The Investigating Police and the Respect of the Rule of Law in Pre-Trial Criminal Proceedings: An Observation under Cameroonian and Ukrainian Criminal Law Systems

Abstract

With careful consideration of current regulatory rules and scientific research on the subject, the study focuses on particulars of judicial oversight during pre-trial investigation. The requirements for implementing judicial oversight during the pre-trial investigation phase have been disclosed by the article's authors. During the pre-trial investigation, the term "judicial control" has been defined. Certain traits of this kind of judicial control have been identified. It has been decided what the goal of court control during pre-trial investigation. Taking into consideration the standards of the existing legislation and scientific study on the subject, the relationship between the functions of judicial control and justice has been determined. Crime commission is an unavoidable singularity in any given and documented society functioning under the umbrella of established rules and regulations. Cameroon and Ukraine have engaged huge steps in establishing credible laws, all in the preservation and protection of fundamental human rights of those presumed of crime commission. This article establishes that, it is the responsibility and role of the investigative police in carrying out investigation and respects the due process of the law in the course of its investigation so that their act should not contravene the right of the suspect or accused in question.