SOME THEORETICAL ISSUES OF THE ESSENCE AND MEANING OF HUMAN RIGHTS

Abstract

The article examines certain theoretical and legal aspects of the essence and meaning (content) of human rights as legal categories. In particular, the authors determine the nature of the legal nature of human rights with due regard for modern scientific approaches to their understanding, definition and classification, as well as the basic principles underlying the formation and implementation of their content. The authors elucidate the peculiarities of the temporal development of human rights in the context of sustainable development of cultural, political and economic values; the relevance of introducing effective systems of international diplomatic dialogues on ensuring the effectiveness of human rights practices in the field of conflict resolution and the challenges associated with the interpretation and application of human rights in order to achieve social consensus. The authors also analyze the role and significance of human rights in the modern world in the context of globalization, as well as in the context of the relationship with other legal categories. This study is based on the analysis of scientific literature, international and national legal acts, and is aimed at revealing certain theoretical aspects of the essence and significance of human rights in the modern social and legal context. The article also discusses the system of legal functions, which is not always the same and unchanged. Provided that a particular area of public life begins to gain a certain weight and is actively regulated by the rules of all branches of law, the question of the existence of the relevant function will be resolved. The authors have found out that if legal functions and the entire system of their organisation are properly used, the generally binding nature of laws, which is ensured by the law enforcement capacity of the State, not only suppresses the spiritual life of a person, but also creates favourable conditions for it, and realises and develops human rights. The creation of such a proper organisation is the best achievement of mankind in its political activity. Since law in the union of all functions is the most important property of human social existence, this requires a deeper study and rethinking of the functions of Ukrainian law, the use of legal science methods, and refraction of the functions of law through the prism of human rights and freedoms.