Gender-sensitive and human rights-compliant approach needed to make counter-terrorism measures effective, say participants of Vienna workshop
VIENNA, 21 October 2014 – Counter-terrorism measures can only become sustainable and effective through a gender-sensitive and human rights compliant approach, said participants at the start of a two-day workshop for senior government experts, organized by the OSCE and the Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF). The workshop brings together...
Eastern Ukraine conflict: Summary killings, misrecorded and misreported
Headline Title: Eastern Ukraine conflict: Summary killings, misrecorded and misreported 20 …read more Source: Amnesty...
Offers of support for Ukraine welcomed by OSCE Secretary General
VIENNA, October 20, 2014 – OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier has welcomed offers by France, Germany, Italy and Russia to help in implementing the Minsk documents. Discussions are ongoing amongst the 57 participating States on details of the offers to put Unmanned Aerial Vechicles (UAV) and related personnel at the OSCE’s...
Meeting with Chairperson of the Institute for Strategic Studies (Poland)
On 30 September 2014, the meeting of experts of the Razumkov Centre, in particular Co-director of Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes O. Melnyk and Leading Expert of Political and Legal Programmes V. Zamiatin, with Chairperson of the Institute for Strategic Studies Anna Szymanska-Klich was held. At the meeting, they discussed...
Meeting with the regional management of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom
On 8 October 2014, the Razumkov Centre hosted a meeting with the representatives of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation – Regional Director for Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, Southern Caucasus and Central Asia Adam Rainer, Director of the Representative Office of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation in Ukraine and Belarus Miriam...
Harnessing the hryvnia’s rate appears politically motivated
The hryvnia fell to an all-time low of 14.175 per dollar on Sept. 22, prompting authorities to impose a rate of 12.95 on market. The currency has settled at that rate for the past two weeks, the Bloomberg writes. Many Ukrainians need dollars and euros to pay back loans and mortgages denominated in those currencies, while authorities know that the...
Meeting with Director General of the Folke Bernadotte Academy (Sweden) Sven-Eric Soeder
On 26 September 2014, the meeting of Director General of the Razumkov Centre A. Rachok and Deputy Director, Director of Political and Legal Programmes Y. Yakymenko with Director General of the Folke Bernadotte Academy Sven-Eric Soeder was held. At the meeting, they discussed the issue of establishing cooperation between the organisations, the...
Legal insistute of residence registration: in search of an effective policy
The reputation of the legal institute of residence registration in Ukraine needs rehabilitating after its Soviet discrediting. With this article authors want to cast a new, more optimistic view on residence registration by analyzing the legal aspects of the policy on residence registration with the hope of starting a discussion on this important...
Legal opinion of the Centre for Political and Legal Reforms on the “laws” of 16 January 2014
Considering the obvious illegality of the “laws” of January 16, 2014, both in their procedure of adoption and their content, these acts can be considered to be void, i.e. those that have no legal force. All citizens of Ukraine, as well as all government bodies and their officials are obliged to abide by the Constitution of Ukraine,...
The Upside of Lower Oil Prices
Movement toward sharply lower oil prices should be a prominent component of any strategy directed at disabling many of the world’s most disruptive threats: Iran’s nuclear development, ISIS, Hamas attacks on Israel, and Russia’s threat to Ukraine. …read more Source:...
