PUBLIC CONTROL OVER THE ACTIVITIES OF THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE AS A GUARANTEE OF HUMAN RIGHTS OBSERVANCE IN UKRAINE

The article reveals the features of public control over the activities of the prosecutor's office as a guarantee of human rights observance in Ukraine. It has been established that the public control carried out over the activities of the prosecution authorities is defined as the activities established by law, which are carried out by members of the public. It has been determined that the key institutional elements of such control are the subject of control, the object of control, the subject of control, and the procedures for release from control. It is noted that there are such forms of public control over the activities of the prosecution authorities, such as: public participation in the processes of discussion and preparation of legal documents; appeal of citizens or civil society institutions in direct form, together with representatives of the media, to the prosecution authorities in order to obtain information from them about the features and results of their activities; participation of citizens and/or civil society institutions in the selection processes of candidates applying for positions in the prosecutor's office; conducting surveys of citizens in their opinion about the features and results of the activities of the prosecutor's office. It has been found that ensuring constant and thorough public information about the activities of the prosecution authorities on the observance of human and civil rights and freedoms will help to increase the level of confidence of citizens and society as a whole to the activities of the prosecutor's office and prosecutors in particular. It is noted that the prospects for further research in this direction is to study the features of judicial control as one of the key guarantees of the activities of the prosecutor's office for the observance of human and civil rights and freedoms in Ukraine.