To Be or Not to Be? Ukraine’s Minsk Process
An agreement to alleviate the conflict in eastern Ukraine has broken down. How can the peace process be revived? …read more Source: Carnegie...
Nothing To See Here: Russian TV Suppresses Story Of Alleged Beheading By Nanny
Whatever the motive, the decision to withhold the story from viewers was diametrically opposed to the approach the same channels tend to take when an ethnic Russian is the alleged victim of violence abroad. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Ukraine’s Government Bans Criticism “To Restore Public Trust”
Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has come up with a solution for fighting all the ills like corruption and lack of reform that are seriously damaging the country’s reputation. They have issued a resolution which demands that civil servants, and even the heads of state enterprises refrain from publicly criticizing the authorities and...
Ukraine: Fantastically Corrupt
Ukraine is again failing to break away from its corrupt, oligarchic post-communist transition. The high hopes for reducing corruption after the Euromaidan revolution have faded, and the country is looking for new leadership in an unlikely place: Georgia. RealTime post by Simeon Djankov. …read more Source: Peterson Institute for...
OSCE/ODIHR event at the European Parliament highlights importance of ethical standards in enhancing public trust in democratic institutions
225366 Good practices and the challenges in developing and implementing ethics reform were the focus of discussions during an event co-organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 1 March 2016 in Brussels as part of Ukraine Week in the European Parliament. Organized in co-operation with the USAID RADA...
Ukraine introduces OSCE-supported national strategy on development of civil society
Andrii Dziubenko Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko on 26 February 2016 approved a new national strategy for the development of civil society for 2016-2020, a document which was drafted with the support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine in partnership with the Presidential Administration of Ukraine. The strategy is based on a...
Kremlin Denies Trying to Stifle Story of Child’s Murder
Major Russian broadcasters downplayed story of toddler’s decapitation by her nanny, even as it went viral worldwide. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
ODIHR expresses appreciation for work of Poland’s Commissioner for Human Rights in joint statement with other global and regional human rights organizations
Polish Ombudsman, dr. Adam Bodnar Joint statement from meeting in Warsaw with the Office of the Polish Ombudsman The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) joined with other global and regional …read more Source:...
Anti-Corruption Initiatives in Ukraine: Society vs the System
Tue15MarInvitation OnlyResearch EventAnti-Corruption Initiatives in Ukraine: Society vs the System15 Mar 2016 – 15:00 to 16:30Add to CalendariCalendar Outlook Google Yahoo Chatham House, London Russia and Eurasia Programme, Ukraine ForumParticipantsYulia Andrusiv, Academy Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme, Chatham HouseDownload...
Russia, between fear and defiance
As I arrived in Moscow this month, the talk of town was the BBC’s hypothetical drama ‘World War Three: Inside the War Room’, which had dismayed the Russian public. Everyone I spoke to believed that the film was intended to rally public support in Europe for a war against Russia. I of course protested, but when I heard in response:...
