Tasks and Functions of the Subjects of Guaranteeing Rights of Persons Sentenced to Imprisonment in Ukraine
The purpose of the article is to identify the entities of ensuring the rights of citizens sentenced to imprisonment in Ukraine, as well as to analyze their tasks and functions. During the writing of the article, such methods of scientific knowledge as: comparative-legal, legal analysis, dialectical, system-structural, logic and legal method were used. The main entities of ensuring and protection the rights of citizens sentenced to imprisonment in Ukraine are identified. It is stated that the protection of the rights and freedoms of persons sentenced to imprisonment is done through an extensive system of state and non-state entities whose activity is aimed at the implementation of state policy in this field. It is proposed to classify the entities of protection of human rights and citizens, in particular they are divided into two main groups, namely who: a) are endowed with relevant functions on behalf of the state; b) perform certain functions as civil society institutions. The basic tasks of such entities are analyzed and their functions are defined and systematized (content characterization is provided). All functions of the entities of ensuring the rights of persons sentenced to imprisonment are divided into basic (normative, security, control) and additional (educational, re-socialization, social protection, prevention). It is concluded that the legislative consolidation of the tasks and functions of such entities is a prerequisite for the establishment of an effective system of ensuring the rights and freedoms of convicted persons. Such a legal mechanism must comply with universally recognized international standards in the field of the protection of human rights and freedoms.