ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISION AND PUBLIC CONTROL IN THE STATE SECURITY SECTOR

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the essence of the functioning of administrative supervision and public control in the security sector of our state. It was considered what constitutes the problem of interpretation of the researched concepts in legislation and science. It was outlined that the concept of "security sector" does not have a normative anchoring, but is considered only as "security and defense sector" in accordance with the Law of Ukraine "On National Security of Ukraine". The issue of the relationship between the terms "control" and "supervision" is revealed, concluding that supervision is considered in a narrower sense than control, however, they are closely related. An author's definition of the terms "administrative supervision" and "public control" in the state security sector was also proposed. The author researched that within the framework of European integration, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine was reformed, the Review of Public Security and Civil Protection was carried out, and the Ukraine-EU Civil Society Platform was created as part of the Partnership Agreement. It has been clarified how public control is implemented in practice in the researched area in view of the norms established in the Laws of Ukraine "On Access to Public Information" and "On National Security of Ukraine". Currently, the main forms of public control are: informing, carrying out research, active participation in discussions, the ability to make requests for access to information that is not classified as a state secret, as well as conducting public examinations. It was analyzed that among the main forms of administrative supervision, the following can be distinguished: issuing new rules and individual administrative acts, increasing the level of transparency, conducting examinations and inspections, introducing a strict management system and developing means of combating the abuse of power. Also, within the framework of the study, several important international legal documents were highlighted, the implementation of which is important for further deepening of relations between the public and public authorities.