Human rights in Ukraine: current challenges and threats

Abstract

The article analyzes the problematic issues of modern society, identifies challenges and threats to human rights in Ukraine. In this context, it is emphasized that man, his various needs and interests (material, spiritual and others) should become for the state is not a means but a primary goal. The principle of respect for human rights is a fundamental principle of the law of all civilized nations. It is emphasized that in the everyday imagination a person is a person when he does not do what is dictated to him by others, but what he analyzes (even if it is dictated by others), evaluates whether or not to make a decision accordingly. A person remains free if he realizes the need to perform this action and is convinced of its value and optimality. For a person with a conscious sense of self-worth is characterized by the fact that, acting in one way or another under the direct action of external pressure, he is guided by his own beliefs, does as his dignity suggests. And this is a manifestation of the moral freedom of the individual. Corruption, legal nihilism and abuse of law are characterized as powerful destructive elements in the process of realization of human rights and freedoms. It is argued that the main entity that should address these challenges, which undermine the foundations of humanrights and freedoms in Ukraine, is the state whose activities should be aimed at creating such legal values that provide newopportunities for progressive development of the national legal system, increase the role of law in society and the effective provision of human rights and freedoms. Keywords: person, personality, human rights, corruption, legal nihilism, abuse of law, responsible state