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The article is devoted to the issue of gender equality in Ukrainian legislation. Ukraine's path to creating a gender-balanced society, which is an important stage for Ukraine's accession to the European Union, is analyzed. It was determined that there is a fact of so-called hidden discrimination, reflected in the consciousness of society and conservative stereotypes. It was determined that Ukraine has repeatedly confirmed that it shares the gender principles and areas of activity for the establishment of equal rights and opportunities for women and men, proclaimed in international documents.

Legislative support for combating human trafficking is represented by such documents as the UN Convention against Trafficking in Human Beings and the Exploitation of Prostitution by Third Parties of 2.12.1949, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights of 16.12.1966, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. December 18, 1979, Declaration of European Recommendations on Effective Measures to Prevent Trafficking in Women for the Purpose of Sexual Exploitation, 1997, Council of Europe Joint Action Document, 1997, UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, November 15, 2000, Protocol on the prevention, prevention and punishment of trafficking in human beings, especially women and children, the Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe “On sexual exploitation, pornography, prostitution and trafficking in human beings and adolescents” and others. National anti-trafficking legislation includes: the Constitution of Ukraine, the Criminal Code of Ukraine, the Laws of Ukraine: “On Combating Trafficking in Human Beings”, “On Preventing and Combating Domestic Violence”, the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of February 24, 2016. № 111 “On approval of the State Social Program to Combat Trafficking in Human Beings until 2020”, Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of 08.04.2016 № 405 “On approval of the action plan of the Ministry of Education and Science to combat trafficking in human beings until 2020”.Modern international legal regulation of combating trafficking in human beings includes a fairly large array of various legal acts, including: the UN Convention against Trafficking in Human Beings and the Exploitation of Prostitution by Third Parties, the UN Convention on Transnational Crime and the Protocol to Prevent and Suppress trafficking in human beings, especially women and children, and the ILO Convention, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, etc. And although international norms are quite clear, there are still gaps in that implementation. Yes, the Palermo Protocol calls for a comprehensive approach to combating human trafficking, but it is still not fully implemented. States often try to combat trafficking only in terms of migration or solely in terms of combating crime on their territory, but such a shameful phenomenon as human trafficking is unfortunately a global problem and must be addressed systematically and jointly. States must recognize and implement all international treaties relating to trafficking  in  human  beings  in order to make  every effort to combat this problem. Ukraine has  launched a large-scale anti-trafficking campaign in the post-Soviet space. Since independence, national legislation aimed at eliminating trafficking in human beings has been developed based on international best practices, and a set of measures to improve the effectiveness of combating the threat of trafficking and ensuring the security of the country's population has been implemented within the framework of state programs to combat trafficking and illegal migration. In order to minimize the phenomenon of human trafficking, efforts are being consolidated at the regional and interagency levels by strengthening international cooperation and implementing best practices.

In the modern era of globalization, the issue of cross-border migration is becoming increasingly acute, which is caused, first of all, by its influence on the development of one of the types of international crime, in addition to drug and arms trade, which is human trafficking. Thus, the German researcher Leo Keidel considers human trafficking as one of the main activities of criminal groups, which ranks 5th in the hierarchy of criminal activity in Germany [1, p. 48]. This is certainly a violation of all human rights and freedoms enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the UN General Assembly. The greatest concern is the increase in the volume of illegal export of women and children from their native countries abroad for the purposes of sexual exploitation and forced labor. According to some data, the total number of people around the world who fall into slavery every year is 1 million people, and the profits of criminal groups are 3.5 billion dollars annually [1, p. 48]. Meanwhile, underground prostitution contributes to the spread of sexually transmitted infections, including AIDS. Recently, there are also cases of people being used for organ transplantation, because the lack of donor material and its high cost attract criminal structures. Since Russia launched a full-scale war, humanitarian workers and volunteers have reported cases of human trafficking at Ukraine's borders. During conflicts, people are often captured and sold.The UN Commission on Combating International Crime considers human trafficking to be the third largest form of organized crime, second only to illegal drug and arms trafficking. According to the Commission's estimates, the annual profits of this transnational business amount to 12 billion dollars. USA. The Center for Human Security (Vancouver, Canada), taking into account internal human trafficking in various countries, estimates the number of victims of this crime at 4 million people. The International Labor Organization estimates that approximately 1.2 million children worldwide are trafficked each year, mostly for commercial sexual ADAPTATION OF UKRAINIAN LEGISLATION TO EU REQUIREMENTS 10 exploitation or forced labor. The annual report of the US State Department on human trafficking notes the degree of progress of measures to combat human trafficking in Ukraine. One of the latest reports states that "Ukraine is a country of origin, transit and is gradually becoming a country of destination for men, women and children subjected to forced labor and sexual exploitation. Ukrainians become victims of human trafficking in Ukraine, as well as in Russia, Poland, Iraq, Spain, Turkey, Cyprus, the Seychelles, Portugal, the Czech Republic, Israel, Italy, the United Arab Emirates, Montenegro, Great Britain, Kazakhstan and Tunisia. Citizens of foreign countries, in particular Moldova, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Cameroon and Azerbaijan, were subjected to forced labor in Ukraine" [2, p. 10].During the period from 2012 to 2018, the Ministry of Social Policy established the status ...

The collective monograph is devoted to the trends of the modern development of the Ukrainian legal society. The research uses an interdisciplinary and legislative approach, which allows to analyze and characterize various aspects, parties and approaches regarding the development and further prospects of social and legal processes in Ukraine, as well as to obtain socially important, legal scientific results. The subject of scientific interests of Tamila Manhora and Andrii Dzeveliuk became large-scale acute trends in the modern era of globalization, the issue of cross- border migration, which is caused primarily by its influence on the development of one of the types of international crime, in addition to drug and arms trade - human trafficking. Peculiarities of criminal liability for this type of shadow process are considered. The direct definition of the concept of "trafficking in human beings" is characterized and its characteristic varieties are considered. The current state of legislation regarding this problem is analyzed. The regulatory support for countering this negative phenomenon, as well as the institutional support for countering it, are being studied. The criminal liability for this illegal action has been specified. And also the issue of human trafficking as a form of organized criminal activity is separately investigated. The chapter by Volodymіr Manhora and Inna Kahlіak is devoted to the topic of business contracts in modern social and legal conditions. The expediency of the classification of business contracts has been determined. Their current distribution was carried out in order to determine the place of this or that contract in the general system of economic and legal relations, and their main functional purpose was clarified. The newest form of economic contracts - electronic ones - is characterized. It has been established that the division of this type of contracts into types can be carried out according to various qualification criteria, which is due to the continuous evolution of economic turnover. Creation of a harmonious and effective system of economic legislation is one of the most important areas of development of the legal system of Ukraine in the context of adaptation to the legislation of the European Union. According to Taisa Tomlіak's scientific research, modern evidence of judicial practice of national courts and the European Court of Human Rights proves that judicial bodies have the largest number of cases related to the protection of the rights, freedoms and best interests of the child. It is the judicial bodies that protect the best interests of children, therefore, such a judicial mechanism must be effective and efficient. The mechanism of the legal issue under consideration has its own specifics. Considering the special status of the child as a vulnerable category and the broader concept of the best interests of the child than the rights of the child in general, this issue requires special protection and proper legal protection. Yurii Demіanchuk and Oksana Semenіuk consider the issue of the normative and legal basis of the prevention of corruption in Ukraine in relation to the requirements of the European Union. As a method of scientific research, it plays an extremely important role in learning the essence of social phenomena and processes. The expediency of the raised topic is stated as one of the universal methods in the plan of transforming the future, because it is impossible to carry out social transformations without having a proper innovative project. The considered legal model of combating corruption motivates the desire to get into power structures for reasons of personal safety and impunity. Therefore, it includes the processes of the degradation of power and its consistent corruption in Ukraine to the requirements of the European Union. According to Andriі Pravdіuk, information is a productive force and a commodity, simultaneously being a means of protection and attack in defense of state, corporate and personal interests of subjects of power relations. Starting from the time of the first attempts to scientifically understand the concept, essence and meaning of information in society, the problem of the right to access to information has been the object of considerable attention of representatives of various scientific fields - historical, socio-psychological, philosophical, legal, technical, etc. However, despite the different level of coverage of the problem from the point of view of informativeness and source support, they do not exhaust the topic of research, but on the contrary, in the modern conditions of the formation of the national and global information space, they enrich and update it. The purpose of Irіna Skichko's research is to analyze the state of adaptation of the legislation of Ukraine to the legislation of the European Union in the context of the actually implemented and planned. The author emphasizes that despite Ukraine's active implementation of the Association Agreement between Ukraine on the one hand, and the European Union, the European Atomic Energy Community and their member states on the other, the application for Ukraine's membership in the European Union was submitted only during a full-scale military intrusion. This situation is explained by the large amount of unfinished rule-making work to adapt Ukrainian legislation to European legislation. Even despite the constant obstacles on the way to adaptation, as of February 2023, Ukraine has fulfilled 72% of the obligations stipulated in the Association Agreement with the European Union. Considering the above, it is relevant to review the current and future steps taken regarding this adaptation. Oleksandr Pohuliaiev makes an attempt to analyze the historical process of unification of legal institutions of European states. According to the author, this process can serve as an example for Ukraine and other countries that intend to join the European Union. Treaties regulating relations between Ukraine and the EU have been reviewed. Ukraine's fulfillment of requirements for deepened political and legal integration into the European family is analyzed. European integration is a natural and logical path for the European Ukrainian nation. Other alternatives are absent or unprofitable. It has been proven that membership in the European Union contributes to the improvement of quality standards of all state institutions and modernizes the country's legal system. Since the second half of the 20th century, integration processes have intensified all over the world. The content of the collective monograph corresponds to the direction of scientific work of the Department of Law of Vinnytsia National Agrarian University. The monograph is the result of the initiative theme "Legal regulation of social relations in the conditions of martial law and post-war reconstruction of Ukraine in the conditions of European integration". State registration number 0123U100675. The head of the topic is Candidate of Law Sciences Associate Professor Manhora T.V.). The monograph uses: legal, social and legislative research methods, statistical analysis, legal approach of national and international practice.