Features of maintaining the Unified Register of Pre-trial Investigations (URPI) and the information and telecommunication system at the stage of pre-trial investigation

This paper discusses issues related to the coverage of problems that arise when entering information about a committed criminal offense into the Unified Register of Pre-trial Investigations (URPI), as well as problems that arise for authorized persons during its conduct at the stage of pre-trial investigation. The process of introduction of the information and telecommunication system of pre-trial investigation is analyzed. The need to improve and expand the functionality of the Unified Register of Pre-Trial Investigations and the information and telecommunication system is emphasized. The purpose of the Register, its functionality, as well as the form of maintaining the Unified Register of Pre-Trial Investigations are considered. The reasons why the Register is critically important for the pre-trial investigation, as well as who are the subjects of legal relations of the Register, are clarified, it is emphasized that the owner and administrator of this Register is the state represented by the Prosecutor General’s Office, and the owner of the processed information is the Prosecutor General’s Office. The process of Authentication in the Register and the information and telecommunication system, as well as the signing of electronic documents, which are carried out using a personal key and the corresponding qualified public key certificate issued by a qualified provider of electronic trust services of the prosecutor’s office of Ukraine, in compliance with the requirements of the legislation in the field of electronic trust services, is studied. The peculiarities of registration of criminal offenses on the basis of applications, reports received by the prosecutor’s office, pre-trial investigation or inquiry, or on circumstances identified by the prosecutor, investigator, investigator from other sources that indicate the commission of a criminal offense are analyzed. The Law of Ukraine «On Amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine on the Introduction of an Information and Telecommunication System of Pre-Trial Investigation» has been studied and the Attorney General’s order dated 30.06.2020 No. 298 «On Approval of the Regulation on the Unified Register of Pre-trial Investigations, the Procedure for its Formation and Maintenance, as well as Problems Arising During Investigative (Search) Actions.