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UKRAINE
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Source:
United Nations. Cartographic Section.
Date of Document:
March 2014
Accessed Date:
13 June 2014
Title:
Ukraine. L'Encyclopédie en ligne.
Accessed Date:
29 October 2012
Title:
Ukraine. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
19 July 2017
Accessed Date:
24 July 2017
Title:
Ukraine. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
15 December 2015
Accessed Date:
6 July 2016
Keywords:
country overview; ethnic and national groups; legislation; minorities; religion; statistics
Title:
International Protection Considerations Related to the Developments in Ukraine - Update III
Source:
United Nations. High Commissioner for Refugees.
Date of Document:
24 September 2015
Accessed Date:
20 July 2016
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; children; citizenship; conflict; country overview; domestic violence; election; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of movement; gender equality; gender-based violence; humanitarian situation; identity documents; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; labour; legislation; military service; minorities; political activities; political opposition; rejected asylum seekers; religion; sexual violence; social services; statistics; torture
Title:
Fact Finding Mission Report : Ukraine
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
May 2017
Editor:
Caroline Morin-Terrini; Thomas Schrott
Accessed Date:
24 July 2017
Title:
Ukraine : la situation des opposants au rattachement de la Crimée à la Russie
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
16 February 2015
Accessed Date:
6 July 2016
Keywords:
country overview; election; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; legislation; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; statistics
Title:
Ukraine: Overview of population displacement (as of 21 August 2015)
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
21 August 2015
Accessed Date:
6 July 2016
Keywords:
internal displacement; map
Title:
Ukraine. Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Europe, 2016.
Source:
United States. Social Security Administration.
Date of Document:
September 2016
Accessed Date:
12 July 2017
Title:
Ukraine crisis in maps
Source:
British Broadcasting Corporation
Date of Document:
18 February 2015
Accessed Date:
27 July 2015
Keywords:
armed groups; conflict; election; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of assembly; legislation; map; nationality; police/security forces; political activities
Title:
Country Information and Guidance. Ukraine: Crimea, Donetsk & Luhansk. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
January 2016
Accessed Date:
6 July 2016
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; citizenship; conflict; disappeared persons; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; freedom of the press; government corruption; human rights activists; humanitarian situation; identity documents; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; international guidance note; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; minorities; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political prisoners; rejected asylum seekers; religion; social services; statistics; torture
Title:
Country Information and Guidance. Ukraine: Women fearing gender based violence. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
November 2015
Accessed Date:
6 July 2016
Keywords:
armed groups; children; conflict; domestic violence; ethnic and national groups; family law; gender equality; gender-based violence; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; international guidance note; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; minorities; police efficacy; political activities; sexual violence; social services; statistics; trafficking in persons
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Ukraine: Sexual orientation and gender identity. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
July 2017
Accessed Date:
24 July 2017
Title:
Country Information and Guidance. Ukraine: Victims of trafficking. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
May 2016
Accessed Date:
29 July 2016
Keywords:
children; gender-based violence; institutional efficacy; international guidance note; judicial efficacy; labour; legislation; marriage; police efficacy; political activities; sexual violence; social services; statistics; trafficking in persons
Title:
Country Information and Guidance. Ukraine: Fear of organised criminal gangs. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
May 2016
Accessed Date:
29 July 2016
Keywords:
corruption; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; gangs; government corruption; institutional efficacy; international guidance note; Internet; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; legislation; organized crime; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; statistics; trafficking in persons; witness protection
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Ukraine: Prison conditions. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
April 2017
Accessed Date:
12 July 2017
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Ukraine: Military service. Version 4.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
April 2017
Accessed Date:
12 July 2017
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Ukraine: Minority groups. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
January 2017
Accessed Date:
12 July 2017
Title:
Country Information and Guidance. Ukraine: Background information, including actors of protection and internal relocation. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
August 2016
Accessed Date:
12 July 2017
Title:
Ukraine : Situation dans le Donbass depuis le cessez-le-feu de septembre 2015
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
16 September 2016
Accessed Date:
25 July 2017
Title:
Hardship for conflict-affected civilians in eastern Ukraine
Source:
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Date of Document:
February 2017
Accessed Date:
12 July 2017
Title:
Ukraine. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2017.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
20 April 2018
Accessed Date:
23 April 2018
Title:
Ukraine. Amnesty International Report 2016/17: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Accessed Date:
12 July 2017
Title:
Ukraine. Freedom in the World 2017.
Accessed Date:
12 July 2017
Title:
Ukraine. Nations in Transit 2017.
Author:
Oleksandr Sushko; Olena Prysyatko
Accessed Date:
12 July 2017
Title:
Ukraine. World Report 2017: Events of 2016.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2017
Accessed Date:
25 July 2017
Title:
Report on the human rights situation in Ukraine (16 February to 15 May 2017)
Source:
United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Date of Document:
13 June 2017
Accessed Date:
24 July 2017
Title:
Report by Nils Muižnieks, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, following his visit to Ukraine from 21 to 25 March 2016
Source:
Council of Europe. Commissioner for Human Rights.
Date of Document:
11 July 2016
Accessed Date:
12 July 2017
Title:
Report of the Human Rights Assessment Mission on Crimea (6–18 July 2015)
Source:
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Date of Document:
8 September 2015
Accessed Date:
6 July 2016
Keywords:
citizenship; conflict; disappeared persons; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; freedom of the press; human rights activists; identity documents; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; Internet; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; minorities; nationality; penal system; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; political opposition; religion; statistics; torture
Title:
Decree Of The President Of Ukraine # 501/2015 On Approval Of The National Human Rights Strategy Of Ukraine
Date of Document:
25 August 2015
Accessed Date:
6 July 2016
Keywords:
armed groups; children; citizenship; conflict; domestic violence; election; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; freedom of the press; gender equality; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; minorities; penal system; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; religion; social services; torture; trafficking in persons
Title:
Crimea. Freedom in the World 2017.
Accessed Date:
25 July 2017
Title:
In the Crosscurrents: Addressing Discrimination and Inequality in Ukraine
Source:
Equal Rights Trust; LGBT Human Rights Centre Nash Mir
Date of Document:
August 2015
Accessed Date:
6 July 2016
Keywords:
children; citizenship; conflict; country overview; domestic violence; election; ethnic and national groups; family law; freedom of movement; gender equality; gender-based violence; government corruption; human rights activists; identity documents; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; marriage; minorities; nationality; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; political prisoners; religion; sexual minorities; statistics; torture; trafficking in persons
Title:
The Peninsula of Fear : Chronicle of Occupation and Violation of Human Rights in Crimea
Source:
Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union et al.
Date of Document:
9 May 2016
Author:
Sergiy Zayets et al.
Accessed Date:
12 July 2017
Title:
What Ukrainians Know and Think of Human Rights: Nation-wide Research
Source:
United Nations. Development Programme in Ukraine.
Author:
Iryna Bekeshkina et al.
Accessed Date:
24 July 2017
Title:
4. Evidence of Underlying Crimes. Fighting Impunity in Eastern Ukraine: Violations of International Humanitarian Law and International Crimes in Eastern Ukraine.
Source:
International Partnership for Human Rights; Civic Solidarity
Date of Document:
October 2015
Accessed Date:
6 July 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; conflict; extralegal executions/killings; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; penal system; police/security forces; political activities; political prisoners; religion; torture
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions on his mission to Ukraine
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
4 May 2016
Accessed Date:
12 July 2017
Title:
Association Implementation Report on Ukraine
Code:
SWD(2016) 446 final
Source:
European Commission. High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.
Date of Document:
9 December 2016
Accessed Date:
24 July 2017
Title:
Human rights situation in Donbas
Source:
Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union
Date of Document:
18 April 2017
Accessed Date:
12 July 2017
Title:
Breaking Bodies: Torture and Summary Killings in Eastern Ukraine
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
22 May 2015
Accessed Date:
27 July 2015
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; conflict; disappeared persons; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of movement; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; penal system; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; political organizations; political prisoners; torture
Title:
Ukraine: Interim Stakeholders' Report Within Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Mechanism (Third Cycle - Mid- term) 2015
Source:
UPR-coalition; Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union
Accessed Date:
6 July 2016
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; children; conflict; domestic violence; extralegal executions/killings; family law; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; gender equality; human rights activists; identity documents; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; minorities; penal system; police/security forces complaints; political activities; political prisoners; religion; sexual minorities; social services; state surveillance; statistics; torture; trafficking in persons
Title:
Ukraine (Crimea). Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2016.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
3 March 2017
Accessed Date:
28 July 2017
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Joint Submission to the Human Rights Council at the 28th Session of the Universal Periodic Review
Date of Document:
30 March 2017
Accessed Date:
12 July 2017
Title:
Law of Ukraine on Citizenship of Ukraine
Accessed Date:
29 October 2012
Keywords:
citizenship; legislation
Title:
Voices from the East: Challenges in Registration, Documentation, Property and Housing Rights of People Affected by Conflict in Eastern Ukraine
Source:
Norwegian Refugee Council
Accessed Date:
12 July 2017
Title:
How patient medical cards/booklets are used by hospitals and employers
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
29 October 2009
Accessed Date:
29 October 2012
Keywords:
citizenship; identity documents
Title:
Ukraine Reciprocity Schedule
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
24 July 2017
Title:
Requesting Documents
Source:
Ukraine. Embassy of Ukraine in Australia.
Accessed Date:
21 August 2013
Keywords:
children; identity documents; marriage
Title:
Fraudulent documentation, including types of fraudulent documents available and their prevalence; how they are obtained; who is producing and distributing them; how documents are falsified; state efforts to counter their usage
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
3 December 2012
Accessed Date:
25 April 2013
Keywords:
document fraud; identity documents; legislation
Title:
Introduction to National Citizenship Laws
Source:
European University Institute. EUDO Citizenship.
Accessed Date:
24 July 2017
Title:
Country Report: Ukraine
Source:
European University Institute. EUDO Citizenship.
Date of Document:
April 2013
Accessed Date:
27 July 2015
Keywords:
citizenship; document fraud; election; ethnic and national groups; identity documents; legal system; legislation; political activities; political organizations
Title:
The Aftermath of Annexation: Russia and Ukraine Adopt Conflicting Rules for Changing Citizenship of Crimean Residents (updated)
Source:
European University Institute. EUDO Citizenship.
Date of Document:
16 April 2014
Accessed Date:
18 June 2014
Keywords:
citizenship; legislation; political activities
Title:
Review of the Document Security and Identity Management in Ukraine. Document Security and Identity Management in Ukraine.
Source:
International Organization for Migration. Mission in Ukraine.
Accessed Date:
6 July 2016
Keywords:
citizenship; document fraud; freedom of movement; identity documents; institutional efficacy; legal system; legislation; political activities; state surveillance; statistics
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
The Rodina Party, including information on leaders, membership, representation in government, political platform; relations with authorities and the general public (2013-July 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
19 July 2016
Accessed Date:
28 July 2016
Title:
Information on the Right Sector, including activities and merging with other groups (2012-July 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
22 July 2016
Accessed Date:
29 July 2016
Keywords:
armed groups; crime; election; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; institutional efficacy; nationality; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; sexual minorities; statistics
Title:
Ukraine. Election for Verkhovna Rada (Supreme Council) of 26 October 2014.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
12 February 2015
Keywords:
election; political activities; political opposition; political organizations
Title:
I. Political Transformation. Bertelsmann Stiftung, BTI 2016 — Ukraine Country Report.
Source:
Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Stiftung
Accessed Date:
1 January 2016
Keywords:
armed groups; citizenship; conflict; election; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; freedom of the press; government corruption; institutional efficacy; Internet; judicial efficacy; legal system; nationality; police efficacy; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; religion
Title:
Party of Regions, including mandate, leaders, power base, structure, membership and membership cards; whether the party is still active or dissolved into other parties; whether authorities are able to identify Party of Regions members; state protection available for members targeted by militias or other forces
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
11 September 2015
Accessed Date:
28 July 2016
Keywords:
election; extralegal executions/killings; government corruption; judicial efficacy; police efficacy; political activities; political organizations; statistics
Title:
Ukraine: Situation des anciens militants du parti des Régions
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
30 October 2015
Accessed Date:
12 July 2017
Title:
Political consequences of the conflict in Ukraine
Source:
Council of Europe. Parliamentary Assembly.
Date of Document:
31 August 2016
Author:
Kristýna Zelienková
Accessed Date:
12 July 2017
Title:
The functioning of democratic institutions in Ukraine
Source:
Council of Europe. Parliamentary Assembly.
Date of Document:
9 January 2017
Author:
Jordi Xuclà; Axel E. Fischer
Accessed Date:
12 July 2017
Title:
Missing persons during the conflict in Ukraine
Source:
Council of Europe. Parliamentary Assembly.
Date of Document:
8 June 2015
Accessed Date:
6 July 2016
Keywords:
armed groups; conflict; disappeared persons; extremist/terrorist organizations; institutional efficacy; legal system; legislation; medical records; police/security forces; social services; statistics
Title:
Ukraine. Election for President (President) of 25 May 2014.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
12 February 2015
Keywords:
election; political activities; political opposition; political organizations
Title:
Ukraine's Second Front: an Assessment of the Political and Civic Landscape Following the October 2014 Parliamentary Elections
Source:
National Democratic Institute
Date of Document:
January 2015
Accessed Date:
27 July 2015
Keywords:
armed groups; conflict; corruption; election; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender equality; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; Internet; legislation; political activities; political opposition; political organizations
Title:
Ukraine Reform Monitor: April 2017
Source:
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Date of Document:
19 April 2017
Accessed Date:
12 July 2017
Title:
Crimea In the dark: The Silencing of Dissent
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
15 December 2016
Accessed Date:
24 July 2017
Source:
European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity
Date of Document:
21 February 2017
Accessed Date:
12 July 2017
Title:
Ukraine: Military Deadlock, Political Crisis. Crisis Group Europe Briefing N°85.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
19 December 2016
Accessed Date:
12 July 2017
Title:
Ukraine : L'extrême droite ukrainienne
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
3 June 2016
Accessed Date:
12 July 2017
Title:
Unsanctioned Freedom: Analytical review on violation of right to peaceful assembly in Crimea (March 2014 – March 2017)
Source:
Crimean Human Rights Group
Date of Document:
May 2017
Accessed Date:
24 July 2017
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Domestic violence, including legislation, recourse, state protection and support services available to victims, including those who are stalked or harassed by their perpetrator; the effect of residence registration on victims that try to relocat...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 July 2015
Accessed Date:
30 July 2015
Keywords:
conflict; domestic violence; freedom of movement; gender-based violence; internal displacement; judicial efficacy; legislation; police efficacy; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; sexual violence; social services; statistics
Title:
Law on Prevention of Domestic Violence
Accessed Date:
18 June 2014
Keywords:
domestic violence; legislation; social services
Title:
Law of Ukraine on Amending Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine Concerning Improvement of Legislation Combating Domestic Violence
Accessed Date:
27 July 2015
Keywords:
domestic violence; legislation; police/security forces; social services; witness protection
Title:
The Current System for Collecting and Analysing Data Regarding Violence against Women and Domestic Violence in Ukraine. Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence in Ukraine.
Source:
Council of Europe
Accessed Date:
12 July 2017
Title:
Ukraine. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2014.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Accessed Date:
28 November 2014
Keywords:
children; citizenship; disappeared persons; domestic violence; ethnic and national groups; family law; female genital mutilation; freedom of movement; gangs; gender equality; institutional efficacy; labour; legislation; marriage; minorities; police efficacy; race; religion; sexual violence; social services
Title:
Criminal Justice Practice and Violence Against Women. Assessment of the Readiness of the Ukrainian Criminal Justice System to Implement the Principles of the Istanbul Convention.
Source:
Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces; La Strada-Ukraine
Accessed Date:
24 July 2017
Title:
Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in Ukraine (14 March 2014 to 31 January 2017)
Source:
United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Date of Document:
16 March 2017
Accessed Date:
13 July 2017
Title:
Family law in Ukraine: overview
Source:
AGA Partners Law Firm
Date of Document:
1 May 2015
Author:
Aminat Suleymanova et al.
Accessed Date:
6 July 2016
Keywords:
abduction; children; family law; freedom of movement; identity documents; legal system; legislation; marriage; sexual minorities
Title:
Concluding observations on the eighth periodic report of Ukraine
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
9 March 2017
Accessed Date:
13 July 2017
Title:
List of issues and questions in relation to the eighth periodic report of Ukraine. Addendum. Replies of Ukraine.
Code:
CEDAW/C/UKR/Q/8/Add.1
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
11 January 2017
Accessed Date:
12 July 2017
Title:
Annex 1. Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence in Ukraine. Recommended Minimum Common Data Categories Required for Collecting Comprehensive Data on Cases of Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence: Conclusions of the Inter-Agency Working Group on Data Collection.
Source:
Inter-Agency Working Group on Multi-agency co-operation at local level. Council of Europe.
Date of Document:
May 2016
Accessed Date:
13 July 2017
Title:
Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence in Ukraine. Towards the Establishment of a Multi-Agency Cooperation Mechanism for an Integrated Response to Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence, at Regional and/or Local Level, in Ukraine.
Source:
Inter-Agency Working Group on Multi-agency co-operation at local level. Council of Europe.
Date of Document:
May 2016
Accessed Date:
13 July 2017
Title:
Ukraine. Annual Review of the Human Rights Situation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex People in Europe. 6th Edition.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association. ILGA-Europe.
Date of Document:
May 2017
Accessed Date:
24 July 2017
Title:
Treatment of LGBT persons deprived of liberty in Ukraine: risks of ill-treatment. Submission to the Subcommittee for the Prevention of Torture.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
8 February 2016
Accessed Date:
6 July 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; gender equality; identity documents; institutional efficacy; legislation; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; sexual minorities; statistics
Title:
A New Beginning. LGBTI situation in Ukraine in 2016.
Source:
LGBT Human Rights Nash Mir Center
Author:
Andrii Kravchuk; Oleksandr Zinchenkov
Accessed Date:
13 July 2017
Title:
Treatment of sexual minorities, including legislation, state protection and support services
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
7 December 2012
Accessed Date:
25 April 2013
Keywords:
sexual minorities; social services
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Corruption in Ukraine. Comparative Analysis of National Surveys: 2007, 2009, 2011, and 2015.
Source:
Kiev International Institute of Sociology
Accessed Date:
6 July 2016
Keywords:
corruption; government corruption; institutional efficacy; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; police corruption; police/security forces; political activities; political organizations; social services; statistics
Title:
Ukraine. 2017 OSAC Crime and Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
16 March 2017
Accessed Date:
13 July 2017
Title:
Ukraine (Tier 2). Trafficking in Persons Report 2017.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2017
Accessed Date:
24 July 2017
Title:
Crime situation, including organized crime; police and state response; availability of witness protection
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
17 September 2012
Accessed Date:
29 October 2012
Keywords:
institutional efficacy; legislation; organized crime; witness protection
Title:
Ukraine and the EU: Overcoming Criminal Exploitation Toward a Modern Democracy? Final Report.
Source:
Organized Crime Observatory
Date of Document:
April 2015
Accessed Date:
6 July 2016
Keywords:
conflict; crime; drug trafficking; election; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of the press; gangs; government corruption; institutional efficacy; Internet; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; organized crime; police corruption; police efficacy; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; statistics; trafficking in persons
Title:
Ukraine. International Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2017, Volume I: Drug and Chemical Control.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
March 2017
Accessed Date:
13 July 2017
Title:
Ukraine. International Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2017, Volume II: Money Laundering and Financial Crimes.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
March 2017
Accessed Date:
13 July 2017
Title:
Reply from Ukraine to the Questionnaire for the evaluation of the implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings by the Parties Second evaluation round (Reply submitted on 3 July 2017)
Date of Document:
4 July 2017
Accessed Date:
24 July 2017
Title:
The structure and administration of the health system; access to health care throughout Ukraine; ability of people to access their medical records and procedures for doing so; who has access to medical records; the types of medical documents and ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
15 January 2013
Accessed Date:
25 April 2013
Keywords:
medical records; social services
Title:
Fighting a Culture of Corruption in Ukraine
Date of Document:
18 April 2016
Accessed Date:
6 July 2016
Keywords:
government corruption; institutional efficacy; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; police efficacy; political activities; political opposition
Title:
“Deoligarchisation” in Ukraine: Promising Visions, Murky Realities
Source:
German Institute for International and Security Affairs
Date of Document:
December 2016
Author:
Steffen Halling; Susan Stewart
Accessed Date:
27 July 2017
Title:
Information on military conscription and exemption from service, including alternative military service for conscientious objectors; whether members of the Orthodox Church can perform alternative military service (2014-November 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
1 December 2015
Accessed Date:
28 July 2016
Keywords:
legislation; military service; political activities; religion; statistics
Title:
The Law of Ukraine on Alternative (Non-military) Service. Summary prepared by Yaroslav the Wise Institute of Legal Information.
Date of Document:
11 June 2004
Accessed Date:
29 October 2012
Keywords:
legislation; military service
Title:
Alternative military service available to Pentecostals (2005-2006)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
5 December 2006
Accessed Date:
29 October 2012
Keywords:
military service; religion
Title:
Military service, including information on military service notices, who issues them, their contents, and physical characteristics; whether notices have a warning regarding refusal or evasion of military service; information on penalties for refusing or evading military service (2014- May 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
1 June 2015
Accessed Date:
28 July 2016
Keywords:
legislation; military service; police/security forces; political activities
Title:
Military service, including whether a Roma volunteer subject to a three-year contract can be automatically promoted to the rank of sergeant, regardless of competence; reasons under which a three-year contract is terminated, including consequence...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 March 2015
Accessed Date:
28 July 2015
Keywords:
ethnic and national groups; legislation; military service; minorities
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
The law on the Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman), including responsabilities, powers and reporting mechanism (1998-2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
26 July 2017
Accessed Date:
26 July 2017
Title:
Articles 303 to 308 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine, both before and after the new Code came into force in November 2012; implementation of the Criminal Procedure Code by police in the Chernihiv and Kyiv regions (2006-July 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
2 October 2015
Accessed Date:
28 July 2016
Keywords:
legal system; legislation; political activities
Title:
The beginning of reforms to the Ukrainian judicial system
Source:
Centre for Eastern Studies
Date of Document:
8 June 2016
Author:
Tadeusz A. Olszański
Accessed Date:
13 July 2017
Title:
Ukraine. WJP Rule of Law Index 2016.
Source:
World Justice Project
Accessed Date:
13 July 2017
Title:
Report to the Ukrainian Government on the visit to Ukraine carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 21 to 30 November 2016
Source:
Council of Europe. European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Date of Document:
19 June 2017
Accessed Date:
24 July 2017
Title:
Security and Justice in Ukraine: Perspectives from Communities in Three Oblasts
Source:
United Nations. Development Programme in Ukraine.
Author:
Heather Goldsmith
Accessed Date:
24 July 2017
Title:
Access to Justice and the Conflict in Ukraine
Source:
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Date of Document:
22 December 2015
Accessed Date:
6 July 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; conflict; freedom of movement; identity documents; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; political activities; social services; statistics
Title:
Legal remedies for human rights violations on the Ukrainian territories outside the control of the Ukrainian authorities
Source:
Council of Europe. Parliamentary Assembly.
Date of Document:
26 September 2016
Author:
Marieluise Beck, Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Accessed Date:
13 July 2017
Title:
Accountability for killings in Ukraine from January 2014 to May 2016
Source:
United Nations. Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Date of Document:
July 2016
Accessed Date:
24 July 2017
Title:
Concluding observations on the sixth periodic report of Ukraine. Addendum. Additional information received from Ukraine on follow-up to the concluding observations.
Code:
CAT/C/UKR/CO/6/Add.2
Date of Document:
28 April 2017
Accessed Date:
13 July 2017
Title:
Visit to Ukraine undertaken from 19 to 25 May and from 5 to 9 September 2016: observations and recommendations addressed to the State party. Report of the Subcommittee.
Source:
United Nations. Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Date of Document:
18 May 2017
Accessed Date:
13 July 2017
Title:
Unlawful detentions and torture committed by Ukrainian side in the armed conflict in Eastern Ukraine
Source:
Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union et al.
Date of Document:
16 June 2017
Accessed Date:
25 July 2017
Title:
Crimea. The frozen conflicts of the EU's Eastern neighbourhood and their impact on the respect of human rights.
Source:
European Parliament. Subcommittee on Human Rights.
Date of Document:
April 2016
Accessed Date:
13 July 2017
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
The new law on police and its effectiveness; recourse and state protection available to private citizens who have been the victims of criminal actions of police officers in Kiev (2014-January 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 January 2016
Accessed Date:
28 July 2016
Keywords:
judicial efficacy; legislation; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces complaints; political activities
Title:
Report of the Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination on its mission to Ukraine
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
29 July 2016
Accessed Date:
27 July 2017
Title:
Les milices séparatistes prorusses à Kostyantynivka
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides
Date of Document:
11 October 2016
Accessed Date:
13 July 2017
Title:
'You Don't Exist' - Arbitrary Detentions, Enforced Disappearances, and Torture in Eastern Ukraine
Source:
Amnesty International; Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
21 July 2016
Accessed Date:
13 July 2017
Title:
Eastern Ukraine: Civilians caught in the crossfire
Source:
Worldwide Movement for Human Rights; Center for Civil Liberties
Date of Document:
October 2015
Accessed Date:
6 July 2016
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; conflict; disappeared persons; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; human rights activists; legal system; map; minorities; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; political opposition; political prisoners; religion; sexual violence; torture
Title:
Standardized police reporting forms, including appearance; whether police are required to submit a written response to a complainant regardless of whether they pursue an investigation, appearance and content of the written response; police procedures for following up on physical assaults reported by hospitals and medical practitioners, including type of report generated; whether these policies and reports are standardized or if there are regional variations
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
19 October 2015
Accessed Date:
28 July 2016
Keywords:
legal system; medical records; police efficacy; police report
Title:
Police summons, including issuance procedures, methods of delivery to the affected person, description of the document and the information it contains, including whether the police include the reasons why the person is summoned on the document and whether the police include the relevant legislative provision of the Ukrainian Criminal Code; whether the person has a right to counsel for attendance; prevalence of fraudulent police summonses
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
21 May 2015
Accessed Date:
27 July 2016
Keywords:
document fraud; legal system; legislation; police/security forces
Title:
The humanitarian concerns with regard to people captured during the war in Ukraine
Source:
Council of Europe. Parliamentary Assembly.
Date of Document:
4 April 2016
Author:
Nellija Kleinberga
Accessed Date:
6 July 2016
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; conflict; disappeared persons; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; nationality; penal system; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political prisoners; statistics; torture
Title:
Ukraine. Freedom of the Press 2017.
Accessed Date:
25 July 2017
Title:
Crimea. Freedom of the Press 2017.
Accessed Date:
25 July 2017
Title:
Ukraine. Freedom on the Net 2016.
Accessed Date:
13 July 2017
Title:
Facing Reality after the Euromaidan: The Situation of Journalists and Media in Ukraine
Source:
Reporters Without Borders
Date of Document:
June 2016
Accessed Date:
13 July 2017
Title:
Ukraine: New Law Targets Anti-Corruption Activists, Journalists
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
5 April 2017
Accessed Date:
13 July 2017
Title:
Ukraine. International Religious Freedom Report for 2015.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
10 August 2016
Accessed Date:
13 July 2017
Title:
Crimea: Religious freedom survey, March 2015
Date of Document:
27 March 2015
Accessed Date:
28 July 2015
Keywords:
conflict; ethnic and national groups; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; minorities; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; religion; state surveillance; statistics
Title:
Information on the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate, including structure and hierarchy; information on the dispute between the Kyiv and Moscow Patriarchates (2012-April 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
9 May 2013
Accessed Date:
29 July 2014
Keywords:
conflict; political activities; religion; statistics
Title:
When God Becomes the Weapon: Persecution based on religious beliefs in the armed conflict
Source:
Center for Civil Liberties; International Partnership for Human Rights
Date of Document:
April 2015
Accessed Date:
6 July 2016
Keywords:
armed groups; conflict; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; human rights activists; legislation; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; religion; torture
Title:
Freedom of thought, conscience and religion
Source:
Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union
Date of Document:
25 April 2016
Accessed Date:
13 July 2017
Title:
Ukraine (Crimea). International Religious Freedom Report for 2015.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
10 August 2016
Accessed Date:
28 July 2017
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Ukraine. State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2016: Events of 2015.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
July 2016
Author:
Boris Babin et al.
Accessed Date:
29 July 2016
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; conflict; disappeared persons; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; internal displacement; minorities; nationality; race; religion; torture
Title:
Written Comments of the European Roma Rights Centre and Chiricli, Concerning Ukraine For Consideration by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights at the 52nd Session (28th April to 23rd May 2014)
Source:
European Roma Rights Center
Date of Document:
March 2014
Accessed Date:
20 June 2014
Keywords:
children; ethnic and national groups; identity documents; institutional efficacy; labour; legislation; minorities; social services; statistics
Title:
The Ternipe Roma Youth Centre in Lviv (Ternipe): funding, structure and membership; areas of operation, including whether Ternipe operates outside of Lviv; activities, including any political activities; other NGOs that provide support services to Roma
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
9 October 2015
Accessed Date:
28 July 2016
Keywords:
human rights activists; minorities; political activities; statistics
Title:
Written Comments of the European Roma Rights Centre and 'Chiricli' Concerning Ukraine For Consideration by the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
Source:
European Roma Rights Center; International Charitable Organization Roma Women Fund “Chiricli”
Accessed Date:
13 July 2017
Title:
Situation Assessment Report on Roma in Ukraine and the Impact of the Current Crisis
Source:
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights.
Date of Document:
August 2014
Accessed Date:
28 July 2015
Keywords:
armed groups; children; conflict; crime; domestic violence; election; ethnic and national groups; femicide; gangs; gender equality; human rights activists; humanitarian situation; identity documents; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; minorities; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; political organizations; social services; statistics
Title:
Ukraine. The Protection of Minorities in Ukraine: Roma and Crimean Tatars.
Source:
United Nations. High Commissioner for Refugees.
Date of Document:
November 2016
Accessed Date:
13 July 2017
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on minority issues, Rita Izsák. Addendum. Mission to Ukraine.
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
27 January 2015
Accessed Date:
27 July 2017
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; children; citizenship; conflict; corruption; crime; disappeared persons; election; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; freedom of the press; human rights activists; humanitarian situation; identity documents; indigenous groups; internal displacement; Internet; labour; legislation; minorities; nationality; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; religion; social services; statistics
Title:
The situation of national minorities in Crimea following its annexation by Russia
Source:
European Parliament. Directorate-General for External Policies.
Date of Document:
April 2016
Accessed Date:
13 July 2017
Title:
Concluding observations on the twenty-second and twenty-third periodic reports of Ukraine
Code:
CERD/C/UKR/CO/22-23
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Date of Document:
4 October 2016
Accessed Date:
27 July 2017
Title:
Statement on Ukraine – UN Human Rights Council, 32nd Session
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
30 June 2016
Accessed Date:
13 July 2017
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Documentation required and procedures to be followed by a parent wishing to travel abroad with a minor child in the absence, or without the consent, of the second parent
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
26 February 2007
Accessed Date:
29 October 2012
Keywords:
children; freedom of movement; identity documents
Title:
Handbook for the Fundamental Rights and Freedoms of Internally Displaced People
Source:
Norwegian Refugee Council
Date of Document:
9 May 2017
Accessed Date:
13 July 2017
Title:
Off to a Shaky Start: Ukrainian Government Responses to Internally Displaced Persons
Source:
Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement
Date of Document:
13 May 2015
Author:
Elizabeth Ferris et al.
Accessed Date:
6 July 2016
Title:
Residence registration system including procedures and requirements to register; rights associated with registration; information recorded and who has access to registered information; penalties for unauthorized use of residence ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
20 July 2017
Accessed Date:
26 July 2017
Title:
Ukraine: Translating IDPS' Protection into Legislative Action
Source:
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
Date of Document:
19 December 2016
Accessed Date:
13 July 2017
Title:
National Monitoring System Report on the Situation of Internally Displaced Persons
Date of Document:
April 2017
Accessed Date:
25 July 2017
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Chaloka Beyani. Addendum. Mission to Ukraine.
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
2 April 2015
Accessed Date:
27 July 2017
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; children; citizenship; conflict; crime; disappeared persons; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of movement; gender equality; gender-based violence; human rights activists; humanitarian situation; identity documents; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; labour; legal system; legislation; military service; minorities; penal system; police/security forces; political activities; religion; sexual violence; social services; statistics; torture
Title:
Conflict-related Displacement in Ukraine: Increased Vulnerabilities of Affected Populations and Triggers of Tension within Communities
Source:
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Date of Document:
July 2016
Accessed Date:
13 July 2017
Title:
Ukraine: Dangers, Unnecessary Delays at Crossing Points
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
17 February 2017
Accessed Date:
13 July 2017
Title:
Changes in the IDP Registration Procedure
Source:
Right to Protection Charitable Foundation
Date of Document:
22 December 2016
Accessed Date:
13 July 2017
Title:
Migration and the Ukraine Crisis: A Two-Country Perspective
Source:
E-International Relations
Date of Document:
4 April 2017
Editor:
Agnieszka Pikulicka-Wilczewska; Greta Uehling
Accessed Date:
13 July 2017
Title:
Ukraine. Current status, treatment and assistance available to IDPs in Ukraine.
Source:
Slovak Republic. Ministry of Interior. Migration Office.
Date of Document:
4 April 2017
Accessed Date:
25 July 2017
Title:
New “Borders” in Eastern Europe. Ukraine since the Annexation of Crimea and the Outbreak of the Conflict in the Donbass.
Source:
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
Date of Document:
21 April 2017
Author:
Gabriele Baumann; Moritz Junginger
Accessed Date:
25 July 2017
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions
Title:
Ukraine. ITUC Global Rights Index. The World's Worst Countries for Workers.
Source:
International Trade Union Confederation
Accessed Date:
25 July 2017
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 31 July 2017:
Title:
Ukraine. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2016.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
3 March 2017
URL:
http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/index.htm?year=2016&dlid=265484
Accessed Date:
8 March 2017
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