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Pavel Sheremet’s murder is the latest in a long line of violent attacks
Articles - 28 July 2016

Pavel Sheremet’s murder is the latest in a long line of violent attacks

The murder of the journalist Pavel Sheremet is the latest and most egregious example of violence against journalists in Ukraine

Draft law on amnesty in 2016 should be reviewed – human rights activists
News - 19 July 2016

Draft law on amnesty in 2016 should be reviewed – human rights activists

Article 2 of the law on amnesty in 2016 requires careful revision and change

Relatives of ‘unlawfully sentenced’ Ukrainian citizens to go on hunger strike near Parliament
News - 04 July 2016

Relatives of ‘unlawfully sentenced’ Ukrainian citizens to go on hunger strike near Parliament

Ukrainian Parliament does not want to introduce the mechanism for correcting judicial mistakes, say relatives of convicts

Ukrainian notary officers may get right to register marriage, birth, death by year-end
News - 01 July 2016

Ukrainian notary officers may get right to register marriage, birth, death by year-end

Ukrainian citizens will be able to register marriage, birth or death in the local authorities

Every fourth case of child abuse in Ukraine linked with war in Donbas – study
News - 30 June 2016

Every fourth case of child abuse in Ukraine linked with war in Donbas – study

About 50% of abuses have still not been registered

Ukrainian constitutional amendments related to judiciary officially published
News - 30 June 2016

Ukrainian constitutional amendments related to judiciary officially published

The document is a part of package of judicial reform, within which MPs have already approved new version of the law on judicial system and status of judges

Expert: It’s easier to find apartment for dark-skinned migrants from Donbas with a foreigner status
News - 29 June 2016

Expert: It’s easier to find apartment for dark-skinned migrants from Donbas with a foreigner status

Any Bureau’s interview with displaced persons was oversaturated with stories of experiencing discrimination

Chief Editor of Last Independent Crimean Publication Alexei Salov Arrested
News - 16 June 2016

Chief Editor of Last Independent Crimean Publication Alexei Salov Arrested

Salov began and headed Argumenty Nedeli – Krym back in 2012

UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture to Return to Ukraine in September
News - 15 June 2016

UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture to Return to Ukraine in September

"An urgent meeting in Geneva changed all of the plans. A visit to Oslo had to be paused. 3 airplanes later I am with Sergíy Kyslytsya. We are working on having the mission resume its work in Ukraine as fast as possible"

US Welcomes the Release of Soloshenko and Afanasyev
News - 15 June 2016

US Welcomes the Release of Soloshenko and Afanasyev

According to human rights activists, there are still at least 29 illegally detained Ukrainian citizens in Russia

Only 10% of the Human Rights Strategy Followed In Last Six Months
News - 14 June 2016

Only 10% of the Human Rights Strategy Followed In Last Six Months

The situation with implementing the Action Plan of the National Human Rights Strategy is not exactly catastrophic, but it isn’t comforting either

Attorney: Not enough time for High Council of Justice to lustrate all Maidan judges
News - 09 June 2016

Attorney: Not enough time for High Council of Justice to lustrate all Maidan judges

Deplorable results despite good law?

Former Ukraine’s Constitutional Court judge: Constitution cannot be amended under conditions of martial law
News - 09 June 2016

Former Ukraine’s Constitutional Court judge: Constitution cannot be amended under conditions of martial law

Former judge of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine Viktor Shyshkin describes the constitutional amendments voting day as "Black Thursday"

Commissioner for Children’s Rights: Every 30th child in Ukraine brought up in residential facility
News - 07 June 2016

Commissioner for Children’s Rights: Every 30th child in Ukraine brought up in residential facility

More than 100,000 children in Ukraine are brought up in residential facilities. 90% of them got there because of poverty of their parents, inability to bring up children on their own, developmental disorders

Number of attacks on journalists grows in May
News - 06 June 2016

Number of attacks on journalists grows in May

IMI is observing a tendency to a slight decrease in the number of attacks on journalists and cases of precluding journalistic activity compared to the same period in 2015

EU looks forward to approval of amendments to Ukrainian Constitution on decentralisation
News - 03 June 2016

EU looks forward to approval of amendments to Ukrainian Constitution on decentralisation

Brussels expects Ukraine to approve the constitutional amendments related to decentralisation and other important reforms

Human rights defenders demand to stop prosecution of children forced into armed conflict
News - 03 June 2016

Human rights defenders demand to stop prosecution of children forced into armed conflict

“Protection of children's rights during an armed conflict is the top-priority task for the state. Is there anyone more important than children?"

Open letter to President, MPs and government members
Columns - 03 June 2016

Open letter to President, MPs and government members

The Ukrainian state power was usurped by certain political and oligarchic groups