Marine guard: perspectives as a subject of the fight against terrorism at sea

The article examines certain aspects of the development of maritime security in Ukraine by improving anti-terrorist legislation. One of the main conditions that form the purpose of the study is the existing legal regime of martial law in Ukraine. The aggressor focuses partial attention on certain aspects of the terrorist threat that are developing in Ukraine under the influence of an unjustified military invasion. Taking into account these factors, attention focused on the relationship between the concepts of terrorism and violations of the rules of war. Thus, a brief legal analysis of the existing connection between the specified concepts carried out. The main attention paid to strengthening the fight against terrorism and piracy at sea, as the main threats to ensuring maritime security. The study based on the analysis of the existing regulatory framework on certain issues of ensuring maritime security using the forces and means of the Marine guard of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine. It should that the issue of ensuring maritime security is relevant as one of the comprehensive law enforcement areas of scientific research in Ukraine. The article reveals the content of the existing legal framework regarding the provision of maritime security by Ukraine in the implementation of its international obligations in terms of combating terrorism at sea and counteracting maritime piracy. An analysis of the possibilities outlined by the legislator for the entities combating terrorism at sea conducted. A number of contradictions in the current legislation highlighted, reducing the effectiveness of the application of existing regulatory legal acts in matters of ensuring maritime security on international maritime communication channels. In first of, the attention focused on the effectiveness of the application of the Marine Guard of the State Border Service of Ukraine in the implementation of its powers within the water belts adjacent to the Ukrainian coast, falling under the jurisdiction of Ukraine. The need for further development of the anti-terrorist legislation of Ukraine, primarily in the sphere of its application in ensuring maritime security, is stated. An option for coordinating several regulatory legal acts with each other proposed, where harmonization of the application of their provisions can achieved through the proposed rule-making initiative.