Legal security of the principle of equality of religious organizations in Ukraine

Abstract

The article characterizes the peculiarities of the legal provision of the principle of equality of religious organizations in Ukraine, new trends and directions in its implementation are clarified. It was determined that the principle of equality in law involves two main aspects that characterize its content, equal subordination of all laws of Ukraine and fair equality of rights and opportunities (ontological components of equality). Both of these sides of the principle of equality are revealed in legal regulation, the quality of which the state must ensure in order to achieve equality in society. It was found that the principle of legal equality of religious organizations consists in: equality of rights of all religious organizations operating legally in Ukraine; in the equality of legal properties within which religious organizations carry out their activities; in equality before the law and the court. Establishing any advantages or limitations of a religious organization over others is not allowed.
 It is concluded that despite the positive achievement of Ukraine in the approval of the European standardization of the legal regulation of socio-religious relations in Ukraine, but along with the positive changes there are also a number of organizational, regulatory, procedural and other issues that inhibit the provision of the principle of equality of religious organizations. However, in the context of the modern religious situation, which is characterized by states of contact, collision and conflict, the need to codify the legislation of Ukraine in the field of religion is of particular importance.