The Ukrainian Week

24 July, 2019	Breaking news	Ukraine reaches agreement on return of captured sailors from Russia Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Liudmyla Denisova told Hromadske media outlet in the town of Shchastia during the transfer of Ukrainian prisoners from the occupied Luhansk region
21 June, 2019	World	Jerry Skinner: “We want to make in the case of clear that this was a deliberate act designed to be a provocation for the August invasion” The Ukrainian Week talked again with an attorney representing the families of those killed in the disaster of the Malaysian MH17 flight in a lawsuit against the Russian Federation in the European Court of Human Rights, on the evidence in this case, and on the possible consequences of the verdict for Russia
14 June, 2017	Society	A no go zone. Is there peaceful assembly in Crimea? Human rights activists release an analytical report on the violations of the right to peaceful assembly in the occupied Crimea
9 January, 2017		Unpredictable Russia and Crimea As to Crimea, there is no way to count on Russia’s internal forces. So the main source of pressure remains external. That means sanctions
19 July, 2016	Society	Double imprisonment Ukrainian prisoners in Crimea are being transferred to Russia, given Russian passports and punished for rejecting them
13 August, 2015	Society	Hostages of the Kremlin President Poroshenko says there are 30 Ukrainian citizens currently being illegally held in Russia. Human rights advocates that they know about the situation with 11, most of whom the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has yet to provide with lawyers
9 July, 2015	World	Little Steps to Great Freedom Magna Carta as foundation of human rights
16 March, 2015	Politics	Andrii Klymenko: “One of Ukraine’s most important tasks is to ensure that sanctions for Crimea and Donbas are not separated” Why an international strategy to return Crimea is necessary and what implications the militarization of the peninsula will have for the Black Sea and Mediterranean region
12 November, 2014		“One of the reasons for which I thought it was important to go to Crimea was to draw attention to the situation there” The Ukrainian Week speaks to the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights about his recent visit to Crimea, the life of Crimean Tatars in the annexed peninsula, and Ukrainian political prisoners held in Russia
9 July, 2014	Society	Nils Muižnieks: “Once the central government has a long-term plan for IDPs, assistance from the international community will be forthcoming” The Ukrainian Week talks to Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muižnieks about the flow of IDPs from Crimea and Eastern Ukraine, ways for the government to deal with the problem Ukraine has never faced before, and about the hard lesson on integration of minorities Russia’s neighbours had to learn
27 February, 2014	World	Nils Muižnieks: Civil activists should organize to provide regular information about what it is going on in their regions to the international community. The world will be watching what happens in Ukraine very closely in the coming weeks and months In early February, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muižnieks paid an urgent visit to Ukraine to assess the situation with human rights, including the way law enfrocers treated protesters, in Kyiv and regions. Based on his visit, a report will be drafted to be presented to the CoE Committee of Ministers. The Ukrainian Week talks to Mr. Muižnieks about his preliminary findings back in Strasbourg
20 February, 2014	Politics	Anti-constitutional and authoritarian regime has now resorted to large-scale war against the Ukrainian people Public Commission to Investigate Human Rights Violations in Ukraine issues its Statement after the bloodshed of February 18
3 February, 2014		Violence at the Maidan What is happening in Ukraine is a direct reaction to the lack of consideration of the authorities for the aspirations of its citizens to be part of Europe and to live in a country governed in accordance with democratic principles and respect for human rights
17 November, 2013		When Judges Will Become Free Christos Giakoumopoulos, Director of Human Rights in the Council of Europe, talks about the agenda for criminal justice reform in Ukraine in the interview with The Ukrainian Week journalist Hanna Trehub
10 October, 2013		Appropriating Moral Authority It was more than once that I felt astonished by and ashamed of some of my colleagues’ choices for the Sakharov Prize, the supreme award of the European Parliament for human rights defenders and activists
7 September, 2013	Society	Drug Trafficking.ua With a green light from top officials, Ukraine is turning into one of the biggest drug transit countries on the way to the EU
19 August, 2013	News	Activist fighting against Yanukovych’s son senteced to five years in jail again Public activist Kostyantyn Lavrov having fought against MAKO Donetsk Construction Company owned by Oleksandr Yanukovych was sentenced to five-year imprisonment. Novosti Donbassa reports
9 August, 2013	News	*Eurostat*: Russians - top EU asylum seekers Russians led the top of asylum seekers’ list in EU in 2013, EUobserver informs.
6 August, 2013	News	Expert: The number of life sentences in Ukraine increased twice since 2000 Since 2000, Ukrainian courts handed out a greater-than-average number of life sentences twice, in 2002-2003 and 2007, says criminologist Dr. Hanna Maliar in a commentary for The Ukrainian Week
2 August, 2013	Politics	Deactivation Why civil activists in Ukraine face a new wave of repression
24 July, 2013		The Great Charter of Liberties: 800 Years Later Signed in 1215 in England, Magna Carta had been a cornerstone of laws that had given ordinary citizens rights that the state could not violate throughout the centuries. Today, the concept of human rights has become increasingly controversial in Britain
10 July, 2013	News	Ukraine lands low in the *Rule of Law Index* by the World Justice Project Ukraine drags behind by all Rule of Law Index criteria presented at the World Justice Forum in The Hague, The Ukrainian Week’s journalist Natalia Humeniuk reports
7 July, 2013	Society	UNHCR Vincent Cochetel: “Ukraine has to realize that granting asylum to someone is a humanitarian act. It’s an act of protection, not a political statement” Director of the Bureau for Europe of UNHCR speaks on refugees in Europe and Ukraine
23 May, 2013	News	*Amnesty International*: Torture and other ill-treatment remain widespread in Ukraine Ukraine continues to breach its international human rights obligations under the UN Refugee Convention, Amnesty International, human rights organization, states in its new report.
14 May, 2013		The EU Stands Firm on Fundamental Rights The EU and Ukrainian citizens have a shared interest in removing barriers in the field of free movement and trade, but the EU is not just a single market for capital, goods and services - it is a community of values too
3 May, 2013	News	The ECHR decision adds oil to the fire vis-à-vis the signature of Ukraine’s Association Agreement with the EU, experts say
30 April, 2013	Society	Linguistic Discrimination in Modern Ukraine While Russia accuses Ukraine of "forced Ukrainization", Ukrainian-speakers face discrimination today, just like they did in times of colonial dependence
30 April, 2013	Officially	Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Was Arbitrarily Detained (ECHR Press Release 136 (2013) 30.04.2013)
30 April, 2013	News	*Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Was Arbitrarily Detained*
11 April, 2013	News	European Court on Human Rights urges Ukraine to update Soviet-era laws on peaceful assembly ECHR revealed “a legislative lacuna concerning freedom of assembly which has remained in Ukraine since the end of the Soviet Union” when reaching their judgement in the case of Vyerentsov v. Ukraine, is stated on Council of Europe official website.
22 February, 2013	Society	A Human Life: Priceless No More Filmmaker and photographer Mimi Chakarova: “The fastest way to crush the human spirit is to sell a person into slavery”
21 February, 2013		Help Put Human Traffickers Out of Work Ukraine has traditionally been a country of origin and transit, but lately it is increasingly a destination country for trafficked men, women and children.
8 February, 2013		Embraced by Lawlessness Ukraine has turned into a veritable testing ground for various means to maintain power
14 August, 2012	World	From Blogger to Logger? How and why one of Russia’s leading opposition figures has been accused of stealing timber
27 July, 2012	Politics	“I am sorry to see what is happening in Ukraine,” says France's Ambassador-at-large for Human Rights François Zimeray is a professional attorney and a former lawyer at the International Criminal Court. He has visited well over 100 countries. In an interview for *The Ukrainian Week* Zimeray shared his impressions from dealing with Ukrainian officials.
18 June, 2012	Investigation	Elusive Slave Owners Why do human traffickers continue to enjoy impunity?
7 June, 2012	World	Khadija Ismayilova: “Eurovision is an attempt to showcase our medieval Middle East monarchy as a modern European democracy” To Azerbaijan’s Ilham Aliyev and his administration, this is a chance to show off himself and his country to European guests and instil pride for the state and trust in the government among his crisis-stricken citizens
3 May, 2012	Society	A Maximum Security Country Ukrainian prisons are nowhere near European standards
23 April, 2012	Politics	Final Say The European Court of Human Rights has yet to rule in Yuriy Lutsenko’s case
27 February, 2012	Investigation	Mayhem in Donetsk: Food Quality Check Ends in a Fight Real as opposed to “puppet” civic activism is something neither dishonest entrepreneurs, nor the government want, which is why the efforts of activists are often quashed
27 January, 2012	World	The Right to Protection Genevieve Garrigos, President of Amnesty International France, talks about how to defend human rights
27 January, 2012	Politics	Ukrainian Justice - Perception and Practice Mikael Lyngbo: Ukraine has decent legislation,but gaps in procedural process
19 September, 2011		Human Rights and Multiculturalism in Our Troubled World Human rights and multiculturalism are no longer values in the world today. They have turned into words opening the door to politics
6 April, 2011	Politics	Shame and Blame “Fighting corruption is one of the most important things to improve Ukraine’s image”, Hanne Severinsen
21 January, 2011	Politics	Every Ukrainian to Start Speaking All Languages? The OSCE is convinced that the purpose of the draft law on languages has nothing to do with linguistic liberalism and the protection of minority rights. It is aimed at establishing Russian as the de-facto state language