Humanitarian aid as a type of military property: administrative and legal aspect
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.32844/ibpala-2024-1.04Keywords:
importation, responsibility, military units, Armed Forces of Ukraine, the commander of the military unit, control, mechanism, accounting, defense capability of the countryAbstract
The proposed study is devoted to the current issue of administrative and legal regulation of receiving humanitarian aid as a type of military property by military units. The complexity and exceptional acuteness of the problem of actual delivery of humanitarian aid directly to military units was emphasized and confirmed on the basis of official statistical data. It was noted that the current situation in this area will inevitably lead to the emergence and strengthening of the destructive effect of political, military, economic, image and other risks for Ukraine. The key norms (provisions) of domestic legislation in this area are highlighted and analyzed in detail. The fact of the existence of a number of contradictions between by-law provisions and norms of the legislative level has been clarified and proven. Attention was focused on and confirmed that this conflict has become one of the key factors in the ineffectiveness of the established mechanisms for regulating the importation and keeping records of humanitarian aid as a result of reducing the effect of the spectrum of some groups of legal constructions (by ignoring many legislative norms in favor of bylaws). Characterization of some fundamental terminological units («humanitarian aid», «military property», «charitable aid») was carried out and their role for the outlined topic of scientific interest was determined. The issue of their legal properties has been considered and investigated, and controversial aspects of law enforcement related to these categories have been identified. Subject-wise, attention is focused on key procedural issues, the solution of which should contribute to the solution of many existing problems in the specified area. These are unresolved or controversial aspects at the official level, such as: 1) receiving property as humanitarian aid and acquiring the status of military property; 2) delineation of the situation and assessment of the role of the commander of the military unit as an authorized importer of such property; 3) definition and description of the powers of the commander of the military unit in these matters, as well as an emphasis on the latter's legal responsibility. Prospective directions for further scientific research within this topic are outlined. It is emphasized and argued that the further development of this issue is of exceptional importance for significantly strengthening the potential of the country's defense capability.
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