MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION JOINED THE DISCUSSION OF THE DRAFT LAW OF UKRAINE "ON OPERATIONAL AND SEARCH ACTIVITIES"

On March 9, 2021, the head of the Association of Scientists and Specialists in the Field of Operational and Investigative Activities, Doctor of Laws, Professor Oleksandr Korystin, and a member of the board of the association, Candidate of Laws, Associate Professor Vyacheslav Nekrasov, took an active part in the meeting of the interdepartmental scientific and practical round table to discuss the prospects for improving legislation in the field of the functioning of operational units.

Oleksandr Korystin raised the issue of the place of operational and investigative activities in the system of law enforcement and in the criminal justice system, the impact of operational and investigative activities on fundamental human rights and freedoms, and the effective use of this activity by developing mechanisms for preventing crime and the commission of certain crimes. Also, Professor Oleksandr Korystin, during his speech, paid attention to the distinction between the concepts of operational and investigative activities and criminal intelligence.

Vyacheslav Nekrasov drew attention to the fact that it is now necessary to form a practically new paradigm of operational and investigative activities, as well as to the tasks that we set for the mentioned institution. As an example, he raised the question of deciding the form of operational and investigative activities: it should be a form of secret, covert investigation or a system of mechanisms for controlling crime.

Also speaking at the round table were representatives of the Office of the President of Ukraine, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Law Enforcement, the Public Council under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, and the Main Investigation Department of the National Police of Ukraine, who outlined priority areas for improving the legislative support for the activities of operational units in modern conditions.