A new Council of Europe expert report maps the domestic framework of relief measures and mechanisms introduced by Ukraine for civilians affected by the current phase of the aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine (after 24 February 2022), and formulates a series of recommendations on possible improvements.
It aims to assist the Ukrainian authorities in their efforts to provide victims-centred remedies and redress that are deeply rooted in the European Convention on Human Rights, case-law of the European Court of Human Rights and practices and recommendations of the Committee of Ministers, as well as international humanitarian and customary international law. It also aims at fostering coherence, complementarity, and interoperability between relevant domestic mechanisms and the Register of Damage Caused by the Aggression of the Russian Federation Against Ukraine, in line with the “Riga Principles” (adopted at the Informal Conference of Ministers of Justice of the Council of Europe “On the Path to Justice for Ukraine: Advancing Accountability, Reuniting Children with Their Families, and Supporting the Resilience of its Justice System”, 11 September 2023, Riga, Latvia).
The expert report has been produced as part of the Council of Europe Projects “Judicial and non-judicial remedies for the human rights protection of the war-affected people in Ukraine” and “Support to the functioning of justice in the war and post-war context in Ukraine”, implemented by the Co-operation Programmes Division of the Council of Europe (Directorate General Human Rights and Rule of Law, Department for the Implementation of Human Rights, Justice and Legal Co-operation standards).
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