Main types of administrative and legal relations related to the implementation by the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine of its functions in the field of human rights protection

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of administrative-legal relations that arise in the process of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine implementing its tasks in the field of human rights and freedoms protection. The key role of the Ministry of Justice as a body that ensures the formation and implementation of state legal policy, control over compliance with legislation, and interaction with other subjects of public administration and international organizations is emphasized.

It has been established that the effectiveness of human rights protection largely depends on the mechanisms for implementing state policy and the interaction of the Ministry of Justice with other public administration entities that ensure administrative regulation and the practical application of administrative law norms.

It is determined that the classification of such legal relations is a necessary condition for the effective functioning of human rights protection mechanisms, as it allows revealing their content, legal nature, range of participants and methods of regulatory regulation. The article proposes a systematization of administrative and legal relations by subject composition, functional purpose, procedural form, level of publicity and source of origin. Special attention is paid to the modern challenges of the Ministry of Justice, including ensuring access to public information, digitalization of legal services and compliance with international standards in the penitentiary system.

It is concluded that administrative and legal relations arising in the activities of the Ministry of Justice are a systemic tool for the implementation of state functions in the field of human rights. They encompass both power-subordination, institutional-coordination, international-legal, and regulatory, security, informational and educational relations that ensure the effective functioning of public administration mechanisms.

It was noted that at the current stage, the problems of ensuring the right to access public information, as well as compliance with international human rights standards in the penitentiary system, remain relevant. Their solution requires strengthening interdepartmental coordination, improving administrative procedures, increasing the level of funding, and bringing the conditions of detention of convicts in line with the requirements of international law.