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Abstract. The parliamentary research examines the issues of legislative determination of the grounds for criminal liability for the import, manufacture, sale, and distribution of pornographic items in Ukraine.
The Ukrainian and foreign experience (USA, Great Britain, Canada, Germany, France) of legal regulation of the circulation of pornographic objects has been analyzed; the practice of the European Court of Human Rights on determining the limits of state interference in a person's private life and restrictions on the right to freedom of expression in the context of protecting public morality has been analyzed; proposals have been formulated on directions to improve the legislative bases of criminal punishment for the circulation of pornography in Ukraine.
Key words: criminal liability, crimes against morality, pornographic objects, child pornography, grounds for decriminalization.
12/2025
Abstract. The informational reference considers the issue of strengthening administrative responsibility for the demonstration or distribution of films without entering them into the State Register of Films, violation of the conditions for the distribution and demonstration of films established by the legislation on cinematography, failure by officials and citizens - subjects of cinematography to comply with the quota for the demonstration of national films when using national screen time in the context of the draft law (No. 14275, dated 05.12.2025).
Key words: administrative liability, fine, cinematography, State Film Register, quotas.
12/2025
Abstract. The information note presents the results of the analysis of the proposals provided for by the draft Code of Ukraine on the Protection of Statehood, Independence and the Status of Defenders of the State (reg. №14265 dated 11/28/2025). The emphasis is on the main aspects of the process of codification of legislation.
Key words: systematization of legislation, code, war veteran, legal status, principles of state veteran policy, Defender and Defender.
12/2025
Abstract. This analytical note presents the results of an analysis of legislative regulation of accessibility of audiovisual media services for persons with visual and hearing disabilities.
It focuses on the regulation of subtitling and audio description quotas in the United Kingdom and the United States of America, approaches to financing content accessibility, and the phased implementation of accessibility requirements for different types of media services in European Union member states (Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Italy, Germany, France, Croatia) and the United Kingdom.
Key words: audiovisual media services, audiovisual content, providers, accessibility, quotas, subtitles, audio description.
12/2025
Abstract. The analytical note contains proposals for Section I, ‘List of issues requiring legislative regulation aimed at adapting Ukrainian legislation to the provisions of European Union law (EU acquis) in terms of Ukraine's international legal obligations in the field of European integration,’ of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine's Draft Legislation Work Plan for 2026. The proposals have been formulated taking into account the provisions of the European Commission's ‘Ukraine 2025’ Report, the Plan for Ukraine Facility, roadmaps and other strategic documents.
Keywords: draft laws, European Union acquis, European integration, reforms, European Commission, Ukraine Facility, roadmaps.
12/2025
Abstract. The information note presents the results of the analysis of the draft Law of Ukraine «On Amendments to the Law of Ukraine «On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine Regarding the Electronic Recording of Employee Work History» regarding the extension of the deadline for digitising employment record books»(reg. No. 14257 of 27.11.2025) .
Key words: employee, electronic employment record book, recording of employee work activity, deadline for digitising employment record books, paper employment record book.
12/2025
Abstract. The information note presents the results of the analysis of the proposals provided for by the draft Law of Ukraine «On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine Regarding Strengthening the Protection of the Rights of Minors and Juveniles Who Have the Right to Assign and Receive One-Time Cash Assistance» (reg. № 14248 of 11/26/2025). The focus is on conceptual problems related to the legal nature of one-time cash assistance.
Key words: social protection; one-time cash assistance; minors and minor children who permanently reside in a healthcare institution, educational institution or other children's institution.
12/2025
Abstract. The reference provides an analysis of the Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of the Republic of Poland on the activities of Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego in Ukraine and the conditions for its entry into force.
Keywords: international treaties, agreements on financial and economic cooperation, banking activities, ratification, financial and technical assistance.
12/2025
Abstract. The analytical note describes the main types and features of marketing services in the pharmaceutical sector and analyses the system of regulatory requirements for the registration (authorisation) of pharmaceutical products and the provision of services for their promotion, as defined in the secondary legislation of the European Union (in particular, in the Community Code relating to medicinal products for human use). The legislation of France, Denmark, Portugal, the Netherlands and Poland has been reviewed with regard to the regulation of pharmaceutical marketing activities in the internal market of the European Union, and the features of legislative regulation of restrictions on financial relations through the introduction of transparency mechanisms and ethical standards have been analysed.
Keywords: European Union legislation, pharmaceutical marketing, marketing services, prescription medicines, over-the-counter medicines, registration (authorisation) of medicinal products.
12/2025
Abstract. The informational reference contains the results of an analysis of the Draft Law of Ukraine ‘On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine to Ensure Ukraine's Implementation of the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction’.
Keywords: Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, child, child abduction, return of children, Civil Procedure Code of Ukraine, Family Code of Ukraine.
12/2025