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Abstract
There are various approaches in the Soviet legal literature to study of the mechanism for implementing the constitutional rights of citizens, each of which focuses on some important aspects of it. But study of the activity of specific state agencies, particularly the council of ministers of a union republic, with regard to securing the basic rights of citizens requires a more thorough examination of this mechanism. First, three of its component parts must be distinguished: the mechanism for guaranteeing rights, which is a precondition if constitutional rights are to have any substance; the mechanism for their direct implementation, i.e., the de facto practical application of these rights; and the mechanism of safeguarding these rights, which comes into play when basic rights are violated and which is aimed at restoring them and eliminating the causes and conditions of their violation.