The main directions of State policy in the area of arms trafficking in Ukraine

Tetiana Shumeiko; Valentyn Kovalenko; Maryan Hurkovskyy; Mykola Legenkyi; Pavlo Komirchyi

doi:10.34069/AI/2021.38.02.19

Tetiana Shumeiko National Academy of Internal Affairs, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0103-300X
Valentyn Kovalenko National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2041-250X
Maryan Hurkovskyy Lviv State University of Internal Affairs, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4275-8576
Mykola Legenkyi Vinnytsia Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi State Pedagogical University, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4179-1964
Pavlo Komirchyi National Academy of Internal Affairs, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2794-6520

DOI: https://doi.org/10.34069/AI/2021.38.02.19

Keywords: firearms, State policy, legalization, arms trafficking, legal regime of weapons ownership.

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to provide general description of the draft laws, which define the main directions of the State policy in the area of arms trafficking in Ukraine. Methodology: dialectical method, method of analysis and synthesis, logical and semantic method, system method, method of classification and grouping, inductive method were used in the course of the research. Research results: The scope of the draft laws in the area of arms trafficking in Ukraine is analyzed, their shortcomings, gaps and contradictions are identified. Practical consequences: Based on the study, it is concluded that it is necessary to develop and legislative implementation of the general concept of arms trafficking in Ukraine, which should define the main directions of public policy in this area. Value / originality: The author's view on the expediency of distinguishing certain areas of State policy in the area of arms trafficking in Ukraine is substantiated.

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Author Biographies

Tetiana Shumeiko, National Academy of Internal Affairs, Ukraine.

PhD in Law, Doctoral student of Police Law Department of the National Academy of Internal Affairs, Ukraine.

Valentyn Kovalenko, National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine.

Doctor of Law, Professor, Leading Researcher of the Laboratory of Copyright and Information Technologies of the Research Center for Forensic Science on Intellectual Property of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine Honored Lawyer of Ukraine, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine.

Maryan Hurkovskyy, Lviv State University of Internal Affairs, Ukraine.

PhD in Law, Associate Professor, Vice-rector of Lviv State University of Internal Affairs, Ukraine.

Mykola Legenkyi, Vinnytsia Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi State Pedagogical University, Ukraine.

Doctor of Law, Professor, Professor of the Department of Law and Public Administration of Vinnytsia Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi State Pedagogical University, Ukraine.

Pavlo Komirchyi, National Academy of Internal Affairs, Ukraine.

Doctor of Law, Associate Professor, Professor of the Department of Public Management and Administration of the National Academy of Internal Affairs, Ukraine.

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