Supported by: Freedom House Ukraine and the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in Ukraine
The aim of this project is to protect the individual and collective rights of Crimean residents by applying and popularizing complaint mechanisms, statements and alternative reports to the universal and regional international treaty bodies.
During the project implementation period, 5 seminars “Universal mechanisms of the protection of human rights” were held. 2 of them were held with the support of Freedom House and 3 of them were held with the support of the development program of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania.
As a result of this project, the CTRC filed 34 complaints, communications, applications and reports to the regional and universal treaty bodies.
From them:
– 8 reports submitted to the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe (OSCE);
– 7 applications to the European Court of Human Rights of the Council of Europe;
– 7 complaints to the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of the Council of Europe;
– 5 individual communications to the UN Human Rights Council Special Procedures, including 2 to the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, 1 to the Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing as a Component of the Right to an Adequate Standard of Living and on the Right to Non-Discrimination in this Context, 1 to the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders and 1 to the UN Human Rights Council;
– 2 complaints to the UN Human Rights Committee;
– 1 complaint to the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media;
– 1 complaint to the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities;
– 1 report to the UN Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances;
– 1 report to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples;
– 1 report to the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
– 2 reports and 3 complaints were submitted with partial funding from Freedom House Ukraine.