This article critically examines the institutional and functional capacity of the United Nations and international organizations to prevent systemic human rights violations under conditions of increasing global instability, armed conflicts, hybrid threats, and large-scale socioeconomic transformations. The study argues that contemporary human rights violations should be understood not as isolated legal incidents, but as systemic and interconnected phenomena generating cumulative demographic, economic, institutional, and humanitarian consequences. Particular attention is devoted to the mechanisms of interaction between the United Nations, its specialized agencies, international organizations, and emerging non-state actors within the framework of global preventive governance. The article identifies key limitations of the contemporary international human rights architecture, including fragmentation, institutional inertia, weak coordination mechanisms, political asymmetry, and the predominance of reactive approaches over preventive strategies. In response, the study proposes a systemic analytical model linking human rights violations with demographic degradation, economic destabilization, and long-term structural risks. The article substantiates the need for a transition toward preventive governance based on integrated analytical systems, early-warning mechanisms, interdisciplinary approaches, and coordinated institutional responses at both global and national levels. Special emphasis is placed on the role of sectoral interaction within the UN system, including the contribution of specialized agencies and international organizations to the development of preventive mechanisms and data-driven governance models. The case of Ukraine is examined as an empirical example demonstrating the systemic nature of contemporary human rights violations and the practical applicability of the proposed framework. The paper also highlights the growing role of institutional innovation and emerging actors, including the International Human Rights Commission (IHRC), in strengthening the analytical and preventive capacity of global governance systems.

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11. Parlamentaryzm ta zakonotvorennia: vybrani lektsii (O Kopylenko ta in. (uporiad), In-t zakonodavstva Verkhovnoi Rady Ukrainy 2017) (in Ukrainian).

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