Ukraine

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein.
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New UN report details grave human rights violations in Crimea

25 September 2017
The human rights situation in Crimea has significantly deteriorated under Russian occupation, a United Nations report says, detailing how residents there were affected when Ukrainian laws were substituted by those of Russia, including the imposition of Russian citizenship.
On 13 February 2017, first-grade students in eastern Ukraine, including 6-year-old Sasha (in red sweater), participate in a drill to practice their response to a shelling.
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“Multiple and grave violations” committed by Russia in Crimea

25 September 2017
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“Multiple and grave violations” of human rights have occurred across Crimea, since it was occupied by Russian forces in March 2014.

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President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventy-second session.
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UN has ‘narrow window of opportunity’ to turn the tide on raft of global ills, warns Ukraine President

20 September 2017
Transnational terrorism and use of force international relations, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, human rights violations and environmental fragility are but a few of today’s global challenges, the President of Ukraine to the United Nations General Assembly, calling on the world body to “act now” to tackle those and pressing concerns
On 13 February 2017, first-grade students in eastern Ukraine, including 6-year-old Sasha (in red sweater), participate in a drill to practice their response to a shelling.
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Ongoing tensions pose continued dangers for civilians in eastern Ukraine, notes UN report

12 September 2017
Last month saw a decrease in the number of civilian casualties due to the conflict in eastern Ukraine, according to a new report issued today by the United Nations human rights office, which added that the sudden flaring and easing of tensions continues to make daily life dangerous for civilians living close to the so-called “contact line.”