Abstract. The parliamentary research analyses and systematises international legal acts (documents), including the EU acquis, in the judicial, law enforcement and anti-corruption spheres, as set out in the Rule of Law Roadmap. This generalisation is aimed at providing informative assistance in planning the legislative work of the Parliament, determining legislative priorities with due regard to the requirements and recommendations of the European partners.

Keywords: Roadmap, law and order, justice, anti-corruption, justice, directive, regulation, recommendations, decisions, acts of the European Union.

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06/2025

Abstract. The parliamentary research highlights the best practices of foreign experience of some EU member states in regulating the use of water cannons in the context of applying coercive measures to ensure public security, maintain public order and stop mass riots and in this regard analyzes the legislation of four European Union countries: Spain, Poland, the Netherlands, and Germany. The conditions, procedure, and features of the use of water cannons by members of the National Guard and police forces to ensure public order and security and to stop mass riots are considered.

Based on the results of the research, proposals were formulated regarding the draft Law of Ukraine "On Amendments to the Law of Ukraine “On the National Guard of Ukraine” regarding the improvement of the legal principles of the application of coercive measures by servicemen of the National Guard of Ukraine" (No. 10311, dated 01.12.2023).

Key words: law enforcement agencies, coercive measures, use of water cannons, public security, public order, special equipment, unlawful encroachments, mass riots, disorder, disobedience, public, hypothermia, protesters, water cannon systems.

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05/2025

Abstract.  The parliamentary research examines the conceptual foundations of improving the legal regulation of preventing and combating organized crime in Ukraine, taking into account modern social trends and challenges. To this end, strategic and other program documents of public policy, international legal acts, including those of the European Union (hereinafter referred to as the EU), defining the institutional and legal framework of international cooperation in combating organized crime, and relevant international and European legal standards were analyzed. Particular attention is paid to the recommendations of the European Commission, set out in the Reports on Ukraine within the framework of the EU Enlargement Package for 2022-2024, aimed at harmonizing Ukrainian legislation with the main requirements of EU law (acquis) in the field of combating organized crime.

Based on the results of the research, it is proposed to adopt a separate Law on the Principles of State Policy on Counteracting Organized Crime, approve the updated National Strategy for Combating Organized Crime, and take other organizational and legal measures to modernize the system for combating organized crime according to EU standards and best practices, as a component of ensuring the national security of Ukraine in the conditions of martial law.

Key words: strategy for combating organized crime, organized crime groups, international cooperation, EU recommendations, institutional support for combating organized crime; national coordination body, organized crime threat assessment (SOCTA).

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03/2025

Abstract. The parliamentary research analysed the legal framework for the use of information technologies in anti-corruption activities. It clarified their role in increasing the effectiveness of anti-corruption measures and characterized the impact of IT on minimizing corruption risks.

The focus is on the prospects for legislative support for the use of IT tools to combat corruption in Ukraine in the context of implementing the recommendations of the European Commission.

Key words: State anti-corruption program, combating corruption, European integration, information technologies, anti-corruption tools.

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03/2025

Abstract. The research examines the proposals of subjects of legislative initiative on amendments to the current legislation in the field of banking, the provision of financial and payment services, as to their compliance with international legal standards in this area, as well as the provisions of the current legislation of Ukraine in the field of verification of economic activities of persons engaged in it without a license or the right to such activities.

The experience of foreign countries, in particular, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Poland, Lithuania, and Slovakia, regarding the legal basis and procedure for conducting bank inspections, the powers of officials, the grounds for applying coercive measures and measures to influence violators of the legislation on the provision of financial services is summarized.

Certain risks of the analyzed proposals for amendments to the current legislation are highlighted, the presence of which will prevent the proper implementation of legal norms during law enforcement activities.

Key words: financial services, payment services, administrative liability, National Bank of Ukraine, licensing activity, consumers.

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09/2024

Abstract. The formation of effective legal regulation of the grounds of legal responsibility for violation of the procedure for providing financial services without a license actualizes the issue of introducing a system of means of a state-authority, coercive nature that can be applied to offenders. The parliamentary study analyzed separate amendments to the legal regulation of the activities of financial companies in terms of obtaining licenses, clarified the grounds of administrative responsibility for carrying out unlicensed activities, and outlined the prospects of criminalization of acts in the field of business, taking into account the data of judicial statistics.

Key words: criminal liability, administrative liability, financial services, economic activity, unlicensed activity.

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02/2024

Abstract. The research is devoted to the analysis of the existing mechanisms of legal regulation of the grounds of responsibility for "stalking", which involves a review of international standards and obligations of Ukraine in this area. The foreign experience of implementation of international standards into national legal systems regarding the criminalization of stalking in the legislation of the USA, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Germany, France, Italy, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania is summarized.

Key words: stalking, persecution, responsibility, privacy, psychological violence.

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01/2024