Social protection of family members of military personnel in Ukraine: problems and ways to solve them

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the peculiarities of the legal regulation of social protection of members of military servicemen's families in Ukraine, the analysis of problematic issues of such protection and the introduction of proposals on ways to solve them. It is noted that the primary task of the state is to ensure social protection of its population and create conditions for a sufficient standard of living of people in the state. Because the right to social protection is one of the most important rights of a person, which must be recognized and guaranteed at the state level. It is noted that the category of the population in need of special social protection includes military personnel, whose activities are directly related to danger to life, and members of their families. Especially today, in the conditions of armed aggression, economic instability and the systematic and planned transformation of Ukraine as a European model state, the issue of social protection of military personnel and their family members is quite acute. It was concluded that in order to improve the social situation of family members of military personnel, it is necessary to improve their social protection. In particular, amendments to the laws of Ukraine and other normative legal acts in various areas, including improving the legislation on the strengthening of social protection for members of military servicemen's families; bringing the level of material and other types of security in line with the rights and freedoms established for them by law. Since the social protection of both military personnel and their family members, maintaining their lives at an appropriate level, is an important part of the social policy of the state, which is responsible for the well-being, development and security of its citizens. The social and legal protection of family members of military personnel is proposed to be understood as the activity of the state aimed at establishing a system of legal and social guarantees that ensure the realization of constitutional rights and freedoms, the satisfaction of the material and spiritual needs of family members of military personnel in accordance with the special type of their legal status in society.