ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL GUARANTEES OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NORMS OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW

Abstract

The article examines the administrative and legal guarantees of implementing the norms of international criminal law in Ukraine, taking into account the contemporary challenges related to armed aggression and the need to adapt the national legal system to international standards. The authors focus on the peculiarities of administrative and legal mechanisms that ensure the implementation of the provisions of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, international conventions, and bilateral treaties into national legislation. The paper analyzes the practice of executive authorities, the Prosecutor General’s Office, the National Police, probation services, and other institutions that play a key role in fulfilling Ukraine’s international obligations. The purpose of the article is to provide a comprehensive study of the legal and organizational mechanisms that constitute the system of administrative and legal guarantees in the field of implementation of international criminal law norms and to evaluate their effectiveness under current conditions. The methodological basis of the research combines general scientific methods (analysis, synthesis, induction, deduction, comparison) and special legal methods (formal-legal, comparative-legal, system-structural, method of legal interpretation). The scientific novelty lies in the fact that, for the first time in the Ukrainian doctrine of administrative law, the mechanisms of administrative and legal support for the implementation of international criminal law norms are comprehensively revealed, problematic issues of interaction between national and international institutions are identified, and proposals for improving administrative procedures in this area are provided. The main results include the identification of key problems of implementing international criminal law norms (legislative conflicts, insufficient efficiency of control mechanisms, personnel-related issues) and the substantiation of the need to improve administrative and legal guarantees through the expansion of executive authorities’ powers, improvement of procedural rules, and strengthening of interagency coordination. The practical significance of the obtained results lies in their potential application for improving Ukraine’s administrative legislation, training specialists in international criminal law and public administration, and enhancing the activities of law enforcement and other competent bodies.