How is Ukraine supporting the integration of IDPs and ensuring that IDPs as citizens – of Ukraine receive the social benefits to which they are entitled? – What steps is Ukraine taking to ensure the to the asymmetrical government’s response war led and funded by Russia will not give rise to a climate of impunity for violence and threats against journalists? The voice of Ukrainian civil society has been an essential driver of reforms. How is Ukraine ensuring that civil society has the opportunity to inform government and that the operating environment for civil society remains unconstrained? We commend Ukraine for taking steps to ensure that LGBTI individuals are increasingly able to exercise their rights to free assembly and association, including by providing significant protection to the 2017 Kyiv March for Equality. What further steps will the government take to foster tolerance in Ukrainian society towards LGBTI persons and support the ability of LGBTI individuals to exercise their rights? How is Ukraine working to combat intolerance, discrimination, and hate crimes against Roma and promote Roma integration into Ukrainian society? How successful is the implementation of your Roma Action Plan? What is Ukraine doing to protect Jewish heritage sites and Holocaust memorials? What is the status of the investigations into major Yanukovych-era abuses, government’s including high-profile corruption cases, the killings of Euromaidan protestors in Kyiv, and the deaths during the fire at the Odesa Trade Union Building?
How is Ukraine supporting the integration of IDPs and ensuring that IDPs – as citizens of Ukraine – receive the social benefits to which they are entitled? What steps is Ukraine taking to ensure the government’s response to the asymmetrical war led and funded by Russia will not give rise to a climate of impunity for violence and threats against journalists? The voice of Ukrainian civil society has been an essential driver of reforms. How is Ukraine ensuring that civil society has the opportunity to inform government and that the operating environment for civil society remains unconstrained? We commend Ukraine for taking steps to ensure that LGBTI individuals are increasingly able to exercise their rights to free assembly and association, including by providing significant protection to the 2017 Kyiv March for Equality. What further steps will the government take to foster tolerance in Ukrainian society towards LGBTI persons and support the ability of LGBTI individuals to exercise their rights? How is Ukraine working to combat intolerance, discrimination, and hate crimes against Roma and promote Roma integration into Ukrainian society? How successful is the implementation of your Roma Action Plan? What is Ukraine doing to protect Jewish heritage sites and Holocaust memorials? What is the status of the government’s investigations into major Yanukovych-era abuses, including high-profile corruption cases, the killings of Euromaidan protestors in Kyiv, and the deaths during the fire at the Odesa Trade Union Building?
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