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Children’s rights need better protection in Ukraine’s criminal justice system, finds OSCE-supported report
Publishing date: 1 June 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
Multiple interrogations, lack of psychological support, lengthy proceedings, these are just a few of the problems children face in Ukraine’s criminal justice system according to a new OSCE-supported report presented on 1 June 2021.
Ukraine introduces new Master of Law educational standard, developed with OSCE support
Publishing date: 21 August 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: Troika, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Education
The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine has approved new requirements for a Master’s degree programme in law, developed with the assistance of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine. The order issued by the Ministry, on 17 August 2020, (link) enacts the use of the Standard of Higher Education for speciality no. 081 “Law” at Master’s degree level, making it applicable starting from the 2020/2021 academic year...
OSCE-supported report on civil society monitoring of children’s rights protection presented in Kyiv
Publishing date: 1 June 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Human rights
A vast majority of Ukrainian civil and administrative court cases concerning the interests of a minor are being examined without involving the minor in question. This is one of the key findings of monitoring and research conducted by civil society on the initiative of Ukraine’s Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights. The research was supported by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine...
Redoubling of efforts required to eliminate violence against women, says OSCE in Ukraine
Publishing date: 25 November 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed), OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Gender equality
KYIV, 25 November 2019 – “Gender inequality and violence against women and girls remain core problems of our times. This concerns us all, and we all need to redouble our efforts to address them in line with OSCE commitments,” Ambassador Yaşar Halit Çevik, Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, and Ambassador Henrik Villadsen, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU), said today on the occasion of International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission and OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine stress link between women’s security and participation
Publishing date: 23 November 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed), OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Gender equality
Women need to be safe in public, the workplace and at home so they can unfold their full potential and actively contribute to political and socio-economic development, said Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine Ertugrul Apakan and Senior Project Officer of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine Jeff Erlich on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, 25 November 2018...
Study says OSCE training helps to increase use of international human rights protection instruments by judges in Ukraine
Publishing date: 21 August 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
Ukrainian judges who were trained by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator to apply the European Convention on Human Rights and the case law of the European Court in their decisions, increased their use of these instruments in their work by more than one third. Moreover, eight out of ten justices who never referred to the Convention in their practice started doing so after the training. Between 2014 and 2017, more than 6000 judges participated in training workshops organized by the OSCE in partnership with the National School of Judges.
OSCE Project Co-ordinator and Council of Europe Office in Ukraine consolidate efforts to promote reforms in key areas
Publishing date: 4 December 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and the Council of Europe Office in Ukraine agreed on 4 December 2017 to strengthen co-operation and co-ordination in promoting the rule of law and human rights, critical for the stable and democratic future of the country...