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Abstract. The analytical note presents the results of a study of the legal regulation of transcribing plenary sessions of European parliaments, the procedure for preparing plenary session transcripts, methods of ensuring the quality of transcription and processing of speech information, the procedure and terms for publishing plenary session transcripts and their archiving, as well as legal, technical, and information support for the preparation of transcripts of parliamentary committee meetings.
Key words: transcript, stenographic protocol, plenary session of the parliament, meeting of a parliamentary committee, methods of stenography.
04/2025
Abstract. The analytical note examines the foreign experience of cancellation of decisions adopted by parliaments in connection with breach of the procedure during consideration and voting for laws and other acts. The Rules of Legislative Procedure of Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, Germany, Slovakia, and the European Parliament are analysed. As a result, it is established that the practice of cancellation of decisions made by Parliament on the adoption of laws in general and/or cancellation of any decisions, in particular, due to a breach of the procedure for consideration and voting on laws and other acts, is not prevalent in European countries.
Keywords: legislative process, legitimacy of the legislative process, legislative procedure, acts of parliament, cancellation of the act of parliament.
04/2025
Abstract. The analytical note highlights international standards and recommendations of international organisations on ensuring the human right to information, access to information, the right to personal data protection, democratic principles of public authorities, building an information society and developing e-democracy in the context of the implementation of the Law of Ukraine ‘On Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine on Strengthening Certain Guarantees of Media and Journalists’ Activities and Ensuring the Right of Citizens to Access Information’. In this aspect, the study analyses provisions of foreign legislation on coverage of the activities of parliamentary committees, attendance of meetings of parliamentary committees (chambers of parliament) by journalists, media workers, and representatives of NGOʼs, including via video conferencing, and posting and storage of relevant information on official parliamentary websites on the Internet. The analytical basis for this study is the experience of parliaments of countries with high, relatively high and medium democracy indexes and the corresponding level of technological development: Poland, Romania, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, the USA, Israel, Germany, Norway, and the European Parliament.
Keywords: right to information, access to information, guarantees of media activity, journalists' rights, openness of the parliament, parliamentary committee, committee meetings, publicity in the work of parliamentary committees.
03/2025
Abstract. The analytical note presents a comparative analysis and generalisation of the legal regulation of the implementation and functioning of the starosta institute in the EU MS and Ukraine. In particular, the experience of such EU member states as Poland, Slovakia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Romania, Czech Republic, Spain, Croatia, Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria, Greece and Ireland is considered.
Keywords: local self-government, territorial community, local self-government bodies, local self-government officials, starosta, starosta’s district.
02/2025
Abstract. The Note analyses the models of parliamentary budget offices developed for the purpose of establishing an independent fiscal institution in Ukraine for compliance with the requirements of Council Directive (EU) 2011/85/EU and other EU legislation, as well as the OECD Recommendations on Independent Fiscal Institutions.
Keywords: independent fiscal institutions, parliamentary budget office, Directive 2011/85/EU on the requirements for the budgetary framework of the Member States, OECD Recommendations on Independent Fiscal Institutions.
12/2024
Abstract. The analytical note examines foreign experience regarding the legal regime of access to parliamentary premises, in the context of determining the features of access for certain categories of persons, in particular, family members of a parliamentarian (child), persons accompanying a parliamentarian with disabilities, persons working for a parliamentarian but not being employees of the parliament. The regulatory and legal acts of the G7 countries (USA, Japan, Germany, Great Britain, France, Italy, Canada) and some other European countries were analyzed. The research also used the ECPRD Database and the survey data “Promoting inclusive participation in parliamentary and political life”. The research was conducted with the aim of taking into account the best foreign practices in the legislation of Ukraine.
Key words: parliamentarian, admission to parliament, legal regime of access to parliament, state security of parliament premises, members of the parliamentarian's family, children, a person accompanying a parliamentarian with disability.
12/2024
Abstract. The analytical note summarizes the experience of the EU member states regarding the functioning of the youth parliament. In particular, attention is focused on youth parliaments as representative bodies of youth, on other models of such an institution, which are implemented in the national parliaments of the respective European states, and the functioning of youth parliaments (youth councils) under the Government and/or at the local level is indicated.
Key words: youth parliament, national
parliament, youth, students, youth council, educational program.
Abstract. The analytical note examines and summarizes the legislation of foreign countries on the issues of preventing persons involved in human rights violations, committing crimes and encroachment on state sovereignty from holding public office and restricting their right to participate in the management of public affairs. Attention focuses on the functioning of special bodies established to investigate crimes, facts and events for political reasons during military conflicts and aggressions.
An analysis of the experience of Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, Albania and the Baltic countries was carried out regarding the issues of bringing relevant categories of persons to legal responsibility, limiting their civil rights, in particular limiting passive voting rights, the right to hold certain positions, etc.
Key words: public service positions, public affairs management, cleansing of power, lustration, decommunization Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Albania, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania.
06/2024
Abstract. The analytical note examines the experience of legal regulation of the establishment of additional payments to the basic salary to employees (officers) of local self-government bodies that implement and administer international technical assistance projects (programs) at the expense of funds provided for the financing of such a project (program), on the example of Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovakia and the Baltic States.
Key words: employees (servants) of local self-government bodies, international technical assistance, remuneration of local self-government employees, additional payments to the basic salary, implementation and administration of projects (programs) by international funds.
03/2024
Abstract. The article presents the analysis results of the legislation of Estonia, Germany, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary, and Czechia on access of media representatives to parliaments. Attention is focused on the peculiarities of normative regulation of the procedure for accreditation of journalists, their admission to the parliament building, presence at meetings and other events of the parliament, as well as restrictions on such access.
Key words: accreditation, openness of the parliament, access of journalists to the parliament, journalist, mass media, media, professional journalistic activity.
03/2024