STATE AUTHORITIES AS ENTITIES APPEALING TO THE COURT TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS AND LEGITIMATE INTERESTS OF OTHER PERSONS

Abstract

This article examines public authorities as parties that may bring legal actions to protect the rights and 
legitimate interests of others. The exercise of the right to judicial protection through the participation of public 
authorities in defending the interests of others in civil and administrative proceedings requires scholarly 
research because the exercise of this right stems from the duties imposed on these entities in the context 
of their public-law status, which is linked to the exercise of procedural rights. The object of the article is legal 
relations in the context of the activities of state authorities regarding the right to protect the rights and freedoms 
of natural and legal persons. The subject is the legal norms establishing the competence of state authorities in 
the judicial protection of the rights and legitimate interests of natural and legal persons. The methodological basis 
of the article encompasses general scientific and specialized methods of inquiry: dialectical, systemic analysis, 
functional, logical, comparative-legal, formal-legal, interpretation of law, and legal modeling. It is noted that 
state authorities may act as parties to court proceedings for the purpose of protecting the rights and legitimate 
interests of other persons. This is a legal capacity to act on behalf of natural and legal persons, exercised by 
state authorities to protect the violated rights and legitimate interests of such persons in cases provided for by 
the Civil Code and the Code of Civil Procedure of Ukraine, as well as the Code of Administrative Procedure 
of Ukraine. The protection of the rights of individuals and legal entities involves the application of legal norms 
from various branches of law, which determines its interdisciplinary nature, aimed at exercising the powers 
and competences of state authorities and restoring violated rights. To implement legal norms for the protection 
of rights and legitimate interests in the activities of state authorities within the context of Article 53 “Participation 
in court proceedings by bodies and persons granted by law the right to bring actions in court on behalf of other 
persons” of the Code of Administrative Procedure of Ukraine, it is advisable to supplement the powers and 
competences of state bodies in regulatory legal acts that define the tasks and functions of state bodies.