CURRENT ISSUES OF DIGITALISATION OF CRIMINAL PROCESS IN UKRAINE

The article focuses on the current prospects and peculiarities of introduction of digital tools and technologies into the criminal process in Ukraine.Digitalisation of the criminal process is a significant step forwards the development of legal system of the state; nevertheless, it also entails a number of legal and practical aspects that require careful analysis.The introduction of digital technologies in criminal proceedings raises many issues related to efficiency, protection of the participants' rights in criminal process and compliance with the principles of a fair trial.Due to the special role of criminal process in the system of Ukrainian law that becomes even more important during a full-scale war in Ukraine, the introduction of electronic and digital innovations is accompanied by a high degree of risks; and, therefore, their implementation in practice requires significant theoretical and legal understanding, appropriate level of technical equipment and use of empirical experience gained by borrowing ready-made working digital tools of criminal process, used in foreign countries as well.At the same time, arbitrary and meaningless digitalisation of criminal process without taking into account its nature and inherent features, increases the risk of miscarriages of justice, the number of incorrectly resolved cases and human rights violations.The article examines the main areas for the introduction of digital technologies into pre-trial and trial proceedings in criminal process in Ukraine.The author identifies the main prospects for the transition to digital criminal process, outlines the problems of this process and formulates proposals for overcoming them.