legislative control; by the President of Ukraine;
by the Cabinet of Ministers; control by the
central public authorities; by local State
authorities; judiciary control; by local self-
government bodies; public control. This
approach does not single out such control as
governmental (judicial, presidential, etc.) and
public, municipal, etc.
Other researchers consider only the types of
public control and, depending on the entities that
have the right to exercise it, divide them into two
large, relatively independent groups: the first
includes presidential control, parliamentary
control, control by executive bodies, control by
courts of general jurisdiction (what unites them
is that control is not the only function of these
bodies). The second control group consists of the
authorities, which have a single control function
(for example, constitutional control,
prosecutorial supervision, control by the
Commissioner for Human Rights, control and
audit bodies of the executive power) (Tsependa,
2019).
If we consider State policy in the humanitarian
sphere as the formation of public and legal
fundamentals of activity of subjects of authority
and various institutions of civil society involved
in this process in such areas as education and
science, culture and information, health care,
sports and tourism, development of civil society,
humanitarian security, in which State authorities,
local governments, civil society institutions
participate, then it can be stated that public
control over the implementation of State policy
in the humanitarian sphere is a system of
organizational and legal forms of respect for the
rule of law in the activities of public authorities
and local self-government, their officials, who
are entrusted with the tasks of implementing
State policy in the sphere of health care,
education and science, cultural and informational
sphere, sports and tourism, development of civil
society and human capital, humanitarian
security, which takes place in the form of State
control, international control, municipal control
and public control (which in today’s conditions
is highlighted as a key and priority in the context
of Ukraine’s European integration aspirations, as
well as because of the proximity of the
humanitarian sphere directly for the citizens of
Ukraine).
In turn, the following can be distinguished in the
State control over the implementation of State
policy in the humanitarian sphere. The key,
clearly, is presidential control, based on the
strategically important role of the President of
Ukraine in the system of checks and balances of
the branches of power in Ukraine and in the
context of the overall implementation Ukraine’s
policy implementation in all areas of interest and
benefit of the people of Ukraine. Such control
can be implemented directly or through some
institutions under the President of Ukraine
(Office of the President or, for example, in the
field of child protection and until recently
through the Presidential Commissioner for the
Rights of the Child).
Note that in accordance with Art. 85 of the
Constitution of Ukraine (Law of Ukraine
No. 254k/96-VR, 1996), the Verkhovna Rada of
Ukraine, as the only body of legislative power in
Ukraine, in fact, determines the foundations of
both foreign and domestic policy; it approves
national programs on economic, scientific and
technical, social, national of cultural
development, environmental protection. The
Verkhovna Rada also supervises the activities of
the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (which is
entrusted with the important task of
implementing State policy, including in the
humanitarian sphere).
At the same time, the Verkhovna Rada of
Ukraine can exercise parliamentary control over
adopting public policy in the named area through
its structural subdivisions or bodies created by
the legislative authority of Ukraine. The key role
here belongs to the Commissioner for Human
Rights of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
According to the rules of the Law “On the
Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human
Rights" (Law of Ukraine No. 776/97-VR, 1997),
the Commissioner implements parliamentary
control in the sphere of social relations that arise
in the exercise of the liberties and freedoms of an
individual and a citizen between a citizen of
Ukraine regardless of his (her) place of
residence, a foreigner or a stateless person, who
are on the territory of Ukraine, and state
authorities, local self-government bodies and
their officials and employees. That is, control is
performed over the observance of citizens' rights
in the exercise of their non-material rights and
benefits such as health care, education, etc.
Specialized committees (on the issues of health
care, education and science, etc.) may operate
under the Council. The Law "On Committees of
the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine" (Law of
Ukraine No.116/95-VR, 1995) clearly states that
committees carry out control functions, including
in the form of analysis of the practice of applying
legislative acts in the activities of state bodies,
their officials on issues related to the committees'
tasks, preparation and submission of relevant