Kyiv, 18 March 2016 – The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine hosted the first meeting of the Monitoring Committee on the issues related to the Declaration on Parliamentary Openness, which Ukraine joined with an Action Plan prepared by the CSOs in cooperation with the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine with the support of UNDP Ukraine.
Kyiv, 9 March 2016 – Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsperson) Valeriya Lutkovska approved the Activity Plan to implement the National Human Rights Strategy up to 2020, which will ensure the continuous proactive monitoring of authorities' implementation of the Strategy by the employees of the Ombudsperson's Office.
Kyiv, 19 February 2016 – The Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights and UNDP officially announced the launch of their joint project "Strengthening Capacities of the Secretariat of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights" financially supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark.
The Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights in the framework of the launch of the UNDP Project "Strengthening Capacities of the Secretariat of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights" opens the floor to discussion "The National Human Rights Institution: from Good to Great", to debate on the following strategic issues:
Kyiv, 5 February 2016 – The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine endorsed the Declaration on Parliamentary Openness which places the country amongst the leaders of the global legislative openness movement.
Zaporizhia, 15 December 2015 – Regional Coordinator of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsperson) in Zaporizhia region Volodymyr Pavlenko conducted a meeting with detainees in Zaporizhia pre-trial detention centre of the State Penitentiary Service in Zaporizhia region.
Kyiv, 4 December 2015 – The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine introduced the Open Data Service on the official website in its efforts to enable e-Parliament.
Kyiv, 23 November 2015 – The Office of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights and international mental health care experts from the UK, the Netherlands, and Lithuania conducted site visits to psychiatric institutions to assess the current forensic psychiatry system in Ukraine.
Kyiv, 9 November 2015 – The Regional Coordinator of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsperson) took prompt measures to address race-based discrimination against an immigrant woman and helped restore her right to social security.
Kyiv, 29 October 2015 – The coordination meeting on Ukraine's joining the Declaration on Parliamentary Openness was held by Ukrainian MPs and civil society experts with the support of UNDP Ukraine.
Kyiv, 29 October 2015 – The Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, also known as the Ombudsperson, along with the Institute of Applied Humanitarian Research presented the monitoring results of the Criminal Procedural Code implementation in Kyiv courts.
Kyiv, 22 October 2015 – Over 100 representatives from National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs), leaders, human rights experts, and civic activists came together in Ukraine to sign and adopt a new declaration calling for a stronger role of NHRIs in conflict and post-conflict settings.
Kyiv, 29 September 2015 – Civic activists from different regions of Ukraine participated in the Openness of Law Enforcement System conference, organized by the Association of Ukrainian Human Rights Monitors in Law Enforcement (UMDPL) and the Ombudsperson's Office with the support of UNDP Ukraine.
Geneva, 18 August 2015 – Mr. Bohdan Kryklyvenko, Head of the Secretariat of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, presented the Ukrainian Ombudsperson's alternative report at the 14th session of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities with the support of UNDP's Democratization, Human Rights and Civil Society Development Project.
Vinnytsia, 8-9 July 2015 – Regional Coordinators for public relations of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsperson), National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) monitors, human rights activists, and international organizations representatives took part in the first NPM Monitors' Forum.
Odesa, 30 June - 1 July 2015 – The second workshop in a series of capacity enhancement activities on public monitoring of the right of access to public information in law enforcement bodies was organized by the Association of Ukrainian Human Rights Monitors (UMDPL Association) and the Office of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsperson) with support of UNDP Ukraine.
Odesa, 27-28 June 2015 – Regional Coordinators of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, social activists, and journalists from different regions of Ukraine took part in the kick-off workshop on "Public monitoring of the right of access to public information in law enforcement bodies."
Kyiv, 23 June 2015 – The meeting with representatives of the courts was held to discuss the monitoring report on the implementation of the new Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine in Kyiv courts.
Kyiv, 16 June 2015 - The Office of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights hosted a meeting for civic activists and human rights defenders interested in preparing alternative reports to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD). The kick-off meeting was supported within the framework of UNDP's Democratization and Human Rights in Ukraine programme.
30 April 2015, Kyiv – UNDP and the Office of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights hosted a presentation of the comprehensive study on the status of rights of women living in the rural areas of Ukraine.