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Places of detention. How quarantine is experienced in Ukrainian prisons, hospices and long-term care facilities for persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities disabilities

Caption: Vira Yakovenko, a monitor of the National Preventive Mechanism

Photo: © Photo provided by Vira Yakovenko

The article was published on nv.ua on 11 December 2020.

"About 30,000 Roma in Ukraine have no documents." The story of a Roma activist

Caption: Julian Kondur, a project coordinator of international charitable organization Roma Women's Foundation Chirikli

Photo: © Zhenya Pedin

"My house burned down in half an hour." A civilian from Luhansk region Volodymyr Nadobnykh recalls how he lost his home to fires and talks about how the pandemic affected his region

Caption: Volodymyr Nadobnykh is a resident of Luhansk region who lost his home during a fire this fall

Photo: © Zhenya Pedin

Recover better and leave no one behind – Human Rights Day 2020

To commemorate Human Rights Day 2020, HRMMU prepared a series of stories about how the pandemic has affected human rights of people in Ukraine.

Ukraine: Leaving no-one behind in the battle against COVID-19

When conducting human rights work, leaving no-one behind is a crucial component of our methodology. In the battle against COVID-19, the rights of those in the most vulnerable situations - including minorities, older people, homeless people and victims of domestic violence – are even more at risk.

Advocating for human rights in Ukraine amidst the pandemic

Ukraine, which recorded its first case of COVID-19 on 3 March 2020, has been hard hit by the pandemic and its consequences. At the time of writing, there were 92,820 cases and 2,089 people had died (source: World Health Organization).

The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine has been responding to the crisis since it began, documenting human rights violations, and speaking out on behalf of those in the most vulnerable situations.