INTERNATIONAL LEGAL SECURITY MECHANISMS IN THE CONTEXT OF CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL CHALLENGES

Abstract

The article examines the current problems of the functioning of international legal mechanisms of security cooperation in the context of today's global challenges, in particular through the prism of the ongoing full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine. Attention is drawn to the key challenges of the modern international security system, which are manifested in the abuse of the veto right by permanent members of the UN Security Council, the selectivity of compliance with the provisions of international law, the lack of effective mechanisms for resolving military conflicts and bringing perpetrators to justice, which has led to a crisis in the modern institutional capacity of international entities for ensuring security and peace. The presence of functional limitations of the UN Security Council is established, which is associated with structural shortcomings of the decision-making mechanism, including the predominance of the interests of individual states over the key principles of global security and international peace.

           The focus is on the inability of the modern system of security cooperation to fully guarantee peace and stability in the world, which is associated with the inability to use political, legal and military-technical instruments. It is noted that the example of full-scale aggression against Ukraine only emphasized the critical inability of the international community to respond to threats to peace and security, especially in cases where the military attack was carried out by a country that has undertaken to protect such peace. It is established that there is excessive political involvement in the decision-making process within international organizations, which prevents the formation of effective mechanisms for countering violations of international law. It is noted that there are actually no real mechanisms for enforcing the decisions of international judicial institutions, since even the decisions of the International Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights are not binding, especially when there is no political will to implement them. It has been established that in the conditions of the modern security situation there is a need for a comprehensive review of approaches to ensuring peace and security, including in the context of the abolition or real restriction of Russia's veto right in conditions of armed aggression and mass violations of human rights.