Abstract
The aim of the article is to define a modern interpretation of the categories "public policy" and "the sphere of activity of bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs", as well as the essence and content of public policy of Ukraine in this field. To achieve this goal, general scientific and special methods of cognition are used, namely: methods of analysis, synthesis, structural and functional, hermeneutics, comparison, special legal and some others. It is emphasized that public policy should be considered in two notions: 1) as the established course (state) of development of the State and society; 2) as a type of public activity (process) regarding the formulation of public policy (political process) and its implementation (executive activity). The focus of the study is on the social relations that arise in the course of activities of the bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are relatively close, similar, and related in their nature. Therefore, objectively existing link between these social relations and their specificity require the integration of these relations into one domain. In the current context, public policy in the sphere of activity of bodies of Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine is proposed to consider as the purposeful and organizational activity of specially authorized public bodies and representatives of civil society in determining strategic goals, targets, forms and means of their achievement in the field of law enforcement activity. It should be emphasized that this law-enforcement activity is directly related to providing improvement of safe living environment as a basis for internal security in Ukraine, the formation of a modern system of internal security as a deterrent to the aggressor country, as well as the implementation of effective integrated border management and balanced migration policy in Ukraine.
Highlights
Respect for human rights and freedoms in Ukraine is organically combined with the notion of the rule of law and the progressive heritage of humanity in the field of State building
It should be emphasized that this law-enforcement activity is directly related to providing improvement of safe living environment as a basis for internal security in Ukraine, the formation of a modern system of internal security as a deterrent to the aggressor country, as well as the implementation of effective integrated border management and balanced migration policy in Ukraine
In Soviet times, the bodies of the MIA system of Ukraine were considered as a structural element of a unified centralized State power and were the force that performed mainly punitive and repressive functions, but nowadays the current place and role of these bodies in the mechanism of the Ukrainian State are being revised and determined as well as their activities are redirected to the social component, the list of tasks assigned by society is updated and expanded
Summary
Respect for human rights and freedoms in Ukraine is organically combined with the notion of the rule of law and the progressive heritage of humanity in the field of State building. The deep and inevitable democratic changes that Ukraine undergoes, as well as our country's strategic course for European integration, require restructuring and significant improvement on this basis of the level of efficiency and quality of public authorities’ activity, achievement of qualitative indicators of transparency and accountability in relations with civil society. This requires the implementation of effective reforms both in the law enforcement sphere in general, and in the bodies and units of the MIA of Ukraine in particular. Along with important and topical priorities for the development of the Ministry of Internal Affairs such as crime prevention, safe environment creation, respect and protection of human rights, the novelty targets of these bodies should include: effective law enforcement management; introduction of effective democratic civil control mechanisms; establishing a democratic and effective public accountability system; partnerships with the community within the framework of community policing; formation of stable and highly professional staff; introduction of modern methods of motivation and balanced www.amazoniainvestiga.info system of social protection of employees; increasing the level of staff diversification to reflect the ethnic and gender structure of the population and others (The Decree of the CMU, 2018)
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