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1053rd Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

This report presents a general overview of the Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (SMM), its main activities and latest news as of 15 July 2015.

This thematic report provides an overview of the situation on freedom of movement across the administrative boundary line (ABL) between Ukraine’s Kherson region and Crimea. Crossing the ABL has gradually been limited by various measures, and this has particularly affected the most vulnerable and economically disadvantaged groups.

Memorandum on Co-operation signed by Yurii Baulin, Chairperson of Ukraine’s Constitutional Court and Ambassador Madina Jarbussynova, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine to streamline future joint efforts to strengthen the rule of law, democratic development, promote international standards in the field of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Kyiv, 16 July 204.

Remarks by Astrid Thors, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, on the occasion of the commemoration of the 71st anniversary of the deportation of the Crimean Tatar people, Kyiv, Ukraine, 18 May 2015.

 

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).

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.