A/HRC/37/16 Introduction 1. The Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, established in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 5/1, held its twenty-eighth session from 6 to 17 November 2017. The review of Ukraine was held at the 15th meeting, on 15 November 2017. The delegation of Ukraine was headed by the Deputy Minister of Justice for European Integration, Sergiy Petukhov. At its 18th meeting, held on 17 November 2017, the Working Group adopted the report on Ukraine. 2. On 13 February 2017, the Human Rights Council selected the following group of rapporteurs (troika) to facilitate the review of Ukraine: Georgia, Netherlands and Rwanda. 3. In accordance with paragraph 15 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 and paragraph 5 of the annex to Council resolution 16/21, the following documents were issued for the review of Ukraine: (a) A national report submitted/written presentation made in accordance with paragraph 15 (a) (A/HRC/WG.6/28/UKR/1 and Corr. 1); (b) A compilation prepared by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in accordance with paragraph 15 (b) (A/HRC/WG.6/28/UKR/2); (c) A summary prepared by OHCHR in accordance with paragraph 15 (c) (A/HRC/WG.6/28/UKR/3). 4. A list of questions prepared in advance by Belgium, Brazil, Czechia, Germany, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America was transmitted to Ukraine through the troika. These questions are available on the extranet of the universal periodic review. I. Summary of the proceedings of the review process A. Presentation by the State under review 5. The delegation of Ukraine began by expressing its full support for the universal periodic review process. 6. Ukraine had adopted its first national human rights strategy in 2015, and a related action plan, for the period 2015–2020, following consultation with representatives of civil society. 7. Referring to General Assembly resolutions 68/262 on the territorial integrity of Ukraine and 71/205 on the situation of human rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol (Ukraine), the delegation highlighted that the main human rights challenge at the moment was the illegal annexation of Crimea and the occupation of parts of Donbas. It expressed the commitment of Ukraine to ensuring that United Nations and other international human rights mechanisms had a permanent presence in Crimea to fully monitor the human rights situation there. Ukraine would continue using all of the measures available to ensure that the Russian Federation complied with the temporary measures ordered by the International Court of Justice, in particular towards reinstating the Mejlis, a representative body of the indigenous Crimean Tatars, and ensuring the availability of education in Ukrainian. 8. The situation in Donbas remained fragile, and the conflict had already claimed more than 10,000 lives. Ukraine remained committed to the implementation of the ceasefire agreement and implementation package. The deployment of a full-fledged United Nations peacekeeping mission in the occupied territory of Donbas would be a real breakthrough in the process of peaceful settlement. The parliament was currently discussing a draft law on reintegration of the occupied parts of Donbas. 2