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INFLUENCE OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICE ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRINCIPLE OF GENDER EQUALITY IN UKRAINE

INFLUENCE OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICE ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRINCIPLE OF GENDER EQUALITY IN UKRAINE

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DOI 10.37566/2707-6849-2020-4(33)-2                             

ORCID: 0000-0002-6665-5005

ORCID: 0000-0001-6310-2272

 

 

Yurii VOLOSHYN

Dean of the Faculty of International Relations, National Aviation University, Doctor of Law, Professor, Honored Lawyer of Ukraine

 

 Nataliia MUSHAK

Professor of International Law and comparative law Faculty of International Relations, National Aviation University, Doctor of Law, Associate Professor

 

 INFLUENCE OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICE ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRINCIPLE OF GENDER EQUALITY IN UKRAINE

The article analyses the modern court decisions of the European Court of Human Rights on the formation and implementation of the principle of gender equality in Ukraine. The research defines that the importance of ensuring equal rights and opportunities for women and men for Ukraine was because Ukraine is a member of all major international and European regional agreements in the field of human rights. The authors state that this is due both to Ukraine's general commitments to promoting respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms and their adherence, as well as the fact that its participation in European integration processes is important for Ukraine. The research stipulates that gender equality provides equal rights for women and men, as well as their same significance, opportunities, responsibilities and participation in all spheres of public and private life. The authors prove that the pioneering work of the Council of Europe in the field of human rights and gender equality contributed to the development of a comprehensive legal framework. Gender equality is one of the organization's priority areas of activity, and the Council of Europe continues to actively address current and emerging challenges and address barriers to achieving real and complete gender equality.

The research investigates the provisions of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and Protocol No12 in terms of prohibition of discrimination and ensuring gender equality. It also determines that the conceptual principles of these documents are the protection of human rights, support for democracy and ensuring the principle of the rule of law. The article states that, in particular, the modern legal instrument in the field of gender equality is the Council of Europe's Gender Equality Strategy 2018–2023. The document provides for the achievement of the main six goals. These include combating gender stereotypes and gender discrimination; preventing and combating violence against women; ensuring equal access of women to justice; ensuring equal participation of women and men in political and public decision-making; implementation of the strategy for achieving gender equality in politics and all activities; protection of the rights of migrants, refugees, women and girls seeking asylum.

The authors prove that the establishment of the European value of gender equality should be ensured both in society as a whole and in its various institutions, in particular. This is primarily to prevent gender discrimination, ensure equal participation of women and men in making socially important decisions, ensuring equal opportunities for women and men to combine professional and family responsibilities, prevent gender violence, etc.

Keywords: Gender Equality, European Standards, Legal Mechanism, European Court of Human Rights, Discrimination, Equal Rights.

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