ORGANIZATIONAL AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK OF THE STATE POLICY OF UKRAINE ON THE WAYS OF REINTEGRATION OF THE TEMPORARILY OCCUPIED TERRITORIES
Authors:   Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine, TUKALENKO Yurii 
Published: December 2024

Background. The territorial integrity, inviolability of the borders of the state and national interests are some of the basic tenets of the country's existence. Changes to internationally recognized borders are possible only if a national referendum is held or after the country's leadership signs a relevant international legal act ratified by the international community and its immediate neighbors, as well as after it is announced in the official press and websites, on the platforms of the UN, the EU and other internationally recognized organizations. Currently, since February 24, 2022, part of the territory of Ukraine has been occupied by the Russian Federation so far, and their forced integration into its legal framework continues. Given the above, existing laws of Ukraine are not being fulfilled, illegitimate laws and requirements are being forcibly applied in the occupied territory, property is being seized and re-registered, etc. These will require the decision-making process to update and develop new organizational and legal frameworks of state policy adapted to modern standards in order to prepare for the reintegration of the temporarily occupied territories into the Ukrainian sphere of authority and the return of the population to a full life in the Ukrainian legal, social and economic fields as well as other ones. The goal of the research is to study the ways of reintegration of the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine in order to determine their main directions for improving the efficiency of high-quality integration of the temporarily occupied territories in the light of the formation and implementation of state policy. The object of the research is the organizational and legal framework of Ukraine's state policy on the reintegration of the temporarily occupied territories.

Methods. The research are modern general and special techniques of scientific cognition, including: analysis – for processing scientific and legal sources; structural and functional – for studying the subjects of the human security system and their competence; inductive and deductive – for analyzing and summarizing information on the subject of the research; prediction and synthesis – for formulating conclusions and recommendations based on the results of the research.

Results. The author reviews the latest scientific and analytical papers on the organizational and regulatory framework of Ukraine's State policy on reintegration of the temporarily occupied territories. Research highlights the issues that constitute the main problem of achieving the reintegration of the temporarily occupied territories and the ways proposed for their solution. Following that, based on the analysis of legislative and regulatory acts governing the activities of public authorities and local self-government bodies, the author outlines the functions and authorities which, according to him, are aimed at solving the issues of reintegration of the temporarily occupied territories and, consequently, at guaranteeing the security of Ukrainian citizens.

Conclusions. The research has led to the following conclusions: the analysis of the works of domestic scholars and analysts has made it possible to identify the main areas of the state policy on reintegration of the temporarily occupied territories and to conclude that more attention should be paid to it to achieve the restoration and further progressive development of Ukraine. The analysis of the law has shown that the legislative acts do not contain clearly defined objectives for the formation and implementation of the state policy on reintegration of the temporarily occupied territories. However, the analysis has led to the conclusion that only a close relationship between the executive and legislative branches, as well as the system of state and local governments, non-governmental institutions and citizens, will lead to the high-quality implementation of the state policy on the reintegration of the temporarily occupied territories. That, in turn, allows us to identify them as subjects of achieving the reintegration of the temporarily occupied territories, given that their powers in this area are directly related to its support. The study also noted that the involvement of public structures in the processes of developing state policy is an important aspect of increasing the role of citizens and their associations in security issues.