UKRAINIAN MODEL OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION INSTRUMENTS APPLICATION IN THE MECHANISM OF DEPORTED CHILDREN’S RETURN CAUSED BY ARMED CONFLICT

The issue of children during any armed conflict is the most painful issue. The deportation of children is one of the issues that arises during an armed conflict. The Russian-Ukrainian armed conflict is no exception. Representatives of the Ukrainian authorities have stated that about 20,000 children have been deported/forcibly displaced since February 2022. At the level of international legal regulation, there are no mechanisms for the return of deported/forcibly displaced children. As a result, the Government of Ukraine has defined an algorithm of actions to identify and return children deported or forcibly displaced as a result of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. The purpose of this article is to analyze the administrative and legal mechanism proposed by the State of Ukraine for the identification and return of children deported or forcibly displaced as a result of the Russian-Ukrainian armed conflict, the public administration entities involved in this mechanism, and the public administration instruments used within the framework of this mechanism.