO

SOLDATENKO O. (2023), PROBLEMATIC ISSUES AND PROSPECTS FOR IMPROVING THE LEGAL REGULATION OF THE PROCEDURE FOR CONDUCTING AN INVESTIGATIVE (SEARCH) ACTION – A SEARCH; Scientific Bulletin of Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affairs, № 2, 294-302

DOI: 10.31733/2078-3566-2023-2-294-302

 

ABSTRACT. The article considers problematic issues of legal regulation of the procedure of such investigative (search) action as search during pre-trial investigation, which arise in law enforcement practice in the context of possible harmonization of modern criminal procedure legislation with European standards in the field of human rights and freedoms. The legal institute of persons authorized to conduct a search during the pre-trial investigation is analyzed, as well as the relevant precedents of the European Court of Human Rights and domestic court decisions. On the basis of a careful analysis of the Criminal Procedure Legislation of Ukraine (hereinafter referred to as the CPC of Ukraine), a certain imperfection of the legislative technique was identified during the construction of the normative content of Art. 236 of the CPC of Ukraine, including in part of the subjects of execution of the decision of the investigating judge to grant permission to conduct a search.

The proposals formulated in the article are aimed at improving certain provisions of the current criminal procedure legislation of Ukraine in terms of legal regulation of the procedure for searching the home or other property of a person. There are well-founded recommendations for the optimal application of certain norms of national legislation, which indicate the practical value of the results of the study.

Keywords: criminal procedural legislation, regulatory issues, the right to inviolability of the home, investigative (search) actions, search, investigator, prosecutor, investigating judge, coroner, prospects for improvement.

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