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Democratization of the process, concerning proclamation and
protection of human rights, has greatly accelerated the adoption of
international instruments on consolidation, legal regulation and
development of a mechanism for the international protection of human

rights in the states that have signed international treaties.
The most important international documents, which fully comply
with the provisions of the Constitution of Ukraine, include the

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966), International Covenant
on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966), European
Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental

Freedoms with Protocols (1950), European Social Charter (1961),
Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe
(1975), Document of the Copenhagen Meeting of the Conference on

the Human Dimension of the CSCE/OSCE (1990), etc.

Control questions and tasks for seminar 3:
1. Give a general description of the concept of "rights and
freedoms of a person and a citizen".

2. Give a definition of the concepts: "a person", "a personality",
"a citizen".
3. What is citizenship? Analyse the essence of the notion of
"Ukrainian citizenship".

4. What principles is the Legislation of Ukraine on Citizenship
based on?
5. What documents, in your opinion, confirm the citizenship of

Ukraine?
6. Describe the ways of acquiring the Ukrainian citizenship.
7. Identify the conditions under which a foreigner or a stateless
person can acquire the Ukrainian citizenship.

8. Specify under what conditions a person cannot be admitted to
the citizenship of Ukraine.
9. What is "renewal of citizenship"?

10. What are the peculiarities of adopting the Ukrainian citizens,
foreigners and stateless persons in our state?
11. In which cases is the Ukrainian citizenship terminated?

12. What is the "exit from the citizenship of Ukraine"?

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