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“Pravova derzhava”. Issue 37 (2026), pages 231–243.

DOI: 10.33663/0869-2491-2026-37-231-243

Vasetsky Viacheslav
Human rights as a component of the values of the European Union in the context of Ukraine’s accession

ISSN online: 2617-9776 print: 0869-2491

Introduction. The article, in connection with Ukraine obtaining the status of a candidate country for accession to the European Union, examines the issues of legal implementation in the context of Ukraine’s adherence to European values and the adaptation of national legislation to EU law. Ukraine’s efforts to join the European Union community are natural and are an actual problem of today. This is a multifaceted process in which legal science plays one of the key roles, including not only the development of legal norms as a result of law-making activities to adapt Ukrainian legislation to EU legislation, and also activities in the direction of law implementation. A special place in this process is occupied by issues of the implementation of human rights and freedoms. Solving these pressing problems, which is most evident in our time of active interaction with European partners, can be considered both as a process and as the final result of compliance with European values by Ukrainian legislation.

The purpose of the work is to study the compliance of Ukrainian legislation with the values of democracy in the EU legal system, taking into account modern challenges, focusing on the component related to the implementation of human rights and freedoms in the context of the relationship between the state and the individual in a democratic society.

Results. It is underlined that the values and fundamental principles enshrined in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union, which declares that the Union is founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, in particular of persons belonging to minorities, are common to all member states and acceding states. The legal implementation aspect consists, in particular, in the fact that all countries joining the Union, including those that join it already during the existence of the Union, must adhere to the principles set out in the Treaty.

A prerequisite for Ukraine’s accession to the EU is adherence to the values of the Union. This was fully demonstrated when the Association Agreement with the EU was signed, which was ratified by the Law of Ukraine in 2014. An essential circumstance is the recognition in the Agreement that Ukraine, as a European country, shares a common history and common values with the Member States of the European Union (EU) and is determined to uphold these values.

The full-scale aggression of the rf against Ukraine became a direct incentive for Ukraine to join the EU. After submitting the application for EU membership on June 23, Ukraine received this status. From that moment Ukraine faced the important and long-term task of adapting its national legislation to EU law. According to the results of its own assessment of inconsistencies in legislation, about 3 thousand acts of EU law are subject to further full and/or partial implementation.

It is noted that one of the central places in the process of negotiations on Ukraine’s accession to the EU is occupied by the Cluster “Fundamentals”, which includes Chapter, which provides, in particular, for the protection of human rights. Since the EU has acceded to the European Convention on Human Rights, and its provisions must be implemented according to the decision of the Court of Justice of the EU, it is important for Ukraine to fully accede to all agreements of the Convention and to eliminate shortcomings in the practice of applying the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights.

Conclusions. The mandatory condition for new members, including Ukraine, to join the European Union is adherence to the values specified in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union. The legal implementation aspect in its expanded sense consists, in particular, in the fact that all countries joining the Union, including those joining it, must adhere to the values enshrined in the Treaty, which determine the ideological and legal basis for the founding of the EU. The fundamental role of common principles and values in the EU law enforcement process is a confirmation of the definition of the concept of “law enforcement” in a broad understanding, as a system of principles and norms, value factors. Since the EU has acceded to the European Convention on Human Rights, and its provisions must be implemented according to the decision of the Court of Justice of the EU, it is important for Ukraine to fully accede to all agreements of the Convention and to eliminate shortcomings in the practice of applying the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights.

Keywords: legal implementation, acquis EU, adherence to EU values, human rights, decision of the European Court of Human Rights.

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Дата першого надходження рукопису до видання: 31.12.2025
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Дата публікації: 24.03.2026

 

 

 

 

 

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