Abstract. The Review dossier analyzes the legislative regulation of the organization and provision of support services to servicemen discharged/demobilized from military service for their reintegration into civilian life. Certain aspects of the functioning of institutions that carry out relevant patronage activities in Ukraine are investigated. Examples of the organization and implementation of programs for adaptation to civilian life of demobilized servicemen in Croatia and Israel are given. The author emphasizes the effectiveness of interaction between the State and veteran non-governmental organizations in providing support to servicemen after service completion.

Key words: military personnel, demobilization, social programs, reintegration into civilian life, veteran policy, rehabilitation, patronage.

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07/2024

Abstract. The Review dossier presents the results of a review of the legislative regulation of child support for adult children who continue their studies in certain European Union Member States. The author emphasizes the peculiarities of maintenance of an adult child continuing their studies and the ways of collecting alimony in the states: Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Sweden, Denmark, and Poland.

Key words: alimony, recovery of alimony, child who has reached the age of majority, parents, interests of the child, child maintenance, financial assistance, continuation of education, court, family court, agreement.

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07/2024

Abstract. The Review dossier presents the results of the analysis of the legislative regulation of family-based care for orphans and children deprived of parental care in Spain, Lithuania, Poland and the United States. The author emphasizes the absence of unified legislative norms at the EU level on this issue, and also examines in detail the peculiarities of the legislative definition and criteria for distinguishing such forms in relation to vulnerable groups of children.

Key words: foster parents; orphans; children deprived of parental care; family-type children's home; foster parents; foster children; foster family; family patronage; family-based care.

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06/2024

Abstract. The Review dossier presents the results of the analysis of Ukrainian legislation, the provisions of which support the implementation of the state demographic policy. Some demographic problems and organizational and legal means of solving them are highlighted.

A comparative analysis of the state policy measures proposed in the draft Strategy of Demographic Development of Ukraine for the period up to 2040 to stimulate birth rate growth with foreign experience in legislative regulation of such measures is carried out. Attention is focused on the peculiarities of regulation of migration processes and their impact on the labor market.

Key words: demographic crisis, migration, birth rate, depopulation, life expectancy, reproductive health care.

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06/2024

Abstract. The review dossier examines in a comparative aspect the existing foreign experience of legislative support for the prevention and combating of domestic violence in relation to the following issues: the right to divorce during the wife's pregnancy and/or within one year after the birth of a child and the procedure for divorce (administrative and/or judicial); the practice of divorce in connection with domestic violence (claims, mechanism); the practice of awarding/recovering alimony until the child reaches the age of 1 (3) years. In particular, the legislation of the following countries was analysed: Austria, Germany, France, Poland, Lithuania, Romania, Greece.

Key words: domestic violence; Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence; practice of the European Court of Human Rights; Directive (EU) 2024/1385 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 on combating violence against women and domestic violence.

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06/2024

Abstract. The overview dossier is devoted to the genesis of the digitalization of the social security sector. The factors, prerequisites and strategic objectives of the transition to digitalization of the social security system of Ukraine are outlined. A content analysis of the legal and regulatory framework for the digital transformation of the social sphere in Ukraine is carried out. The functions of the Unified Information System of the Social Sphere are analyzed.

Key words: digitalization of the social sphere, verification of information, social e-services, Unified Information System of the Social Sphere, targeting, digital tools of social services.

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05/2024

Abstract. The overview dossier presents the results of the empirical base analysis regarding the number of war veterans, their need for employment, and also identifies certain problems of access to employment after the end of military service. The current state of legal support for the implementation of the right to work for veterans in Ukraine is analyzed. The main types of state aid, including benefits and guarantees, are characterized: grants for opening one's own business (veteran entrepreneurship); preferences for employers who create jobs for veterans; vouchers for professional training, retraining or advanced training; implementation of standards of workplaces for employment of veterans; guarantees of their employment.

Key words: war veteran, voucher, guarantees, grant, job standards for employment, professional training, retraining, professional development.

Abstract. The dossier describes the introduction of an investment obligation for cultural audiovisual product aimed at supporting the creation of European works in accordance with Directive 2010/13/EU of 10 March 2010 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in the Member States relating to the provision of audiovisual media services, amended by Directive (EU) 2018/1808.

Key words: investment, foreign investment, audiovisual media services, investment climate.

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02/2024

Abstract. The overview dossier is devoted to the analysis of Ukrainian legislation on the rehabilitation of military personnel and war veterans. Attention is emphasized on the change in conceptual approaches to the regulation of rehabilitation. The advantages of a multidisciplinary approach to the provision of rehabilitation services and teamwork in the field of health care as components of the strategy for the development of the system of medical and social rehabilitation are noted. The features of the organization of medical and psychological rehabilitation of military personnel and war veterans are analyzed. The problems of organizing psychological rehabilitation in Ukraine, ways to overcome the main challenges, taking into account the experience of the State of Israel, are highlighted.

Key words: rehabilitation, individual rehabilitation plan, physical and rehabilitation medicine, psychological assistance in rehabilitation, military personnel, war veterans.

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02/2024

Abstract. The overview dossier is devoted to the genesis of Ukrainian legislation on the status of war veterans. Attention is emphasized on the expediency of changing the conceptual approaches to: regulating the status of war veterans from among military personnel; differentiation of legislative regulation of social protection of veterans of the Second World War, participants of hostilities that took place during the Soviet period of our country's history, and the status of defenders who participate in actions aimed at ensuring national security, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. The content of the concepts of “veteran”, “war veteran”, “combatant”, “defender” is analyzed. A comparative analysis of the concept of “veteran” in the legislation of foreign countries (USA, Croatia, Serbia, Israel), as well as conceptual approaches to the methods of legislative regulation of the status of persons who participated in the defense of the sovereignty of their state is carried out.

Key words: veteran, war veteran, legal status, social security system.

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01/2024