EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION THROUGH THE PRISM OF FOREIGN EXPERIENCE

The article analyzes the organizational features and legal regulation of the stage of pre-trial investigation in such countries as Germany, France, Sweden, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Russia. The study of criminal procedure legislation of certain countries and its application in practice suggests that there is a tendency to optimize the pre-trial investigation. Most of the considered foreign countries in the construction of simplified procedures for the investigation of minor crimes along with objective factors (low degree of public danger of the act, the obviousness of the crime, the admission of suspects (accused) of their guilt) also proceed from such conditions as equality of arms, awareness and voluntariness of the decision of the suspect (accused) on simplification of criminal procedure, provision of a reasonable level of guarantees of the rights of participants of criminal proceedings, preservation of the general order. Analyzing the pre-trial investigation in different countries, it was concluded that in these countries there are attempts both to approve the common standards of criminal procedure and to preserve their national legal traditions. Ukraine is in the process of reforming its pre-trial investigation bodies. On July 1, 2020, Law № 2617-VIII "On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine Concerning Simplification of Pre-trial Investigation of Certain Categories of Criminal Offenses" (as amended) entered into force, aimed at humanizing criminal proceedings in accordance with European legislation. Today, our state has already moved from the stage of adopting legislative initiatives to the consistent implementation of the provisions of this Law, which are enshrined, in particular, in the Criminal and Criminal Procedure Codes of Ukraine. In this regard, the positive experience of the studied foreign countries (especially such post-Soviet countries as Estonia and Kazakhstan, which have a common past with Ukraine and which have already made successful steps in this area) will be useful for domestic professionals to qualitatively and timely eliminate all conflicts and gaps that arise during the application of the Law № 2617-VIII "On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine to Simplify the Pre-trial Investigation of Certain Categories of Criminal Offenses", make all necessary relevant decisions, and thus increase efficiency pre-trial investigation bodies.