Юридичний термін «механізм охорони прав людини»: питання смислового навантаження

Abstract

При підготовці цієї статті автор поставив за мету з’ясувати смислове навантаження юридичного терміна «механізм охорони прав людини». На основі проведеного семантичного аналізу таких його складових, як «механізм», «охорона» та «захист», а також порівняльного аналізу значень слів «охорона» та «захист» запропоновано трактування цього словосполучення. Юридичний термін «механізм охорони прав людини» визначено як динамічне, системне утворення, функціональне призначення якого полягає в забезпеченні (гарантуванні) недоторканності прав людини.

In preparation of this article the aim is to find out the semantic load of the legal term "mechanism of human rights protection". For this, the author used the cognitive capabilities of the logical-semantic and hermeneutical methods of cognition. The interpretation of the terms "protection" and "guard" and their relation in the modern legal literature has been considered. It has been proved that the peculiar gap in such studies is the lack of scientific publications dealing with interpretation of the phrase "mechanism of human rights protection". The attention has been paid to the fact that the studied general-theoretical category and the same name, along with such terms as "mechanism of ensuring human rights", "mechanism of realization of human rights and freedoms" and "mechanism human rights protection" is an important component of modern human rights theory. It has been determined that in scientific and educational legal literature scholars use the term "mechanism" and characterize various dynamic legal processes, as well as functioning of socio-legal institutions. This word is traditionally used as an integral part of such terms: "state mechanism", "mechanism of legal regulation", "mechanism of legal influence", "mechanism of law enforcement", etc. On the basis of the semantic analysis of its components, such as "mechanism", "protection" and "guard", as well as a comparative analysis of the meaning of the words "protection" and "guard", the author has determined the semantic load of the analyzed phrase. The legal term of "mechanism of human rights protection" has been proposed to be understood as a dynamic, systemic entity whose functional purpose is to ensure (guarantee) the inviolability of human rights.