UN Human Rights will release its new report, prepared by the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU), on the human rights situation in the country.
Matilda Bogner, Head of Mission, will present the report at a press conference at 11:00 on Thursday, 23 September 2021, at the Ukraine Crisis Media Centre (2 Khreshchatyk Street, (Ukrainian House), Kyiv).
The report covers the period from 1 February to 31 July 2021. It is based on 92 field visits, 12 visits to places of detention, observation of 82 court hearings, monitoring of 75 assemblies and 1156 interviews with victims and witnesses of human rights violations and other stakeholders.
Among other issues, the report covers the impact of the conflict on civilians in eastern Ukraine, transitional justice and fair trial issues, arbitrary detention, torture and ill-treatment, and challenges for civic space. It also examines the exercise of social and economic rights by individuals and groups in situations of vulnerability, including homeless persons, persons with disabilities, Roma, and people living in rural and conflict-affected areas, and also assesses the impact COVID-19.
The report looks into the situation in territory controlled by self-proclaimed ‘Donetsk people’s republic’ and self-proclaimed ‘Luhansk people’s republic’, with a specific section devoted to gender-based violence.
The human rights situation in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine, occupied by the Russian Federation is analyzed in a dedicated chapter.
The press conference will be in English, with interpretation into Ukrainian and sign language.
Background: Deployed in March 2014, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine monitors, publicly reports and advocates on the human rights situation in the country with the aim of fostering access to justice and bringing perpetrators to account. The Mission has seven offices around the country: in Kyiv, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kramatorsk, Luhansk, Mariupol, and Odesa. The Mission has introduced remote monitoring of the human rights situation in Crimea, through its offices in Kyiv and Odesa. Every day, human rights officers speak to victims and witnesses of human rights violations throughout the country, including in territory controlled by self-proclaimed ‘republics’ and from Crimea.
For more information or interviews, please contact: Tanya Tesliuchenko at +380503868069 or e-mail [email protected]
