Introduction of the concept of sustainable development in the context of the constitutional reform of Ukraine

On the way to the development of integration processes, Ukraine needs a comprehensive and systematic update of laws and regulations, including the Constitution of Ukraine. The article is devoted to substantiation of the basic principles and practical ways of implementing the newest approaches to the constitutional and legal support of social and humanitarian transformations in Ukraine in the context of world tendencies of sustainable development, as well as the problem of practical implementation of the constitutional foundations of the existence of the Ukrainian state. It is noted that the strategic will in Ukraine is to form our own future based on the principles of sustainable development in order to implement in our country European standards of living and to reach leading positions in the world. It is аlso noted the lack of qualitative shifts in the implementation of socially significant reforms to aim in developing fundamentally new approaches to the strategic directions of socio-economic and political development of the country in the short term in the context of the implementation of the Millennium Declaration, which is defined a comprehensive framework of values, principles and key values under three major UN mandates: peace and security; development; Human Rights. It is concluded that in two decades since the official introduction of the concept of “sustainable development” has already come out of the purely scientific term, and is widely used by the world community (in particular, in UN acts) and the domestic political elite not only in the normative-legal documents, but also in everyday communications. The urgency of launching constitutional reform in Ukraine involves correcting the substantive deficiencies that exist in the Constitution for various reasons and referring to different institutions in the fareas of improvement of the mechanism of state power (forms of government); creation of constitutional preconditions for decentralization; strengthening the independence and professionalism of the judiciary etc

Doi: 10.37635/jnalsu.27(4).2020.53-65