This submission relates to the review of Ukraine under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. It focuses on discrimination against internally displaced persons (IDPs) in receiving pensions, poor and dangerous conditions at border crossings and the protection of students, teachers, and schools during armed conflict.
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Submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on Ukraine
Discrimination Against Internally Displaced Persons in Receiving Pensions (articles 2 & 9)
Currently, government policy requires pensioners from parts of eastern Ukraine under Russia-backed “separatists’” control to register …read more
Source:: Human Rights Watch