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Opinion on the Draft Law of Ukraine on Police and Police Activities
Publishing date: 1 December 2014
Collections: Legal Opinions and Comments
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Opinion on the Draft Law of Ukraine on Police and Police Activities (1 December 2014) notes that this Draft Law contains many positive aspects which correspond to international standards and good practices. Certain areas, however, would benefit from improvement: • the provisions of the Draft Law on the roles and responsibilities of individual police authorities/units, and on inter-agency cooperation mechanisms should be improved and clarified. • the Draft Law should enhance accountability of the police by including clear and independent complaints mechanisms, and should introduce specific provisions to ensure that key human rights standards are followed. • further discussions on the Draft Law should be conducted with all relevant stakeholders from different parts of society, and the Draft Law itself should undergo a proper and realistic impact assessment, including a full financial impact assessment.
Permanent Council Decision No. 1125
Publishing date: 19 June 2014
Collections: 1005th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Content type: Decision / declaration
Where we are: Permanent Council
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Extension of the mandate of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (Russian Federation, interpretative statement 1; Ukraine, interpretative statement 2; Greece-European Union, interpretative statement 3; United States of America, interpretative statement 4; Canada, interpretative statement 5).
Ukraine, Early Parliamentary Elections, 26 October 2014: Statement of Preliminary Findings and Conclusions
Publishing date: 27 October 2014
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Ukraine, Early Parliamentary Elections, 26 October 2014: Interim Report
Publishing date: 10 October 2014
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Situation Assessment Report on Roma in Ukraine and the Impact of the Current Crisis
Publishing date: 29 September 2014
Collections: Field assessment visits
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Roma and Sinti
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Opinion on Draft Amendements to Some Legislative Acts of Ukraine Concerning Transparency of Financing of Political Parties and Election Campaigns
Publishing date: 11 September 2014
Collections: Legal Opinions and Comments
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This Opinion analyzes the provisions of the draft Amendments against the background of their compatibility with relevant international standards and OSCE commitments.
Opinion on the Draft Law of Ukraine on Combating Cybercrime
Publishing date: 22 August 2014
Collections: Legal Opinions and Comments
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The scope of this Opinion only covers the Draft Law submitted for review. Thus limited, it does not constitute a full and comprehensive review of the entire legal and institutional framework relating to combating cybercrime in Ukraine. In particular, the opinion does not address issues pertaining to the definition of cybercrime under the Criminal Code, criminal procedure rules and provisions relating to mutual legal assistance in criminal matters.
Statement by Ukrainian and Russian media organizations adopted following a meeting at the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
Publishing date: 30 September 2014
Collections: Two Countries – One Profession: A dialogue between journalists’ organizations from Russia and Ukraine
Content type: Statement / speech
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Representatives of media organizations of Ukraine (the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine and the Independent Media Trade Union of Ukraine) and the Russian Federation (the Russian Union of Journalists) condemned the incidents of killing, beating and detention of journalists in the zone of armed conflict in eastern Ukraine during a meeting at the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media in Vienna on 26 September 2014.
Internal displacement in Ukraine
Publishing date: 12 August 2014
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This thematic report presents views on displacement and future expectations of around 400 internally displaced persons, interviewed by the Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (SMM) in thirteen Ukrainian regions between 18 June and 19 July 2014.
Opinion on Two Draft Anti-Corruption Laws of Ukraine
Publishing date: 18 July 2014
Collections: Legal Opinions and Comments
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This Opinion analyzes the two draft Laws, the draft "Law of Ukraine on the National Bureau of Anti-Corruption Investigations" (hereinafter the 'NBACI draft Law') and the draft "Law of Ukraine on National Anticorruption Service" (hereinafter the 'NACS draft Law') against the background of their compatibility with relevant international standards and OSCE commitments.