PROSPECTS FOR REGULATORY AND LEGAL SUPPORT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES OF THE NATIONAL GUARD OF UKRAINE UNDER MARTIAL LAW

The article deals with the issue of promising areas for improving the regulatory and legal support of the National Guard of Ukraine units in the law enforcement sphere under the martial law regime. It is substantiated that today the existing legal framework for ensuring law enforcement activities of the NGU units needs to be updated with due regard for current security challenges. Based on the systemic and structural analysis, the author identifies certain gaps in the regulatory and legal documents at the departmental level which need to be addressed. The author considers the prospects for implementing the draft law No. 10311 of 01.12.2023. It is established that in modern conditions there is a tendency to increase legislative proposals aimed at regulating certain issues of regulatory and legal support of law enforcement activities of the NGU by amending the Law of Ukraine ‘On the National Guard of Ukraine’ and other codified regulatory documents. The author substantiates the proposals for addressing certain issues of updating the regulatory framework of the National Guard of Ukraine in the field of law enforcement by amending the following regulatory documents, in particular: Article 2 of the Law of Ukraine ‘On the National Guard of Ukraine’ regarding strengthening of the law enforcement function of the National Guard of Ukraine in ensuring stabilisation measures in wartime and post-war periods; р. 1.4 of the Regulation on Military Units and Public Order Protection Units of the National Guard of Ukraine (Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine of 16.06.2014 No. 567) in terms of specifying interaction with the Court Security Service and the State Emergency Service of Ukraine. Further areas of research on the transformation of the regulatory and legal support for the law enforcement activities of the NGU units have been identified in the context of draft laws No. 4214 of 13.10.2020, No. 6292 of 08.11.2021, No. 8186 of 07.11.2022, No. 10311 of 01.12.2023 and the adaptation of STANAG 2616 requirements in national legislation are identified: 1ED 2016 / NATO Standard AJP-3.22 Allied Joint Doctrine for Stability Policing.