The effectiveness of legislation is the focus of post-war reconstruction.
Authors: Kleschenko N. O. 
Published: December 2023

The relevance of the outlined topic is justified by the fact that in the course of the full-scale war launched by the Russian Federation against Ukraine, a significant number of issues have arisen that require their legislative consolidation. In particular, these are questions related to the dynamics on the military-political front in the context of the war, which has been going on for more than a year; as well as issues related to post-war reconstruction. In addition, in the context of the national course of integration into the EU and the establishment of Ukraine as a legal state, the post-war recovery should include the genesis of special legal relations between the citizen and the state, and renewed interaction between society and political forces. In this matter, special attention should be paid to the institution of the state’s responsibility to the individual, as one of the main guarantees of human rights and freedoms. That is why one of the important tasks of the state is the constant assessment of the effectiveness of current legal norms, their improvement and updating in accordance with the needs of society.

In the most general form, the problem of ensuring the effectiveness of legislation can be solved on the following basic grounds: when adopting a legislative act, special attention should be paid to the observance of the methodology of adopting the law, as well as any other normative legal act, the requirements of the so-called «chain of effectiveness», namely: the need and social interest in such a law; goals that will be achieved with the help of thelaw; the adequacy of the means by which the law is implemented, from the point of view of achieving the set goals; determination of specific addressees of the law; control system for its implementation, etc.

In the context of the effectiveness of legislation in the process of post-war reconstruction, the Law of Ukraine «On compensation for damage and destruction of certain categories of immovable property as a result of hostilities, acts of terrorism, sabotage caused by the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, and the State Register of Property Damaged and Destroyed» are analyzed as a result of hostilities, terrorist acts, sabotage caused by the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine» and Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine «On approval of the Procedure for providing compensation for the restoration of certain categories of real estate objects damaged as a result of hostilities, acts of terrorism, sabotage caused by the armed aggression of the Russian Federation, using the electronic public service «eRestoration». Emphasis is placed on the importance of these normative legal acts and attention is drawn to insufficiently regulated points. In particular, it is emphasized that there is no settlement of the issue regarding damaged objects that were repaired at their own expense. It is also argued that it is necessary to regulate the procedure for the formation of a commission for consideration of issues related to the provision of compensation, in particular, to provide for requirements for persons who can be part of such a commission on a permanent basis, and the procedure for making decisions on granting or refusing to provide compensation.

Key words: effectiveness of legislation, post-war reconstruction, restoration of damaged housing, martial law, «eRestoration».