Theoretical and legal characteristics of social protection of participants of combat actions in Ukraine

Abstract

The article deals with the development of legislation protecting combatants in Ukraine. Recent achievements in the legal regulation of the social protection of combatants in Ukraine have been analysed. Countering and deterring the armed invasion of Russia affected the safety of the participants in the conflict; it created the necessary conditions for a decent standard of living. Despite the duration of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine - more than nine years, there is an imperfect regulation of social benefits for participants in hostilities. During the study of the normative-legal mechanism regulating the social protection of combatants, several problematic points were revealed outside the normative-legal field, particularly regarding missing persons and prisoners of war and the absence of generally accepted protocols (protocols). It has been found that the development of military medical rehabilitation and related infrastructure is becoming increasingly crucial in Ukraine as the country's war-related disability is on the rise. Under these circumstances, it is necessary to increase the investments of the state and local self-government bodies in the development of modern rehabilitation institutions to attract the participation of other subjects, and this is an important direction. Some recent achievements in the legal regulation of the social protection of combatants in Ukraine were noted. The necessity of expanding the possibilities of providing additional social benefits to the participants of hostilities at the level of united territorial communities has been demonstrated. As part of the theoretical and legal analysis of the legal basis of social protection of combatants in Ukraine, normative legal acts are catalogued, and their legal force is classified (legislative, sub-legal). The latest achievements in the legal regulation of social protection of combatants in Ukraine are mentioned, in particular, the law of the status of volunteers, the possibility of receiving monetary compensation for the purchase of housing, as well as the adoption by the government of a state program aimed at the physical, medical, psychological and social readaptation of combatants. These actions will continue until 2022. Several difficult moments of a non-legal and regulatory nature are indicated, particularly regarding the missing and prisoners of war - participants in the conflict and the lack of generally accepted protocols for the psychological and social rehabilitation of the participants in the competition. The necessity of expanding the possibilities of providing additional social benefits to the conflict participants is shown. To improve the regulatory and legal mechanisms of state administration in the social protection of combatants, it is proposed to involve such organisations as public and veteran associations, unions, and other social partnerships in the development of legislative acts.