ОКРЕМІ ПИТАННЯ ПАРЛАМЕНТСЬКОГО КОНТРОЛЮ ЗА ДОДЕРЖАННЯМ КОНСТИТУЦІЙНИХ ПРАВ І СВОБОД ВІЙСЬКОВОСЛУЖБОВЦІВ ЗБРОЙНИХ СИЛ ТА ІНШИХ ВІЙСЬКОВИХ ФОРМУВАНЬ УКРАЇНИ

Shamray B. M. Certain issues of parliamentarycontrol over the observance of the constitutional rightsand freedoms of servicemen of the Armed Forces andother military formations of Ukraine. – Article.The article considers some issues of parliamentarycontrol over the observance of constitutional rightsand freedoms of servicemen of the Armed Forcesand other military formations of Ukraine. It is notedthat parliamentary control over the observance ofconstitutional rights and freedoms of servicemen is a keyelement of democratic civilian control over the securityand defense sector in our country.The normative legal acts that determine the basicprinciples of parliamentary control over the observanceof constitutional human rights and freedoms and reflectthe activities of the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner forHuman Rights are analyzed. The views of legal scholarswho have studied certain issues of parliamentary controlover the observance of constitutional rights and freedomsof servicemen in Ukraine are highlighted.It is noted that parliamentary control over theconstitutional rights and freedoms of servicemen isimportant, as is exercised by the Verkhovna RadaCommissioner for Human Rights and directly by therepresentative of the Commissioner for the Protection ofServicemen's Rights. However, the representative of theCommissioner does not have sufficient powers necessaryto effectively guarantee the constitutional rights andfreedoms of persons serving in the military.Emphasis is placed on the experience of foreigncountries, in particular the activities of the Instituteof Military Ombudsman, which operates in Germany,Sweden, Israel, Norway and other countries, whichis accountable to parliament and independent of theexecutive, especially the Ministry of Defense and othermilitary authorities. Extensive oversight functionsover the activities of state bodies and officials at alllevels, which are endowed with a military ombudsman inforeign countries, testify to the high authority of thisinstitution.It emphasizes the importance of ...