Mechanism for Ensuring Children’s Rights in Ukraine: Problems of Subject Composition

Abstract

The purpose of the scientific article is a comprehensive analysis of the nature and subjective composition of the mechanism for ensuring the rights of children in Ukraine. Тo achieve it, the following tasks are formulated: first, on the basis of doctrinal sources to reveal the approaches of modern scientists to the nature and essence of the mechanism of ensuring children’s rights; secondly, based on the existing legal sources of Ukraine in this area to analyze the structure of the mechanism for ensuring the rights of children; thirdly, to classify the subjects of the mentioned mechanism, to consider the principles of their legal status and functional-competence characteristics; fourth, to highlight the features of general and special subjects of children’s rights, based on existing law enforcement practices. Scientific novelty. The mechanism for ensuring the rights of children in Ukraine have undergone a long period of formation, has undergone some reforms marked by the implementation of international legal standards, modernization of the subject structure, which includes two main groups – public and private, designed to regulate, implement, protect and safeguard children’s rights, and in case of their violation – proper and timely recovery. Conclusions. The mechanism for ensuring the rights of children in Ukraine are a complex entity. The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the President of Ukraine, through the Plenipotentiary of the President of Ukraine for Children’s Rights, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, the Ministry of Social Policy, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the National Police of Ukraine, their structural subdivisions and territorial bodies, local state administrations and bodies are called upon to exercise a number of powers local government, through children’s services. These are known to be public law entities. In turn, the subjects of private law involved in ensuring the rights of children and the protection of children are labor collectives, charities and other public organizations, individuals. At the same time, there are a number of problematic issues that lie in the plane of its functioning of this mechanism and need to be addressed in the interests of children