Ensuring the right to pension benefits for internally displaced persons and ukrainian citizens abroad: international protection standards

the mechanisms and state policies already in place in the country in this area.Thus, increased pressure from the aggressor country has led to an increase in the number of internally displaced persons and Ukrainian citizens temporarily residing abroad in Ukraine, who, as a result, need social protection and equal opportunities without any discrimination.The right to pension provision for internally displaced persons and Ukrainian citizens abroad is ensured at the national level by national legislation (the Basic Law of Ukraine -the Constitution of Ukraine, relevant laws -the Law of Ukraine On Ensuring the Rights and Freedoms of Internally Displaced Persons, the Law of Ukraine On Compulsory State Pension Insurance, the Law of Ukraine On Pension Provision etc.) through the implementation of state policy in the relevant field, and at the international level, through the implementation of international standards into national legislation, the conclusion and observance of international agreements on pension provision, the binding nature of which has been approved by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, with the aim of ensuring the proper protection of the rights, freedoms, and legitimate interests of internally displaced persons and Ukrainian citizens abroad, on the basis of equality, accessibility, transparency, and non-discrimination, which is possible subject to compliance with, inter alia, the UN Guiding Principles on Internally Displaced Persons and the Recommendations of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, etc.