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Modern Trends in the Formation and Development of the Human Rights Mechanism in Ukraine

Summary: 1. Introduction. – 2. Determinants of the Formation of the Human Rights Mechanism in Ukraine. – 2.1. External Determinants. – 2.1.1. Rule of Law Index. – 2.1.2. The Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights. – 2.1.3. Recommendations of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Council of Europe Anti-torture Committee) – 2.1.4. Recommendations of the Group of States against Corruption. – 2.2. Internal Determinants. – 2.2.1. Annual Report of the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. – 2.2.2. Results of Sociological Research. – 2.2.3. Expert Perspectives. – 2.2.4. ‘The Quality of Law’. – 3. Trends in the Development of Key Components of the Human Rights Mechanism in Ukraine. – 4. Conclusions.

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This article was prepared as part of the scientific project ‘Justice in the context of sustainable development’ Project No. 22BF042-01 (2022-2024). 

The article highlights the modern determinants of the formation and function of institutions of the national human rights mechanism in Ukraine.
Particular attention is paid to the institutions of the justice system as key elements of the national human rights mechanism, the formation and functioning of which, at the present stage, are determined by a number of factors, at both internal (national) and external (supranational) levels. It is established that external determinants determine the impact on the human rights mechanism in Ukraine through functional indicators of its effectiveness in the evaluation and reporting documents of the institutions of the supranational (international) human rights mechanism. Internal determinants dictate the impact on the national human rights mechanism through functional indicators of its effectiveness in the evaluation and reporting documents of national human rights institutions, the results of sociological research, and expert assessments and depend directly on the ‘quality of law’.
The current trends in the development of human rights mechanisms in Ukraine, which are enshrined in a number of corresponding strategies in the field of human rights due to the need to improve the state’s activities to promote and ensure human rights and freedoms, create effective mechanisms for their implementation and protection in the field of development of the justice system as a whole, as well as its constituent institutions, such as the prosecutor’s office and the bar. Emphasis is placed on the priority of reaching consensus among stakeholders in the implementation of these strategic documents as a normative component, which determines the development trends of the institutional and functional components of the national human rights mechanism.

About Authors

 Maryna Stefanchuk

Dr. Sc (Law), Professor of the Department,
Law School, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine

m.stefanchuk@gmail.com

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6239-9091

Corresponding author, solely responsible for the manuscript preparing. 

Competing interests: Although the author serves at the same institution as the Editor-in-Chief of AJEE, which may cause a potential conflict or the perception of bias, the final decisions for the publication of this article, including the choice of peer reviewers, were handled by the editor and the editorial board members, who are not affiliated with the same institution. 

Disclaimer: The author declares that her opinion and views expressed in this manuscript are free of any impact of any organizations.

Managing editor – Dr Olena Terekh. English Editor – Dr Sarah White.

Copyright: © 2022 M Stefanchuk. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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 СУЧАСНІ ДЕТЕРМІНАНТИ ФОРМУВАННЯ ТА ТЕНДЕНЦІЇ РОЗВИТКУ ПРАВОЗАХИСНОГО МЕХАНІЗМУ В УКРАЇНІ

 

Марина Стефанчук, 

доктор юридичних наук, професор Київського національного університету імені Тараса Шевченка


Зміст: 1. Introduction. – 2. Детермінанти формування правозахисного механізму в Україні. – 2.1. Зовнішні детермінанти. – 2.1.1. Індекс верховенства права. – 2.1.2. Практика Європейського суду з прав людини. – 2.1.3. Рекомендації Європейського Комітету із запобігання катуванням та нелюдському або такому, що принижує гідність, поводженню чи покаранню (Council of Europe anti-torture Committee) – 2.1.4. Рекомендації of the Group of States against Corruption.– 2.2. Внутрішні детермінанти. – 2.2.1. Щорічна доповідь Уповноваженого Верховної Ради України з прав людини. – 2.2.2. Результати соціологічних досліджень.– 2.2.3. Експертні бачення. – 2.2.4. «Якість закону». – 3. Тенденції розвитку ключових складових правозахисного механізму в Україні. – 4. Conclusions.

 

 

У статті висвітлено сучасні детермінанти формування та функціонування інституцій національного правозахисного механізму в Україні. Особливу увагу приділено інституціям системи правосуддя, як ключовим елементам національного правозахисного механізму, формування та функціонування яких на сучасному етапі зумовлені низкою детермінант, як внутрішнього (національного), так і зовнішнього (наднаціонального) рівня. Встановлено, що зовнішні детермінанти обумовлюють вплив на правозахисний механізм в Україні через функціональні показники його ефективності в оціночно-звітних документах інституцій наднаціонального (міжнародного) правозахисного механізму. Внутрішні детермінанти обумовлюють вплив на національний правозахисний механізм через функціональні показники його ефективності в оціночно-звітних документах національних правозахисних інституцій, результатах соціологічних досліджень, експертних оцінках та залежать безпосередньо від «якості закону». Проаналізовано сучасні тенденції розвитку складових правозахисного механізму в Україні, які знайшли своє нормативне закріплення у низці кореспондуючих стратегій у сфері прав людини, що зумовлено необхідністю вдосконалення діяльності держави щодо утвердження та забезпечення прав і свобод людини, створення дієвих механізмів їх реалізації та захисту; у сфері розвитку системи правосуддя у цілому, а також таких її складових інституцій як прокуратура та адвокатура. Наголошено на першочерговості досягнення консенсусу між заінтересованими суб’єктами у сфері реалізації цих стратегічних документів як нормативної складової, що визначає тенденції розвитку інституційної та функціональної складових національного правозахисного механізму. 

Keywords: правозахисний механізм, правозахисні інституції, система правосуддя, детермінанти формування, тенденції розвитку, верховенство права, міжнародні стандарти, «якість закону».

 

 

Keywords

  • human rights mechanism; human rights institutions; justice system; determinants of formation; development trends; rule of law; international standards; ‘quality of law’

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  • M Stefanchuk ‘Modern Trends in the Formation and Development of the Human Rights Mechanism in Ukraine’ 2022 No 3 (No 15) Access to Justice in Eastern Europe 19-40. DOI: 10.33327/AJEE-18-5.3-a000311