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Crimea beyond rules. Issue №5. Occupied Justice. Part 1

Crimea beyond rules. Issue №5. Occupied Justice. Part 1 This issue of the thematic review “Crimea Beyond Rules” was prepared by the joint efforts of a number of organizations and independent experts and is dedicated to the judiciary in the occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol. The international […]

Crimean Precedent. Forced Displacement from Crimea and its Human Rights Aspects

Report “Crimean Precedent. Forced Displacement from Crimea and its Human Rights Aspects” Following the occupation, and shortly afterwards the annexation of the Crimean peninsula, a part of Ukraine’s territory, by the Russian Federation in 2014, many residents of Crimea[1] left the peninsula for mainland Ukraine and abroad. Many left because of persecution and fear of […]

Special issue. Religious occupation: Oppression of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriar...

Crimea beyond rules. Special issue. Religious occupation: Oppression of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate The principles of freedom of worship and religion declared by constitutions and international law become a token-money in the process of political and geopolitical confrontations as much as other political and civil rights. Intervention into the spiritual area […]

The Peninsula of Fear: Five years of unfreedom in Crimea

Read the book “The Peninsula of Fear: Five years of unfreedom in Crimea” The publication includes photos from open sources, official websites of the authorities of Ukraine, the Russian Federation and occupation authorities, Crimean Human Rights Group, online edition Krym.Realii / Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, journalists, relatives of victims of politically motivated prosecutions, […]

Advocates under occupation: Situation with observing the advocates’ rights in the context of the armed conflict in Ukraine

Advocates under occupation: Situation with observing the advocates’ rights in the context of the armed conflict in Ukraine The presence of an independent legal profession is particularly important under the conditions of occupation and an armed conflict, which includes guaranteeing the rights of lawyers and their professional activities that are indispensable for fair justice. This […]

Recommendations to the Ukrainian authorities within the civil society consultations: “Human Rights situation in Crimea”

Recommendations to the Ukrainian authorities prepared by the experts of the NGO “Regional Centre of Human Rights” upon the invitation of the Political Office of the Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine within the civil society consultations: “Human Rights situation in Crimea”. Recommendation 1 for Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Include representatives of civil society into […]

Report of the International Expert Group. “26 February criminal case”. Part 1

“Report of the International Expert Group. “26 February criminal case”. Part 1 This document is the Part 1 of the International Expert Group Report on the “26 February criminal case and contains reconstruction and legal analysis of the events of 26 February 2014 outside the building of the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of […]

Crimean Process: Observance of Fair Trial Standards in Politically Motivated Cases

Report “Crimean Process: Observance of Fair Trial Standards in Politically Motivated Cases” The report presents the results of the analysis performed by the team of experts of 9 politically motivated trials in Crimea that took place between 2016 and 2018. The document contains an analysis of compliance with certain fair trial standards, examples based on […]

Thematic reviews of the human rights situation under occupation

Crimea beyond rules. Thematic reviews of the human rights situation under occupation “Crimea Beyond Rules” – the series of thematic reviews of violations of international human rights standards in occupied Crimea Although the President of the Russian Federation V. Putin justified his decision on the annexation of Crimea by the necessity to protect the local population, the following […]

Special issue Forcible Expulsion of the Civilian Population from the Occupied Territory by Russia

Crimea beyond rules. Special issue. Forcible Expulsion of the Civilian Population from the Occupied Territory by Russia The Crimean events in February-March 2014 created a special legal situation. On the one hand, the international community did not recognize the legality of the annexation of Crimea – the territory of the peninsula is considered like occupied. […]

Special issue Transfer by the Russia parts of its own civilian population into the occupied territor...

Crimea beyond rules. Special issue. Transfer by the Russian Federation parts of its own civilian population into the occupied territory of Ukraine The occupation of the Crimean peninsula in March 2014 painfully influenced on system of democratic values, which underlies the state-building logic of most countries of the world. Its undeniable postulates are used to […]

Issue №4 Information occupation

Crimea beyond rules. Issue № 4. Information occupation Modern history contains many examples of the occupation from the time of the Second World War to nowadays. However, the Crimean events showed to the whole world a new level of political confrontation. It influenced on the violations of human rights and freedoms that became more cynical […]