Almanac of law. Issue 17 (2026), pages 510–515.

DOI: 10.33663/2524-017X-2026-17-510-515

Khimyak Yu. B.
Current issues of digitalization of criminal proceedings: communication aspect

The article examines the current issues of digitalization of criminal proceedings in terms of the existing communication of participants in criminal proceedings among themselves and with the court.

It has been indicated that despite the wide choice of means of communication of participants in criminal proceedings, postal communication remains the main means today, and digitalization means in many cases act as an additional source of information for participants and have no procedural significance due to the disadvantages of procedural regulation.

It has been established that, unlike other procedural codes to which the EUICS applies, in the norms of the CPC, the fact of registering an electronic cabinet by the entities specified in Article 35 of the CPC, which must register it in a mandatory manner, does not mean the obligation to submit procedural documents to the court exclusively in this way. The norms of the CPC do not provide for any procedural consequences of the failure to use the electronic cabinet by the entities specified in Part 1 of Article 35 of the CPC, unlike other procedural codes, under which the legislation contains procedural consequences of the failure to submit documents using the electronic cabinet. Therefore, in fact, the presence of an electronic cabinet by these entities and bodies does not provide the court with the opportunity to exchange documents via the electronic cabinet in the event that another method of submission was chosen when sending procedural documents to the court. In addition, if an electronic cabinet is chosen as a means of communication with the court, the right to proper procedural notification arises in the court only in cases where a corresponding written application has been received from the participant about such a possibility of sending procedural documents.

It is concluded that the method chosen by the legislator of using an electronic cabinet and other electronic means of communication between a participant and the court in criminal proceedings cannot be considered effective. Further reform of the digitalization of judicial proceedings in the field of criminal justice in the communication aspect should be based on the procedural consolidation of the right of communication of the court with the participants in the proceedings, in the way that the participants chose to apply to the court, eliminating widespread cases of abuse of procedural rights in this area. At the same time, the effectiveness of criminal proceedings in the communication aspect can be ensured exclusively by the development of the digitalization of criminal proceedings in terms of improving the procedural order of issuing a summons, notification, sending a summons, receiving court decisions in electronic form, etc.

Keywords: criminal proceedings, reasonable terms, electronic office, e-mail, prioritization, notification, summons, postal communication.

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