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Almanac of law. Issue 16 (2025), pages 233–242.

DOI: 10.33663/2524-017X-2025-16-233-242

Lvova O. L.
The value basis of law enforcement in wartime

The article emphasizes that in the process of implementing legal provisions, it is natural to reflect the value principles which are inherent in Ukrainian society, accepted by it and which contribute to the social good. This issue becomes especially relevant in the process of globalization, and the terrible consequences of Russian military aggression in Ukraine have brought to the surface those values that have always been fundamental and crucial for the future of the Ukrainian nation: a person, his or her life, honor and dignity, family, and security. Without them, it is impossible to effectively implement the law and achieve the purpose of legal regulation.

The values of law are generally understood to mean its ability to serve as an end and a means to meet the socially just needs of individuals and society as a whole, to affirm just and humane principles in the relationship between individuals and authorities, and to act as a force that resists arbitrariness.

It is emphasized that at the present stage, deep conflicts in the process of realization of human rights are revealed, especially when there is a need to protect the very idea of human rights as a natural value, with new ideas and interpretations, especially in matters of morality and spirituality. Using the example of the exercise of the constitutional right to freedom of speech, the article demonstrates a sharp conflict that arose as a result of certain provisions of the newly adopted Law of Ukraine «On Media» which contradicted public expectations and moral principles.

The author emphasizes that in the conditions of war, when the Russian aggressor attempts to genocide the Ukrainian nation, its identity, culture, traditions, honor and dignity of every Ukrainian and his or her fundamental rights to life and security, to family and reproduction, and in the context of the demographic crisis, the State is obliged to take all measures not only to preserve these values, which are the basis of national security, but also to bring to justice persons (or groups of persons) who violate the provisions of the said law. After all, today we can observe the absence of a legal mechanism of legal liability for encroachment on national identity, moral and spiritual principles.

As a conclusion, it is noted that the value principles as the initial foundations in the process of law enforcement are complex in nature and include: 1) legal values of a tangible and intangible nature which law is designed to ensure in the course of its implementation, thus achieving its purpose and social purpose; they include natural human rights (life, health, dignity, security, well-being, etc.), norms of public morality, traditions, spirituality, national identity; 2) general principles of law which facilitate the implementation and ensuring of the most essential legal and universal values.

Key words: morality, human rights, law enforcement, values, principles of law, national identity. 

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