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Annotation. The article is devoted to the study of problematic theoretical and practical issues of functioning of the current CPC of Ukraine during the decade since its entry into force. The article proves that most of the problems with the implementation of the current CPC are primarily related not to the imperfection of its procedural rules or individual institutions, but, first of all, to the incompleteness of the reform of the entire criminal justice system and each of its subjects (structural elements): court, prosecutor’s office, pre-trial investigation bodies, and the Bar, in particular, which play a key role in the mechanism of implementation of the current CPC of Ukraine in achieving the goals and objectives of criminal proceedings, as integral interrelated elements of the integral system. The author emphasizes that while developing Ukraine as a rule-of-law democratic state, which should be based on the rule of law and comply with the ideology of justice, one should first of all take care of creating a highly professional and efficient criminal justice system based on the rule of law. Without such a criminal justice system, no changes and additions to the current CPC of Ukraine and even its replacement with another model of criminal procedure will yield the desired result. Based on a systematic analysis of the activities of criminal justice agencies and the identified shortcomings in their functioning, the author proposes organizational and legal changes to improve their activities: optimization of the structure; staffing with qualified prosecutors who would meet the criteria of competence and integrity; optimization of workload; ensuring procedural and organizational guarantees of independence; increasing responsibility for violations of procedural legislation and other improper performance of their duties. It is proposed to stop the unsystematic and permanent changes to criminal procedural legislation, which negatively affects the criminal procedural policy of the state and does not contribute to the proper level of quality of administration of justice in the field of criminal justice, access to justice, undermines the credibility of the state’s criminal procedural policy in society, and causes public distrust. It is noted that amendments or changes to the current CPC of Ukraine should be scientifically based and meet the needs of practice, and also create guarantees of the rights of all participants to criminal proceedings. In order to increase the effectiveness of certain provisions and institutions of the current CPC, the author substantiates the need for amendments and additions to certain provisions thereof, in particular, Articles 214 and 233 of the CPC of Ukraine. It is proved that at the pre-trial investigation stage, the parties to criminal proceedings, substantiating their legal positions, operate with evidence. Keywords: court, prosecutor, investigator, coroner, detective, detective, operational and investigative activities, defense counsel, evidence, proof. REFERENCES LIST OF LEGAL DOCUMENTS LEGISLATION

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AUTHORED BOOKS

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2. Pohoretskyi M A, Yanovska O H, Advokatura Ukrainy [Bar of Ukraine] (Kyiv, Yurinkom Inter, 2014) 245 [in Ukrainian]. 36. Pohoretskyi M A, Funktsionalne pryznachennia operatyvno-rozshukovoi diialnosti u kryminalnomu protsesi [Functional assignment of investigative activity in the criminal process] (Kharkiv, Arsis LTD, 2007) 576 [in Ukrainian].
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4. Pohoretskyi M A, Kryminalno-protsesualni pravovidnosyny: struktura isystema [Criminal procedural legal relations: structure and system] (Kharkiv, Arsis LTD, 2002) 160 [in Ukrainian].
5. Tsutskiridze M S, Kryminalna protsesualna diialnist slidchoho: teoriia ta praktyka [Criminal procedural activity of the investigator: theory and practice] (vstupne slovo prof. M A Pohoretskoho) (Kyiv, Alerta, 2020) 562 [in Ukrainian].
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