Human Cyber Security: Experience of Ukraine and Lithuania

In this paper analyzes the Lithuanian-Ukrainian cooperation on issues related to human security, under conditions of the Russian Federation’s aggression against Ukraine, common security challenges and threats. The author describes the concept, structure and socio-legal significance of human security as an object of legal protection. Some aspects of the mechanism for ensuring human security in Lithuania specified for determining the possibility of implementing its elements in Ukraine. It found that among the main directions of cooperation in the field of human security, in which Ukraine and the Republic of Lithuania actively cooperate, they have mutual interest, especially in such types as physical, psychological, informational, cybernetic, and energy. The article formulates some suggestions for improvement of certain areas of ensuring various types of human security in Ukraine. The authors also researched scientific works on these issues, international agreements, the legal basis of Lithuanian-Ukrainian relations, and statistical materials. The materials of specialized publications and publications in the Ukrainian and Lithuanian mass media, devoted to issues of ensuring human rights and security in various areas, including human cybersecurity in general, were especially useful for this study.