ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL STATUS OF THE AUTHORITIES OF THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE OF UKRAINE

In accordance with the provisions of the Constitution and laws of Ukraine, the prosecutor's office is guided by the principles of the rule of law in its activities, directing its activities to the affirmation and provision of the constitutional rights and freedoms of a person and citizen, the protection of the interests of society and the state established by the Constitution and other laws of Ukraine. The legal principles of the organization and activity of the Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine are based on the principles defined by legislation. Along with this, the prosecutor's office is empowered with appropriate powers in various spheres of society, including in the sphere of public administration. Entering into administrative-legal relations, the prosecutor's office assumes the function of management in these relations. It is noted that the deprivation of the prosecutor's office of the function of general supervision, as well as the introduction of martial law, affected the legal status of this body, therefore, the activity of the prosecutor's office in modern conditions can be determined thanks to a clear outline of the legal status and, in particular, the administrative-legal status of this law enforcement body. In order to clarify the administrative-legal status of the prosecutor's office of Ukraine, various doctrinal opinions regarding the definition of the concept of “administrative-legal status” were analyzed. Based on the analysis of the norms of the Law of Ukraine “On the Prosecutor's Office”, attention is drawn to the structural elements of the administrative-legal status, to which the author refers: purpose, tasks, functions, powers, responsibilities, guarantees of activity. The author's definition of the concept of “administrative and legal status of the prosecutor's office” is provided, and the need for further scientific research regarding the performance of functions by the prosecutor's office in today's conditions is suggested.