HUMAN LIFE AS THE HIGHEST SOCIAL VALUE AND THE SUBJECT OF LEGAL PROTECTION

Abstract

INTRODUCTION Article 3 of the Constitution of Ukraine proclaims the fact that a person, his/her life and health, honor and dignity, inviolability and safety are recognized in Ukraine as the highest social value. For that reason, the issues of crime qualification against the most valuable human benefits – life and health is of great attention because in the criminal legal aspect such infringements are recognized as the most dangerous. Human life is a special form of human existence (human organism) characterized by integrity and ability to self-organization; it is the most valuable benefit, which in case of human death can not be renewed. Human life is characterized by reactivity, breathing, thinking, sensitivity, vision, communication, nutrition, growth, movement, metabolism, and reproduction etc.