The main objective of the project is to to increase the level of human rights protection in Ukraine by bringing Ukrainian legislation into line with European standards and developing the operational capacity of the Secretariat of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights.

Main partners and beneficiaries: ​Parliament of Ukraine, Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, Ministry of Digitalisation of Ukraine, educational institutions, legal professionals and civil servants, civil society organisations

 Ombudsperson’s Office operates under improved legislative framework in line with European standards. 

Staff members of the Ombudsperson’s Office, including those working on data protection issues, have increased capacity in executing their daily responsibilities, leading to enhanced efficiency and effectiveness in fulfilling the Office’s mandate.

​The efficiency of the NPM is improved, leading to more effective monitoring and protection of human rights in places of detention.

• Strengthening the Ombudsperson’s Office-institutional capacity via improvement of the relevant legal framework, putting in place new policies and internal regulations; professional development of staff in handling grave human rights violations, including the ones reported in the context of the military aggression;
• Alignment of the national policy, legal framework and practice related to combating ill-treatment with the international standards including via further development of the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) to prevent ill-treatment cases;
• Harmonisation of data protection policy and legal framework in line with the European standards and best practices;
• Awareness raising among the national authorities, legal professionals and public on human rights standards with a special focus on prevention of ill-treatment, rehabilitation of the victims of ill-treatment as well as data protection standards.