THE PROBLEM OF PROTECTING HUMAN INFORMATION RIGHTS: POLITICAL AND INSTITUTIONAL CONCEPT OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE

B a c k g r o u n d. Numerous scientific studies emphasize that the problem of ensuring human information rights by the Council of Europe in times of global political transformations and the information and communication revolution is gaining increasing importance and relevance. In the context of the transformation of the current system of international relations and the formation of a new international and world order, the main task of the Council of Europe is to regulate the legislative systems of the member states to guarantee liberal democracy, which are specified in the European Convention on Human Rights (1950) and the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (1953). The aim was to investigate one of the key problems of the information policy of the Council of Europe - ensuring human information rights in the modern world. M e t h o d s. The following methods were used: system analysis, system approach, institutional approach, historical method, method of structural-functional analysis. R e s u l t s. Currently, open access to information is one of the basic principles of a democratic state and is guaranteed by the constitution. The process of providing public services has been transformed with the development of computer technologies, replacing almost the entire system of traditional government mechanisms. C o n c l u s i o n s. It was revealed that the activities of the Council of Europe have a significant impact on the formation and functioning of the system of information rights on the European level. These rights are reflected in many international legal acts of the Council of Europe and, as a means of implementation or taking into account by states in the exercise of their law-making, are enshrined in the national legislation of the member states of the Council of Europe. The European Court of Human Rights is not only a significant structure for state methods of protecting human rights, but also, thanks to its decisions, which have a precedential character and are recognized as a source of law, makes a significant contribution to the implementation and protection of information rights.