On 5 November, diplomats, representatives of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and international experts on human rights gathered in Geneva to hear the assessment of Ukrainian human rights defenders of the human rights situation in Crimea and eastern Ukraine.

On 1 November, Chasopys Creative Space hosted the final meeting of grantee organizations in the thematic area "Support of civil society as the engine of democracy and good governance," organized by CCC Creative Center in the framework of UNDP project "Democratization and human rights in Ukraine," funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark.

There's no time to be dancing around anti-corruption reforms. High time to choose: either Ukraine has the law and money, or cold radiators and frustrated constituents.

Oleksii Khmara — Thursday, 28 August 2014

On 22 August the Government cleared a package of draft laws that will, if adopted and implemented, enable the most extensive anticorruption reform in Ukraine since its independence. The draft laws envisage establishment of a full-scale state-wide mechanism for corruption prevention, as well as investigation and prosecution of individuals who have committed grave corruption offences.

How do you overcome the government inertia for change in such a tough field as corruption prevention and make sure that the usual "go-through-the-motion" is replaced by reformative locomotion?

6 February 2014, Kyiv – Results of civic expert assessment of draft laws, which were submitted to Verkhovna Rada of the seventh convocation show that almost one third of the analyzed draft regulations are marred with corruption risks. The State budget for 2014 has received special attention.

Lviv municipality will provide aid to citizens’ initiatives that the majority of other citizens support through electronic voting. Dolyna municipality will run its housing and public utilities with the help of 3D. Every Vinnytsia citizen will have a personal Internet-assistant. Parents in Novohrad-Volynskyi will communicate with school authorities and teachers online.

Ukrainian anticorruption legislation has been recently undergoing changes. In spring this year the Law on Prevention and Countering Corruption was amended to increase the number of draft regulations that shall undergo anticorruption expert assessment.

Ukraine has only made slight progress in fulfilling its international obligations of government transparency, with only 55 percent of the Open Government Partnership's action points being satisfied after one year.

22 April 2013 Kyiv saw the presentation of the “Democratization, human rights and civil society development in Ukraine” Project, which is implemented by UNDP with the financial support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark throughout 2013-2016.

February 12, 2013. Kyiv, Ukraine - The process of national consultations to define the global Post-2015 Development Agenda priorities, actively involving a wide range of professionals and the public, is underway in Ukraine. The national consultations take place in Ukraine ...