The Relevance of the study is due to the current political situation and the use of such an actor as the politicization of religion to address domestic political issues. The authors take into account the recent events in the territory of modern Ukraine, whose leadership directly interferes in the Affairs of the Church, initiating autocephaly of the Ukrainian Church. In the opinion of the authors, this situation has also become possible due to the fact that the existing international and regional legislation in the field of protection of human rights to freedom of religion-Denmark does not meet the realities of our time. The article analyzes the universal and regional international legal acts in the sphere of freedom of conscience, as well as the assessment of the main provisions of the considered acts on these issues, taking into account modern realities. In the course of the conducted research the gaps and the problems of law enforcement caused by their presence are revealed. The authors, taking into account the existing points of view and approaches, as well as relying on the existing practice, suggest ways to solve the existing problems by reforming the content of international legal norms in the field of freedom of conscience. According to the authors, it is the revision of the normative-legal content of regional and international legislation that will allow to choose the most effective vectors of building the policy of States, allowing to realize and protect the right of everyone to freedom of religion.

The Relevance of the study is due to the current political situation and the use of such an actor as the politicization of religion to address domestic political issues. The authors take into account the recent events in the territory of modern Ukraine, whose leadership directly interferes in the Affairs of the Church, initiating autocephaly of the Ukrainian Church. In the opinion of the authors, this situation has also become possible due to the fact that the existing international and regional legislation in the field of protection of human rights to freedom of religion-Denmark does not meet the realities of our time. The article analyzes the universal and regional international legal acts in the sphere of freedom of conscience, as well as the assessment of the main provisions of the considered acts on these issues, taking into account modern realities. In the course of the conducted research the gaps and the problems of law enforcement caused by their presence are revealed. The authors, taking into account the existing points of view and approaches, as well as relying on the existing practice, suggest ways to solve the existing problems by reforming the content of international legal norms in the field of freedom of conscience. According to the authors, it is the revision of the normative-legal content of regional and international legislation that will allow to choose the most effective vectors of building the policy of States, allowing to realize and protect the right of everyone to freedom of religion.