Legal guarantees of equality in Ukraine: individual issues of implementation

Abstract

The article reveals the general characteristics of the content of legal guarantees of equality in Ukraine. The relevance of the publication is due to the need to develop effective mechanisms to counteract discrimination, to prevent cases of unequal treatment of certain persons, depending on certain signs and circumstances. The purpose of the article was to establish the content of general means provided for in the legislation to ensure equality of rights and freedoms of citizens, to form conclusions aimed at compliance with international standards for ensuring the proper implementation of human rights, in particular during criminal proceedings. The prerequisites for the formation of this goal were modern problems that arise in ensuring the rights and freedoms of individuals. The work was carried out on the basis of the use of general scientific and special methods of scientific knowledge. Among the general scientific methods, in particular, the system-structural method, the method of functional analysis were used, among the special ones – formal-legal, logical-procedural methods, the method of Comparative Law. The main legislative norms related to the topic of publication are analyzed. The paper proves that the formation and reflection of the idea of equality in the normative legal acts of our country was influenced by the provisions of the Universal Declaration of human rights, the convention for the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, the International Covenant on civil and political rights, and other international documents.
 The disclosure of the content of legal guarantees on equality, enshrined in the legislation of our country, prompted the formation of such conclusions:
 - the main ideas of equality are reflected in Articles 21 and 24 of the Constitution of Ukraine and other legislative acts – in particular, the civil, criminal and criminal procedure codes;
 - in Ukraine, the regulation of general provisions on equality between people took place in compliance with international standards in the field of ensuring individual rights and freedoms. Since 1948, the Universal Declaration of human rights and other international legal acts have had and continue to have a significant impact on this process;
 - any features of criminal proceedings, if they are not aimed at eliminating legal or factual inequality in opportunities for a person or group of persons, have signs of discrimination.