Take all needed measures to protect the rights of persons affected by the changing
institutional and legal framework, including on issues related to access to citizenship, right of
residence, labour rights, property and land rights, access to health and education.
HRMMU 15 May 2014 Report
To the authorities in Crimea:
Reaffirming UN General Assembly resolution 68/262, entitled “Territorial integrity of Ukraine”,
measures must be taken to protect the rights of persons affected by the changing institutional
and legal framework, including on issues related to citizenship, right of residence, labour rights,
property and land rights, access to health and education.
HRMMU 15 June 2014 Report
To the Government of Ukraine and other stakeholders:
All people detained in the context of the security operations should be treated in line with
international norms and standards and guaranteed their human rights under the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and other applicable bodies of international law. In order
to protect its security personnel and persons not involved in the fighting, the Government
should consider providing assurances that acts of abduction and detention by armed groups
will not be prosecuted provided that they do not target people not involved in the fighting and
the victims are treated humanely at all times.
Theme 3: Corruption
CESCR (2014)
The State party should, as a matter of priority, address the root causes of corruption and adopt
all necessary legislative and policy measures to effectively combat corruption and related
impunity and ensure that public affairs, in law and in practice, are conducted in a transparent
manner. It also recommends that the State party make politicians, members of parliament and
national and local government officials aware of the economic and social costs of corruption,
and make judges, prosecutors and the police aware of the need for strict enforcement of the
law.
HRMMU 15 April 2014 Report
To the Government of Ukraine:
Put in place, as a matter of priority, all legislative and policy measures needed to effectively
eradicate corruption.
Theme 4: Equality and Non-Discrimination
Treaty Bodies
The HR Committee (2013) recommended the State party to further improve its antidiscrimination legislation to ensure adequate protection against discrimination in line with the
Covenant and other international human rights standards. The Committee noted that
Government should explicitly list sexual orientation and gender identity among the prohibited
grounds for discrimination and provide victims of discrimination with effective and appropriate
remedies.
The HR Committee urged the Government to state clearly and officially that it does not tolerate
any form of social stigmatization of homosexuality, bisexuality or trans-sexuality, or hate
speech, discrimination or violence against persons because of their sexual orientation or
gender identity.
The HR Committee urged that State party to strengthen its efforts to combat hate speech and
racist attacks, by, inter alia, instituting awareness-raising campaigns aimed at promoting
respect for human rights and tolerance for diversity. The State party should also step up its
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