Informes

Highlights • The political crisis deepens with violent clashes, deaths and injuries reported in Eastern Ukraine. The situation is extremely tense in the eastern part of the Donetsk oblast, especially in Slavyansk city. • UNICEF completes a rapid…

Period covered by this update: 6 March to 17 April 2014. Summary: Due to the evolution of the situation in Ukraine, in addition to some changes in the budget lines and items variations required by the National…

Security Council SC/11358 Protest-related human rights violations in Ukraine must be urgently investigated and verified, and security forces must maintain public order in accordance with human rights standards, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Šimonović told the Security…

GENEVA (15 April 2014) – Misinformation, propaganda and incitement to hatred need to be urgently countered in Ukraine to avoid the further escalation of tension in the country, according to a UN human rights report issued…

Highlights The impact of rapid geopolitical changes and military operations in the Crimea have caused displacements of people and increased the risk of further displacements from Crimea. 2,000 IDPs of mainly Tartar ethnicity (80%) from Crimea have arrived…

Highlights The political situation in Eastern and Southern Ukraine remains unstable, especially in Crimea, threatening increased displacement of people from Crimea, with a small flow of people already leaving the Russian-controlled peninsula. On Sunday March 16, Crimea will…

Good afternoon, and thank you for joining us today. As Assistant-Secretary-General for Human Rights of the United Nations, I came to Ukraine on Thursday last week at the urgent request of the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner…

7 March 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today emphasized the need for peace and stability in Ukraine’s Crimea region, where the announcement of a referendum on joining Russia constitutes a “worrying and serious” development. Lawmakers in the…

UNHCR report says Ukraine needs to improve its asylum system This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Melissa Fleming – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the press briefing, on…

Introduction Detention Policy Detention Infrastructure Facts & Figures Introduction Ukraine has been the focus of a concerted, multi-million-Euro effort by the European Union to strengthen external border controls and stem the flow of irregular migrants. Some observers have argued that this…