Unified register of pre-trial investigations as part of the information and communication system of pre-trial investigation

It is indicated that the digitalization of public administration is a key priority for the development of a modern state. Electronic document flow accelerates information exchange, simplifies data processing and reduces budget costs. The digital transformation of criminal justice bodies ensures effective control, compliance with the rule of law and human rights, and optimizes pre-trial investigation. The scientific publication is devoted to topical issues of the functioning of the Unified Register of pre-trial investigations as part of the information and telecommunication system of pre-trial investigation. The problematic issues of Unified register of pre-trial investigations interaction with other components of the information and telecommunication system of the pre-trial investigation are analyzed and the optimal ways of their solution are determined. It is proposed to systematically connect other databases to the information and communication system of the pre-trial investigation, as well as to include other participants in the criminal proceedings (except the investigator, prosecutor and their managers) in electronic procedural communication. Indicates the need for detailed legal regulation of electronic criminal proceedings in order to gradually abandon paper media, except when paper is evidence in criminal proceedings, or a participant in criminal proceedings does not have access to information and telecommunications system of pre-trial investigation. The conclusion on the need to amend the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine, the Regulations on the Unified Register of Pre-trial Investigations, the procedure for its formation and maintenance, as well as the Regulations on the information and telecommunications system of pre-trial investigation «i-Case». Unified register of pre-trial investigations interaction should be defined as part of the information and telecommunication system of the pre-trial investigation. There is a need to adopt a joint order of the Office of the Prosecutor General, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, the Security Service of Ukraine, the State Bureau of Investigation, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine, the Bureau of Economic Security of Ukraine and the High Council of Justice on approval of the new Regulation on the information and telecommunication system of the pre-trial investigation «i-Case».