PECULIARITIES OF CRIMINAL-PROCEDURAL ACTIVITY OF THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR IN PRE-TRIAL PROCEEDINGS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES
This article is dedicated to peculiarities of criminal-procedural activity of the Public Prosecutor in pre-trial proceedings in foreign countries. In this regard, the author studied the provisions of the constitutional and criminal procedure legislation of all member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States (the Azerbaijan Republic, the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine), Georgia, and Federal Republic of Germany, and presented in the article foreign experience of the French Republic and the United States of America. According to the results of the analysis the conclusion is drawn concerning the role of public prosecution in foreign countries, the main activities of the Public Prosecutor in pre-trial criminal procedure of these countries and the scope of the powers of the Public Prosecutor in pre-trial proceedings in foreign countries and its relationship with the form of the preliminary investigation.