addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}...

documentclass[a4paper,12pt,oneside]{report}
usepackage{minitoc}

setcounter{secnumdepth}{3}
setcounter{tocdepth}{3}
pagenumbering{roman}

begin{document}
newcounter{rom}
input{chapters/0_title}
newpagethispagestyle{plain}
addtocounter{rom}{1}setcounter{page}{2}~
newpagethispagestyle{plain}
setcounter{page}{3}

input{chapters/1_declaration}
input{chapters/2_acknowledgements}
input{chapters/3_abstract}

addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Abstract}
input{chapters/4_list_of_publications}

addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of Publications}

cleardoublepage
phantomsection
dominitoc
addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Contents}
{
  hypersetup{linkcolor=black}
  tableofcontents
}

newpagethispagestyle{plain}~
clearpage
pagenumbering{arabic}

input{chapters/chapter01}newpagecleardoublepage
input{chapters/chapter02}newpagecleardoublepage