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Back Round table on human rights protection of IDPs and interests of citizens and the State on the temporarily occupied territories was held in Kyiv

Round table on human rights protection of IDPs and interests of citizens and the State on the temporarily occupied territories was held in Kyiv

27 of October 2016 at the National Prosecution Academy of Ukraine with the support of the Council of Europe Project “Strengthening the Human Rights Protection of Internally Displaced Persons in Ukraine” a round table “The issues of human rights protection of internally displaced persons, and interests of citizens or state on the temporarily occupied territories and in the area of Anti-Terrorist Operation” has been organized.

As one of the key speakers Mr. Costas Paraskeva, expert of the Council of Europe, the Advocacy Centre on Council of Europe Standards (ACCESS) made a thematic input on European standards of the protection of the rights of internally displaced persons and focused on the practice of the European Court of Human Rights related to the restitution and compensation for destroyed or damaged property.

An extensive expertise and material for discussion were provided by inputs of Mr. Ivan Prysyagnyuk, Rector of the National Academy of Prosecution of Ukraine, Mr. Georgiy Tuka, Deputy Minister of Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons of Ukraine, Ms. Zhanna Lukyanenko, Representative of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for the Human Rights for Internally Displaced Persons, Ms. Tatiana Hryshyna, the Head of the Department of representation of the interests of citizens and State in court of the prosecution office of Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ms. Lyubov Netska, the Head of the Department of the National Academy of Prosecution of Ukraine and academicians involved by the Project - Mr. Borys Babin, Professor of the Department of International Law of the Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ms. Olena Hrynenko, Senior Researcher and Mr. Oleg Pervomajskiy, PhD, Department of Civil Law of the Law Faculty of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.

There are around 60 experts contributed to the constructive discussion of the round table, including representatives of displaced persons’ NGOs, the International Red Cross Committee in Ukraine, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Ukraine, as well as representatives of national executive bodies and regional authorities (Luhansk and Donetsk Regions), prosecutors, including representatives of the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, judges and academicians.

At the round table the urgent issues of protecting the rights of IDPs in Ukraine were highlighted. The need to implement not only social but also civil and legal mechanisms of protection of IDPs was stressed. According to participants, determination of jurisdiction, the competence of court and law enforcement agencies in the sphere of internally displaced persons need to be clarified.

Participants noted the crucial need to simplify legal mechanisms of IDPs protection by providing free secondary legal aid and cancellation of court fees for these types of cases. Moreover, they noted an imperfection of the current Ukrainian legislation regarding the status of territories in the conflict zone and its non-compliance with international humanitarian law and human rights law.

As a result of the event the materials of the round table, which will include elaborated conclusions and recommendations, are planned to be published.

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