CONVERSION THERAPY BANS IN NATIONAL LEGISLATIONS AROUND THE GLOBE.

The article summarizes the data on the number of conversion therapy legal bans aimed at changing sexual orientation and gender identity in countries around the globe; the content and the form of such prohibitions, the scope of their action by territorial criterion and the nature of the prohibition itself are analyzed; the draft laws, which are intended to legalize such bans in the national and territorial regime are studied; the thematic case law of individual countries is partly examined; countries where conversion therapy is promoted and explicitly authorized by public authorities are considered. According to the results of the study of more than half a hundred legal documents, the information obtained is distributed and organized into the following categories: national and regional prohibition of conversion therapy, direct and non-direct prohibition of conversion therapy; ban in different parts of the world. The content highlights the characteristics of the existing prohibitions, such as the name of the delict; year of entry into force of the relevant legal act; prohibition of sexual orientation and/or gender identity activities; the circle of persons subjected to the prohibition; the circle of persons protected by the prohibition; peculiarities.

[EMBRYO AND HUMAN FETUS: LEGAL PROTECTION ISSUES].

The article deals with some problematic aspects of the legal protection of the human embryo and fetus. It is established that according to the legislation of Ukraine a live-born child will be considered a subject of legal relations irrespective of the week of pregnancy and state of health. Various scientific legal and medical approaches to the issue of completing the period of embryonic development have been investigated.