The System of Protection of Social Rights in Ukraine and the EU: European and National Dimension

The article presents a comparative analysis of the legal mechanism of protection of the social rights system in Ukraine and the European Community. The authors explored a number of key concepts, in particular, the concepts of protection, social rights, protection of social rights in Ukraine and the EU. The basic means of legal regulation of social rights at the international and national levels are outlined. The peculiarities of normative consolidation of social rights in the countries of the European Union, normative consolidation in the national legislation for the purpose of adaptation of effective norms and mechanisms of the developed countries are considered. It is claimed that the fundamental rights and responsibilities, protection of such rights are enshrined in the Constitution of Ukraine, the Law that has the highest force. The most important issues of maintaining the maximum allowable level of implementation of a number of social rights of citizens, in particular, in a pandemic, as well as the protection of social rights of participants in the anti-terrorist operation were raised as relevant in this work.