Participation of Volodymyr Starosolskyi as an advocate, publicman and scientist in
defence of Ukrainians’ linguistic rights in the Second Commonwealth of Poland is examined in
the context of Ukrainian national question at the beginning of XX century
The article is devoted to the examination of the origin of the Commissioner of the
President of Ukraine for children`s rights institute and the legal status of an ombudsman for
children. Moreover, some proposals are introduced on the improvement of the existing model
of an ombudsman for children
The analysis of the history of formation and development of the idea of people’s sovereignty in Ukrainian legal thought was performed. It was mentioned that the doctrine of sovereignty of the people in Ukraine which had been formulated at the end of the 19th century – in the first quarter of the 20th century, despite of coming from European legal tradition includedsome particular features which were typical for the peoples deprived of national independence and sovereignty.
The article examines the legal aspects of the rights of prisoners of war. The attention to international standards in the treatment of this category of persons. Defined entities are entitled to POW status. Highlights the need to improve accountability for violations of human prisoners.
The article focuses on the human right for life, especially to human rights to be die in a natural way. Such important questions as euthanasia, capital punishment (death penalty) and premeditated murder are analyzed in the article. The article analyzes the modern 163 interpretation of the Orthodox Church appointed on the issue, mentioned before. This interpretation is also compared with international standards; similar and distinctive features are detected by the way.
The article raises questions of reforming the law enforcement system in the context of social and legal mechanisms to ensure human rights. The theoretical and legal aspects of the mechanism of human rights in statics and dynamics of social development in a national law enforcement adaptation to EU requirements in accordance with Ukraine Association Agreement with the EU. Principles of formation of law enforcement in relation to the sociolegal mechanisms to ensure human rights.
The question of the meaning of the national sovereignty principles and human rights for a modern constitutional state is raised and analyzed. It is noted that the two mentioned principles are closely interrelated in the process of their realization.
The article studies the regulatory foundation of the implementation and promotion of gender equality in Ukraine. Determination of the effectiveness of legal mechanisms aimed at its regulating, is based on the analysis of relevant legal acts. Based on the comparison of state programs, deficiencies and failures in this area, the direction of further improvement of legal regulation of gender equality in Ukraine, is determined.
The problem of public participation in the exercise of public authority. It is claimed that in terms of general theoretical law it can be seen in a double sense: first, as a political right of the individual when it comes to subjective content to individual members of society; secondly, the social institution of the democratic functioning of public authorities. The author paid special attention to the first display of public participation in the aspect of humanistic dimension.
Violated the issue of child rights protection mechanism as one of the problems of international law and especially its use in Ukraine.