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The United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) has followed the parliamentary processes, which led to the adoption of the law, since the beginning. This briefing note outlines the key features of the final text, indicating the main changes made to the text following the advocacy pursued by HRMMU and the international community. It also provides comments and recommendations.

The present interim report is submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 74/168, in which the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to report to it at its seventy-fifth 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-fourth session.

OHCHR/the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) has been monitoring the human rights situation in Ukraine since its deployment in 2014,1 in line with the realization of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and UN commitment to leave no one behind. Amidst the global COVID-19 crisis, HRMMU has been assessing the human rights impact of the pandemic as well as the authorities’ response, specifically on the rights of individuals and groups in marginalized and vulnerable situations.

OHCHR/Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) has been monitoring the human rights situation in Ukraine since its deployment in 2014, in line with the realization of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and UN commitment to leave no one behind. Amidst the global COVID-19 crisis, HRMMU has been assessing the human rights impact of COVID-19 and related prevention and response measures with a special focus on vulnerable groups, including minorities. This note aims to highlight human rights concerns affecting Roma that have emerged or are exacerbated as a result of the pandemic, and to make recommendations for addressing these concerns and mitigating risks related to the pandemic. This note exclusively covers the Government-controlled territory of mainland Ukraine.

The present report is submitted pursuant to the request contained 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).