Ukraine's Parliament
Government plans to legalize same-sex civil partnership
The bill is planned to be elaborated in the second quarter of 2017
Both parties to conflict in Donbas involved in war crimes – Amnesty International
Both parties to the conflict in Donbas are involved in the war crimes, in particular in torture of the captives
MPs, President not submit their candidacies for State Bureau of Investigation – Yatsenyuk
Prime Minister accuses the MPs and the Head of State of delay in launch of the Bureau
Prosecutor General’s Office to stop investigation into crimes against Maidan because of Parliament
the Prosecutor General’s Office has repeatedly asked the Parliament to vote for necessary amendments
ECHR to consider over 2,000 applications over conflict in Ukraine
Since the beginning of the year, the Court has received about 450 applications from eastern Ukraine
276 persons announced suspicion within Euromaidan case
One-sixth of them is high-ranking officials, including the former president and former heads of administrations
300,000 citizens with disabilities living in DPR/LPR – President’s Commissioner Sushkevych
71,085 internally displaced persons with disabilities have been registered in Ukraine
Ukraine’s Parliament passes revised anti-discrimination legislation
We suggest amending the Criminal Code and removing the criminal liability under the articles relating to discrimination while strengthening administrative liability
Afanasyev could be in punitive confinement, no connection with him – lawyer
As suggested by the lawyer, Afanasyev could be transferred to the punitive confinement for allegedly found banned SIM card in his stuff
Ukrainian MPs pass law on registration of birth and death in Crimea
The document complements Article 257 of the Code of Civil Procedure of Ukraine
EU praises yesterday’s vote on constitutional amendments
This is an important step towards strengthening the judiciary, the European officials claim
Ukraine’s Constitutional Court approves updated draft amendments to Constitution
The Constitutional Court made such a conclusion public at today’s meeting
Constitutional Court approves amendments on judiciary
Parliament of Ukraine may consider the amendments on January 28
Euromaidan activist Kolomiets to be tried in Crimea
Currently, Kolomiets is kept in custody
Human rights defenders demand solving problem of stateless Ukrainians
More than 33,000 stateless persons or persons of undefined citizenship live in Ukraine.
High Council of Justice dismisses 276 judges in Crimea
The judges were dismissed for violation of the oath
Parliament bans state from founding printed media outlets
It stipulates that only the media outlets, which are willing to be reformed, will be reformed within the first stage in a pilot format. The rest outlets will be reformed in a year.
Human rights activists demand to pass Labour Code’s provision on LGBT non-discrimination
Adoption of this provision is one of the conditions for granting visa-free regime to Ukraine.
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