Regulatory and legal provision of food security in the conditions of the legal regime of maritime status (problem statement)

Abstract

Problem setting. The right to an adequate level of social security, including a sufficient number of quality foodstuffs, is enshrined at both the international and national levels. Consumption of food is an integral part of human life, and therefore, food security is an urgent task of the state. Analysis of recent researches and publications. In turn, the selected issues were studied by the following specialists: V. P. Samokysh, O. V. Tarasyuk, V. R. Shishlyuk and others. Despite the sufficient number of scientific studies on this issue, in the context of full-scale armed aggression by Russia against Ukraine, we believe that the chosen issue is relevant and deserves detailed analysis within this study. The target of the research is to analyze the regulatory and legal framework for food security in the legal regime of martial law. The object of study – the legal relations that arise in the process of implementation and provision of food security in the legal regime of martial law. The subject of the study is directly the analysis of legal norms in the field of food security, in particular, in the legal regime of martial law. Article’s main body. The article studies the issues of regulatory and legal support of food security in the legal regime of martial law, analysis of regulations in this area, explores the meaning of “food security” in the legal regime of martial law. The chosen issue is especially relevant today, as the event that took place on February 24, 2022, namely the full-scale armed aggression by the Russian Federation (hereinafter – Russia) against Ukraine, caused problems of both legal and socio-economic nature, which negatively affect the functioning of the food security system not only in our country, but also in other countries, as Ukraine is a recognized exporter of certain foods (cereals and oilseeds, etc.) to global markets. Therefore, in order to provide the population with necessary food and non-food products, as well as to prevent food crisis, both domestic and foreign markets, the legislator has developed and implemented a number of regulations of different levels of hierarchy, the content of individual norms or groups of norms aimed at preventing, overcoming and neutralizing the negative consequences of the functioning of the food security system of Ukraine. In particular, it should be emphasized that the content of these regulations relates to the order of economic activity under martial law, rules and procedures for providing the population with sufficient food in sufficient quantities (especially in regions where active hostilities), issues of use agricultural lands, rules and procedures for import and further distribution of humanitarian aid on the territory of Ukraine, etc. Conclusions and prospects for the development. Ensuring food security of the population in the legal regime of martial law is one of the priorities of the state. Quality food in sufficient quantities is one of the factors that directly affects the level of social security. Russia’s armed aggression poses threats and challenges to the functioning of the national economy, as it effectively eliminates opportunities for economic activity in Ukraine, and thus has a very negative impact on the functioning of the food security system not only in our country but also in the world. in general.