29.12.2004

… plus “dekuchmization” of the whole country

Today human rights activists discussed in UNIAN the fairness and freedom at election in Ukraine and told about their expectations from new government. Moral purification was the main thing for them and only after that legal means for protecting human rights and freedoms.

22.12.2004

Ukraine gets better rating of civic freedoms

Freedom House announced its annual rating of the countries based on the level of civil liberties. Ukraine was promoted to higher position in this "hit-parade".

21.12.2004

Human rights activists will monitor the elections

Human rights organizations from 10 regions of Ukraine launch the project that aims at preventing and appealing violations during election day on the 26th of December. Human rights activist will film the possible violations and will be ready to file petitions to the court on each case due to the work of 75 mobile groups.

17.12.2004

Accountability Needed in the Aftermath of Ukrainian Elections

International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights and Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union emphasize that a precondition for a re-run of the second round of the presidential elections must be that those responsible for violations be replaced. That concerns primarily electoral commissions, members of the Government, prokuratura officials, and regional governors.

09.07.2004

Ukrainian Helsinki Union of human rights was registered

On 30 June the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine registered the all-Ukrainian Association of human rights protecting organizations “Ukrainian Helsinki Union of human rights”, which had been founded by 15 human rights protecting organizations.

02.07.2004

Violent disappearances in Byelorussia, the Russian Federation and Ukraine – the community can stop them

On 17-18 June the international public hearings “Violent disappearances in Byelorussia, Russian Federation and Ukraine” were conducted in the conference hall of the Supreme Rada in Kyiv. The participants of the hearings adopted the resolution containing the appeal to the power of Byelorussia, Russia and Ukraine, as well as to the CIS, on the improvement of mechanisms of human rights protection with the aim to prevent the violent disappearances and extrajudicial executions.

01.04.2004

Forum of public human rights protecting organizations “Human rights at elections” was succesful

Despite the incident at the opening of the event the firts Ukrainian forum of human rights organizations "Human rights at election" attended by more than 100 activists from 82 organizations fruitfully worked for 2 days.

01.04.2004

Text of the resolution of the participants of the Forum of public human rights protecting organizations “Human rights at elections”.

Despite the incident at the opening of the event the firts Ukrainian forum of human rights organizations "Human rights at election" attended by more than 100 activists from 82 organizations fruitfully worked for 2 days. Here is the text of the resolution of human rights activists.

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