Human rights activists release an analytical report on the violations of the right to peaceful assembly in the occupied 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

Ukrainian prisoners in Crimea are being transferred to Russia, given Russian passports and punished for rejecting them

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

Magna Carta as foundation of human rights

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

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

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

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

Public Commission to Investigate Human Rights Violations in Ukraine issues its Statement after the bloodshed of February 18

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

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

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

With a green light from top officials, Ukraine is turning into one of the biggest drug transit countries on the way to the EU

Public activist Kostyantyn Lavrov having fought against MAKO Donetsk Construction Company owned by Oleksandr Yanukovych was sentenced to five-year imprisonment. Novosti Donbassa reports

Russians led the top of asylum seekers’ list in EU in 2013, EUobserver informs.

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

Why civil activists in Ukraine face a new wave of repression

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

Director of the Bureau for Europe of UNHCR speaks on refugees in Europe and 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.

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

While Russia accuses Ukraine of "forced Ukrainization", Ukrainian-speakers face discrimination today, just like they did in times of colonial dependence

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.

Filmmaker and photographer Mimi Chakarova: “The fastest way to crush the human spirit is to sell a person into slavery”

Ukraine has traditionally been a country of origin and transit, but lately it is increasingly a destination country for trafficked men, women and children.

Ukraine has turned into a veritable testing ground for various means to maintain power

How and why one of Russia’s leading opposition figures has been accused of stealing timber

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.

Why do human traffickers continue to enjoy impunity?

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

Ukrainian prisons are nowhere near European standards

The European Court of Human Rights has yet to rule in Yuriy Lutsenko’s case

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

Genevieve Garrigos, President of Amnesty International France, talks about how to defend human rights

Mikael Lyngbo: Ukraine has decent legislation,but gaps in procedural process

Human rights and multiculturalism are no longer values in the world today. They have turned into words opening the door to politics

“Fighting corruption is one of the most important things to improve Ukraine’s image”, Hanne Severinsen

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