The article characterizes the peculiarities of the functioning of judicial bodies as subjects of the system of administrative and legal guarantee of the activity of religious organizations in Ukraine. Implementation by judicial bodies of administrative and legal guarantees of the activities of religious organizations is carried out by the system of courts of general jurisdiction, administrative courts, and the Supreme Court of Ukraine, acting on the same basis, regarding the implementation of joint tasks in the sphere of justice. It was noted that judicial bodies are the subjects of guaranteeing the right to legalize the legal status of a religious organization, protection of their property and other rights. Of particular importance in this area is the activity of judicial bodies regarding the recognition of decisions, actions, inaction of public administration bodies regarding religious organizations as being contrary to the law, bringing persons guilty of offenses regarding religious organizations to administrative responsibility, etc.
The specific features of judicial bodies regarding the administrative-legal guarantee of the functioning of religious organizations are determined: 1) the possibility of implementation by judicial bodies of administrative-legal guarantees of the activity of religious organizations endowed with state support, which is caused by the assignment of these bodies to one of the branches of government in Ukraine on the basis of Art. 6 of the Constitution of Ukraine, 2) extending the jurisdiction of courts to all types of legal relations in the religious sphere existing in the state; 3) the activity of judicial bodies acts as a condition for guaranteeing the legal possibilities of religious organizations regarding the judicial consideration of the case and the implementation of judicial protection of their rights; 4) they are the subjects of guaranteeing the right to legalization of the legal status of a religious organization, protection of their property and other rights, safety of peaceful activities by them, protection of the rights of these institutions from violations by subjects of authority under the procedure of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, punishment in the administrative order for activities that have an illegal destructive effect on the functioning of religious organizations, etc.
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