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Ukraine reports to the UN Committee against Torture

On 4 November, Ukrainian human rights defenders and the Ombudsperson presented to the UN Committee against Torture their alternative reports on Ukraine's implementation of the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT)*. 

Interaction between government and civil society: democracy and good governance

On 1 November, Chasopys Creative Space hosted the final meeting of grantee organizations in the thematic area "Support of civil society as the engine of democracy and good governance," organized by CCC Creative Center in the framework of UNDP project "Democratization and human rights in Ukraine," funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark.

The employees of Centers of Legal Information and Consultation from all over Ukraine gathered for training in Kiev

On October 30-31 in Kyiv a training for lawyers and managers of Centers of Legal Information and Consultation that provide free legal aid with the support of UNDP and International Fund "Renaissance", as well as for the representatives of municipal authorities, where the participants told about their success, shared their experiences and received new knowledge and skills.

Civil Society and State: Dialogue and Partnership

On 30-31October, over 150 representatives of CSOs and authorities from all over Ukraine took part in the international conference "Civil Society and State: Dialogue and Partnership", which was organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, in partnership with UNDP, the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, the State Registration Service, and the Office of the Ukrainian Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights.

Ukrainian human rights activists held a side event during a session at the UN Security Council

Ukrainian human rights activists, Alexandra Matviychuk, Center for Civil Liberties, and Vadim Pyvovarov, Association of Ukrainian Human Rights Monitors on Law Enforcement, participated in an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council in New York on the situation in Ukraine.

President signed a package of anticorruption laws: what changed due to amendments?

President Poroshenko vouched a number of laws to fight corruption in Ukraine.