HONOURING THE MEMORY OF THE HOLOCAUST VICTIMS: LEGISLATIVE SETTLEMENT PROBLEMS IN UKRAINE

In this paper the author sheds some light on the issues of memory lawmaking in Ukraine, and articulates thoughts about possible ways to improve the existing legislative framework of honoring the victims of the Holocaust. The paper analyzes the main reasons for the absence of memorial legislation in the country and proposes to improve the existing legislative base of Ukraine in respect of commemoration of victims of genocide, in the conditions of modern transformation of Ukrainian legislation. The importance of such changes is connected to the fact, that legislative regulation of the national memory policy, in particular of the memory of the Holocaust victims, affects the arrangement of memory places, and creation of memorial complexes. The legislative intervention of leading countries in the regulation of historical issues is analyzed. The terminological apparatus used in modern historical and legal sciences to study memory policy issues is analyzed. It provides substantiated conclusions in the form of step-by-step actions to resolve the situation in the memorial legislation of Ukraine.