DEVOLUTION OF UNIVERSAL HUMAN VALUES AND THE CRISIS OF LAW IN THE GLOBAL WORLD

Abstract

This article highlights the problem of devaluation of universal human values and the role of law in their protection. It is noted that in the current globalized world, there is an intensive attack by world dictatorships on the democratic principles of life and the world order that was established after the Second World War. One of the consequences of this situation is the leveling and destruction of universal human values, which constitute the fundamental basis of human and social existence, are the basis and core of democracy. Putinism, as a regime repressive against a person and a people, has its origins in the historical past of Russia, the imperial essence of which has been preserved to this day. Since the large-scale invasion of Putin's Russia into Ukraine, contempt for universal human values has become total and obvious. The modern era has created the image of a person as a multiple, decentered, constantly changing subject in a world without final truths and a single center. In these conditions, law-conscious citizens, mature subjects of law, and their civil society must show special activity in order to preserve and protect universal human values, which is their main task. The same task faces all governments of democratic countries – to make the principles and institutions of both national and international law effective, thereby preserving and protecting the basic principles of human coexistence.