ПРОБЛЕМИ ДІЮЧОЇ СИСТЕМИ СОЦІАЛЬНОГО ЗАХИСТУ В УКРАЇНІ

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the main problems of the current social protection system in Ukraine. It is determined that social protection is one of the main tasks of the welfare state, which it must fulfill. In addition, the realization of citizens' rights to social protection is, first and foremost, in the assistance of the least protected sections of the population by the state. It is found that, unfortunately, the concept of "social protection" is not officially defined in national law, and in addition, there is no single law in Ukraine that would regulate all aspects of social protection. Therefore, many of the leading scientists are trying to define this concept. The question of the concept of "social protection" from the point of view of broad and narrow understanding is investigated. It is noted that until the adoption of the Constitution of Ukraine in 1996, the legal terms "social protection" and "social security" were usually not differentiated, equally related to the social sphere of activity of the state, and public relations that were subject to their legal regulation, aimed at social support for vulnerable groups of citizens. And only the fixing in Art. 46 of the Basic Law on the right of citizens to social protection raised the problem of distinguishing social protection from social security by scientists. It has been established that securing the right to social protection for the population is an integral part of the activity of the modern welfare state, since its existence and realization contributes to increasing human confidence in the state. The first and foremost step will be the adoption of a codified legal act that regulates these relations and generally improves the social protection system of the population.