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Abstract. The study analyses the legal regulation of the status of politically exposed persons and the measures and terms of application of enhanced financial monitoring in relation to them in Ukraine in comparison with the standards of the Financial Action Task Force, European Union law and the practices of individual countries, in particular Australia, Great Britain, France, Canada, Singapore, Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates.
Keywords: politically exposed persons, financial monitoring, money laundering, Financial Action Task Force, risk-based approach.
08/2025
Abstract. The parliamentary research examines the legal regulation of the activities of temporary investigative commissions of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and parliamentary investigative commissions of the European Union member states. Particular attention is paid to the work of domestic and foreign researchers in this area. The relevance of the study is due to the need to improve the mechanisms of parliamentary control and the need to implement best practices in the functioning of parliamentary investigative commissions of the European Union member states.
Key words: temporary investigative committees, parliament, investigation, parliamentary control, parliamentary investigative committees of the member states of the European Union.
05/2025
Abstract. The parliamentary study presents the results of an analysis of academic researches, international standards, and Ukraine’s international obligations regarding state and private financing of the statutory activities of political parties and election campaigns, control of political party financing, and accountability for legislative violations, as well as the main models of legal regulation of political party financing. The study examines foreign experience in the legal regulation of political party financing and identifies corresponding regulatory models.
Keywords: political parties, contributions to support political parties, state financing of the statutory activities of political parties, private financing of political parties, reimbursement of political parties’ expenses for pre-election campaigning.
05/2025
Abstract. The research is devoted to the analysis of the existing mechanisms of legal regulation of the youth parliament. The foreign experience regarding the legal status of the youth parliament under the national legislature, its structure, tasks, sources of financing its activities is summarized. The legal consequences of the decisions taken by the youth parliament, as well as the forms of its involvement in the development of draft laws by the national parliament, are analysed.
Key words: youth parliament, mechanisms of legal regulation of the youth parliament, status, structure, tasks, forms of activity and sources of financing of the youth parliament.
10/2024
Abstract. A comparative study of international legal acts, legislation of twelve foreign states and European Union in the field of lobbying was carried out in order to determine the compliance of national legislation with international standards and prospects for applying the best foreign legislative practices of lobbying in Ukraine. The concept of legal regulation model of lobbying in Ukraine is proposed, taking into account the peculiarities of national constitutional and legal system and obligations regarding the approximation of Ukrainian legislation to the legislation of European Union.
Key words: lobbying, legal regulation of lobbying, international standards, representation of interests.
09/2023
Abstract. The experience of individual Member States, that have gone through the European integration process, and identifies three models of parliaments and its role in the European integration process is analyzed. The analysis of these models, taking into account the peculiarities of the political and legal systems of individual states, is useful for developing an optimal model of the organization of work and the role of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, its bodies or special bodies that may be created with the inclusion of members of parliament in the negotiation process on Ukraine's accession to the EU.
Key words: European integration, European Union, implementation, adaptation, EU law
07/2023
Abstract. The study analyzes the experience of the parliaments of Israel and Germany in implementing the principle of parliamentary transparency and strengthening its institutional capacity, providing contemporary, complete and impartial information about its activities in implementing democratic reforms and strengthening the positive image of the Parliament (communication activities). In addition, for the purpose of comparison, the practice of using social networks as communication channels was analyzed (Annex 1), the relevant experience of the parliaments of the United Kingdom, Slovenia, Finland, as well as the EU Parliament (Annexes 2–5).
Key words: communication strategy, fight against disinformation, parliamentary transparency, the principle of transparency.
04/2023
Abstract. The study aims to assess the relevance, quality, and compliance of exercising the parliamentary oversight by committees of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine with international standards and best worldwide practices of oversight by parliamentary committees, and to identify the needs for legislative provision for the oversight function of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. The study analyzes the idea of establishing the special parliamentary oversight committees, which is justified by the need to strengthen democratic civil oversight over compliance by national security, intelligence, and law enforcement agencies with the Constitution and laws of Ukraine, human and civil rights and freedoms, and ensuring the public interests of the state on the basis of the rule of law. The legal prerequisite for the establishing the special parliamentary oversight committees is the need to prepare the amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine in terms of granting such committees the right to exercise oversight powers on behalf of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
Key words: committees of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, parliamentary oversight, legal basis of parliamentary oversight, special parliamentary oversight committee, parliamentary oversight of security, intelligence, and law enforcement agencies.
05/2023
Abstract. Legal framework and principal functions of parliamentary libraries in foreign countries were analyzed in the parliamentary research. The activities of parliamentary libraries as institutions that provide a wide range of information, expert, and analytical and educational services to a wide range of consumers (from parliamentarians to the public) were considered.
Key words: parliamentary library; information, expert, and analytical training services; reference service, research service, secretariat of parliament.
04/2023
Abstract. The parliamentary study is devoted to the actualization of the types and terms of scheduled activities of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Based on the analysis of the legislation of Ukraine, the types of measures related to the implementation of its functions and powers by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine have been identified and systematized according to temporal and substantive criteria. The calendar planner of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine for 2023 is proposed.
Key words: functions of the parliament, powers of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, decisions of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, scheduled activities of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
02/2023