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Center for Civil Liberties CENTER FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES ANNUAL REPORT 2019 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CENTER FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES 2019 ADDRESS: 9g Baseina Str., of. 28, Kyiv, Email: [email protected] www.ccl.org.ua fb.com/ccl.org.ua Rapporteur — Serhii Okuniev Kyiv 2020 CONTENTS 1. Opening remarks 4 2. About Center for Civil Liberties 7 2.1 Reorganisation 8 2.2 Volunteers and interns 9 3. Coalitions and initiatives of the CCL 12 3.1 Activities of the Human Rights Agenda Platform 13 3.2 Overcoming the effects of armed conflict 19 3.3. #SaveOlegSentsov Campaign and actions in support of all Kremlin prisoners 24 3.4 OZONE Public Watchers Group 30 3.5. Euromaidan SOS 36 4. Protection of human rights and certain vulnerable groups 40 5. Human rights education and enlightenment 42 6. International advocacy 45 7. International solidarity 47 8. Achievements 50 9. Center for Civil Liberties team 52 10. Communications and cooperation with mass media 55 11. Financial report for 2019 56 WWW.CCL.ORG.UA 1. OPENING REMARKS re-election 2019 interim when I went to the platform The situation is complicat- year summed up the was a phone talk of a train ed by fragmentation within P previous five post- station employee — “Have you civil society itself and the Maidan years. Unfortunately, seen the faces of those scoun- widening gap within the after the Revolution of Dignity, drels in Parliament?” We move general public. The number there was no fundamental on to the next stage of course of of citizens involved in reset of political elites. events in the context of the war public activities decreased Close to the elections, the with Russia. The previous one by 7.5% in 2019. Human discussion about “the success was about military mobilisation rights organisations have the of Ukrainian reforms” was and repelling the aggressor. responsibility to go beyond for some reason reduced Now the course for dialogue the boundaries of the “human exclusively to the problem of and possible solution of the rights ghetto”, to actively “is the glass half- empty or half- issues at the referendum is communicate with society, full”. However, the question declared. Any dialogue during and to engage large segments has to be asked differently: will the ongoing war is very painful of population in human rights this glass have enough water for society. The task of civil work. Otherwise, in 5 years we to make a jump and get out of society is to bring meaning to simply have no one to rely on. the constant turbulence zone. the process, not to forget the It is worth noting that Sociology showed a huge protection of rights in the occu- I have only mentioned the public demand for new faces pied Crimea and Donbas, to set problems, not the successes and a new quality of politics. the red flags, and to make these that also took place in However, since TV still plays complex issues easy for under- 2019. If you look at Ukraine a huge role in communication standing by ordinary people. from a greater distance with voters and almost all TV Ukraine needs real reforms and compare it with other channels support the political in deregulation, demonop- countries in our region they agendas of their owners, this olisation, tax system, and seem more noticeable. Thus, demand for renewal was rule of law with judicial and there are many challenges accumulated by quite specific law enforcement reforms we need to take seriously. people. During the inaugura- playing a key role. We still However, there are chances tion, I was on the train to Kyiv, need the engagement of the for a successful democratic and when I surfed the Internet, international community and transformation of the I read on Facebook the assess- the energy of civil society. country, which will have ments of experts who were The role of an observer with a huge impact on the entire concerned with the populist popcorn in this historic post- Soviet space. And this campaign of the Ze! Team. period is destructive and is what imposes a special However, the first thing I heard simply irresponsible. responsibility on all of us. 4 ANNUAL REPORT 2019 1. OPENING REMARKS And this is what imposes a special“ “ responsibility on all of us. 5 WWW.CCL.ORG.UA www.ccl.org.ua fb.com/ccl.org.ua 6 ANNUAL REPORT 2019 2. ABOUT THE CENTER FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES enter for Civil Liberties (CCL) is a Ukrainian human rights organisation founded in 2007. CCL conducts monitoring and analysis of draft laws on the conformity with the standards of human С rights, carries out public control over the actions of law enforcement agencies, courts and local authorities, over the investigation of the crimes committed during the Euromaidan, registers political persecutions, human rights violations and war crimes in the Donbas, leads educational activities in the field of human rights and democracy, takes part in international solidarity programmes, etc. OUR MISSION: To work for the establishment of human rights, democracy and solidarity in Ukraine and the OSCE region for the establishment of human dignity. VISION: CCL is one of the leading actors in Ukraine, which influences the formation of public opinion and state policy, supports the development of civil activism, and actively participates in international networks and solidarity actions to promote human rights in the OSCE region. OUR VALUES: respect for human dignity; freedom and human rights; solidarity; the rule of law; impartiality; democracy; non- discrimination 7 WWW.CCL.ORG.UA 2.1 Reorganisation n 2019, a reorganisation of the administration took I place within the Center General External for Civil Liberties. We have participants' Supervisory created a system that fully meeting Board complies with European (supreme governing body) standards and will make the work of our organisation more accessible and transparent both for the members of our NGO and for partners. A system of governing bodies has been established and their Governing areas of responsibility have Management Auditor been expanded: Board or Audit Commission General participants’ meeting: (permanent governing body; strategic decision making, at least 5 persons) internal audit the election of the board, charter, strategic planning, participation in the formation and approval of vision, mission and values Supervisory Board: Chairman evaluation of the organisation of the activities, resolution of con- Board flicts within the organisation, consultations on vision, mis- sion and strategic planning Management Board: administrative decisions, tactical planning for strategy implementation, evaluation of operational tasks Executive Executive CCL team: tactical plan Director Board of execution, operational of CCL Personnel plan development (area coordinators) 8 ANNUAL REPORT 2019 2. ABOUT THE CENTER FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES 2.2 Volunteers and interns s part of its work, generation of human rights the Center for Civil defenders, where everyone A Liberties defines can become part of a big one of its goals as the movement. We are joined by development and support of all those who want to change the volunteer movement. In the country, to promote particular, the organisation human rights principles, constantly recruits and to control authorities and organises activities for to protect others. Our volunteers who wish to volunteers organise actions, participate in the activities flashmobs, educational 80 of human rights defenders. events, take part in public volunteers The CCL volunteers help observation, have social us create an environment media pages, do analytical in the CCL for the growth of a new and design work, etc. community 9 WWW.CCL.ORG.UA The Center has an intern- at helping employees of of the offered internships ship programme as a special the organisation but also are to provide interns with form of activity, which is at directly transferring the opportunity to gain carried out on a volunteer experience and skills to practical experience in the basis and is aimed not only interns. The main objectives area related to their academic interns13 10 ANNUAL REPORT 2019 2. ABOUT THE CENTER FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES programme or future work; provide the opportunities internship programmes at to acquire practical skills and for CCL initiatives to benefit the Center. Among them, capacity in relevant areas; from the interns’ work. there were 6 foreign interns to gain work experience in In particular, this year from France, Denmark, a human rights non- gov- 13 selected candidates Sweden and the USA. ernmental organisation; to became participants of “During my internship with the CCL, I took the Introductory and Basic Human Rights Courses, which greatly broadened my horizons and encouraged me to think more critically. I have deepened my knowledge about transitional justice and the European Court of Human Rights. In the United States, we mostly study the UN system and spend very little time on studying other regional systems, so for me this new knowledge is very valuable. The brightest part of my internship was participation in the Kremlin Prisoners regional tour! It was a great honour for me to represent the #SaveOlegSentsov campaign in the first two cities — Odesa and Kherson. I am very grateful to the CCL team for this opportunity to test my abilities and leave my shell, as well as for the faith in me”. Comment of intern Lisa May (The Fletcher School at Tufts University, USA) 11 WWW.CCL.ORG.UA 3. COALITIONS AND INITIATIVES OF THE CCL 12 ANNUAL REPORT 2019 3. COALITIONS AND INITIATIVES OF THE CCL 3.1 Activities of the Human Rights Agenda Platform uring 2019, the Rights Agenda supported the most relevant issues in coalition of human 16 applications and 7 appeals the field of human rights D rights organisations, to the authorities to protect in Ukraine and in the world the Human Rights Agenda fundamental rights and were discussed.
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