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General Comment No. 1 of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities clarifies States parties’ general obligations under Article 12 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to ensure equal recognition before the law. The document elaborates on the human rights framework that requires to shift from substitute decision-making in favour of supported decision-making, in which persons with disabilities enjoy full recognition and equality under the law and can exercise their legal capacity to make fundamental decisions about their own lives. The Ukrainian translation of the document uploaded here was prepared by the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine and follows the terminology in the English version of the Convention.

This update focuses on key developments in the human rights situation in Ukraine, including in territory controlled by armed groups (AGCT) and in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine, occupied by the Russian Federation (Crimea). It covers the period of 1  February to 30 April 2021. OHCHR will also issue its regular biannual report, covering the period of 1 February to 31 July 2021, in September 2021.

The present interim report is submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 75/192, in which the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to report to it at its seventy- sixth session on the progress made in the implementation of the resolution, including options and recommendations to improve its implementation, and to submit an interim report to the Human Rights Council at its forty-seventh session.

The present report is submitted pursuant to the request in the statement by the President of the Security Council of 21 September 2018 (S/PRST/2018/18). It also responds to the Council’s requests for reporting on specific themes in resolutions 2286 (2016), 2417 (2018), 2474 (2019) and 2475 (2019).

This briefing note examines the impact of the pandemic and the Government’s response to it on the rights of healthcare workers in Ukraine, of which 83 per cent are women. It looks, in particular at the right to just and favourable conditions of work, to social security and to effective participation, and how their situation affects essential health services. The briefing note contains recommendations to the Government and local authorities to this end.