Protection of human rights through a system of legal clinics: an international legal aspect

Abstract

The protection of human rights and the possibility of their realization is one of the most important issues throughout human existence. The legal mechanism for the protection of human rights is the possibility for citizens to take certain actions to protect their rights, interests and freedoms.
 Human rights and freedoms and their guarantees determine the content and direction of state formation. The state is accountable to man for his activities. Building Ukraine as a democratic, legal, social state, enshrining in the Constitution of Ukraine the provisions on the highest social value of man, his life and health, honor and dignity, inviolability and security requires the formation of new approaches to human rights.
 At this stage of professionalization of society in the postmodern period, it is important to form a new legal elite capable of being responsible for the legal support of human activities and determining the legal protection of the entire social community. To solve this problem, it is necessary to improve the quality of training of law students, as the modern learning process is overloaded with theoretical information and therefore can only partially contribute to practical training. Legal clinics in their activities aim, above all, to lay the student's foundations for the protection of human rights. To instill in them respect for democratic values, the rule of law and the protection of human rights set out in key documents related to Ukraine's integration into Europe. Students learn to provide quality legal assistance to all vulnerable groups whose rights and interests need protection. Both national and international law are used. Legal clinics of foreign countries also have many years of experience in the protection of human rights, which can serve as a good example for us to implement in our activities. That is why the study of this issue, and especially with the study of international experience, will create a guarantee of success for future professionals.
 After all, the protection of human rights is the most reliable mechanism at the national level. However, there are many aspects of protection in the international arena. Accordingly, we need to take into account international experience to improve our national system.
 The purpose of the scientific article is to reflect the results of a comprehensive analysis of international legal regulation of human rights protection through a system of legal clinics.
 The author concludes that due to the rethinking of modern methods of teaching lawyers and the use of legal clinics as a basic experience of various practicing students, the concept of "legal clinical education" is introduced, which aims to provide students with free practical skills. Provide legal assistance to the population. Legal clinical education is a way to provide free legal aid to the masses through education and other forms of practice based on legal clinics in colleges and universities, so that students can acquire legal practice skills.