Press Conference: Presentation of Human Rights in Ukraine 2012

You are cordially invited to a press conference at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, 27 February where the annual report prepared by Ukrainian human rights organizations Human Rights in Ukraine 2012 will be presented.

Speakers will focus on:

the assessment given by Ukrainian human rights organizations to the human rights situation in the country in 2012;

have the authorities managed to make any improvements as against the previous year?

Which human rights were most violated in 2012?

Speakers: 

Arkady Bushchenko, Executive Director of the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union

Kateryna Levchenko, President of La Strada Ukraine;

Yevhen Zakharov, Co-Chair of the Kharkiv Human Rights Group; Head of the Board of the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union;

Venue:  Interfax Information Agency, Reitarska St, 85a

From 12 to 17.00 there will be a discussion of the issues raised in the annual report

Venue:  Large Conference Hall of the Academy of Sciences (Volodymyrska St, 55)

Simultaneous interpreters will be provided.