<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The article focuses on current problems of human rights constitutional provision, protection and implementation in Ukraine in the context of the reforms aimed at Eurointegration. The aim is to brief in the historical aspects of the development of ideas and concepts of human rights in Ukraine, focus on the human rights provision of the active Constitution projected through the ongoing reforms and to expose the correlation between the rights enshrined and their actual implementation. The existing and possible future problems related to the regulation and realization of human rights in Ukraine’s reform process are considered. The article reflects the problem of the value approach to human rights, which is directly related to the low level of legal culture and the insufficient level of development of civil society Ukraine. The work also analyses the amendments that have been made to the Constitution since the independence. While presenting the latest developments and drafts regarding the addressed issues, we try to look deeper into the problem, far beyond the formal and procedural concerns, addressing social and cultural barriers in understanding the importance and necessity of the problems under consideration not only by the leadership of the state but also by ordinary Ukrainians.</p></abstract>

The article focuses on current problems of human rights constitutional provision, protection and implementation in Ukraine in the context of the reforms aimed at Eurointegration. The aim is to brief in the historical aspects of the development of ideas and concepts of human rights in Ukraine, focus on the human rights provision of the active Constitution projected through the ongoing reforms and to expose the correlation between the rights enshrined and their actual implementation. The existing and possible future problems related to the regulation and realization of human rights in Ukraine’s reform process are considered. The article reflects the problem of the value approach to human rights, which is directly related to the low level of legal culture and the insufficient level of development of civil society Ukraine. The work also analyses the amendments that have been made to the Constitution since the independence. While presenting the latest developments and drafts regarding the addressed issues, we try to look deeper into the problem, far beyond the formal and procedural concerns, addressing social and cultural barriers in understanding the importance and necessity of the problems under consideration not only by the leadership of the state but also by ordinary Ukrainians.

Reforming Ukraine: Problems of Constitutional Regulation and Implementation of Human Rights

TalTech Journal of European Studies

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The article focuses on current problems of human rights constitutional provision, protection and implementation in Ukraine in the context of the reforms aimed...

Reforming Ukraine: Problems of Constitutional Regulation and Implementation of Human Rights

Pubblicato online: 12 giu 2018

Pagine: 63 - 75

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/bjes-2018-0005

Parole chiave
constitutional process in Ukraine, European integration, human and civil rights and freedoms, reforming Ukraine

© 2018 Oleksandr Petryshyn, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Reforming Ukraine: Problems of Constitutional Regulation and Implementation of Human Rights

Pubblicato online: 12 giu 2018

Pagine: 63 - 75

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/bjes-2018-0005

Parole chiaveconstitutional process in Ukraine, European integration, human and civil rights and freedoms, reforming Ukraine

© 2018 Oleksandr Petryshyn, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Parole chiave
constitutional process in Ukraine, European integration, human and civil rights and freedoms, reforming Ukraine