The Verkhovna Rada has passed as a base a draft law on fighting the spread of child pornography aimed at providing measures to combat the circulation of child pornography

Over 800 criminal investigations have been initiated in Ukraine over the last year for the production and circulation of pornography although the number of such crimes is, in fact, much higher. The problems lies in inadequate mechanisms for uncovering cybercrimes and flaws in legislation

The changes proposed are, in typical fashion, couched in vague terms, including “rude language” and “indecent expressions”

Should Ukraine be following some neighbouring countries and imposing a curfew on young people’s movements after a certain time? This was the subject of a roundtable held by the women’s human rights organization La Strada-Ukraine

.. due to the collective irresponsibility of public officials (another damning report from the Accounting Chamber of (non-)implementation of a Project for Equal Access to Decent Education

The Parents’ Television Viewers’ Association is calling on the company “Obolon” to remove an ad with the slogan “Football without beer just isn’t football”.

You’d have thought there was nothing easier. Child pornography is a crime. Almost a feat to so muddle it: they’re penalizing the wrong people, goodness knows for what, and children remain unprotected.

Its coordinating centre – the civic youth organization M.ART IN-club names among the violations which lead people to turn to them infringements of children’s property rights and requests for help in cases involving adoption, care or tutelage

President Yushchenko has signed the law “On amendments to Article 301 of Ukraine’s Criminal Code” which introduces criminal liability for possession of pornographic material. in order to sell or circulate it

Human rights specialists believe that the problems of slave labour, as well as labour and sexual exploitation of minors will become particularly acute this summer due to the economic crisis.

The Karas Gallery and UHHRU have initiated a protest initiative “Uporno” [“Persistently”] aimed at convincing the President to veto the law criminalizing possession of pornography

Human rights defenders, journalists, writers, artists and many others are calling on the President to veto the recently passed Law

“La Strada – Ukraine” has issued a statement following the adoption by the Verkhovna Rada of amendments to the Criminal Code imposing criminal liability for possession of works, images or other items of a pornographic nature

The amendment – introducing liability where possession is in order to sell or circulate material - changes little and in itself will do little to combat child pornography which was supposedly its aim

Clear definition of child pornography is needed, as well as stricter measures against those who use, make or drag children into producing child pornography

On 28 April Ukraine signed this Convention which ensures that national law on the protection of children applies not only to adoptions of children from the Parties but also to those of children from other States

Within a day of publication of the following statement, the company involved has, at least verbally, promised to remove the offending advertisement

Two nine-year-old twins with cerebral palsy whose parents were advised to abandon them at birth have recently won an award for their poems. An incredibly moving story with a possible way of helping if you were able to

Civic organizations in Ukraine are hoping that the country will take part in drawing up a special UN Protocol on appeals from children to the UN Committee. A request to this effect has already been sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Ukraine’s laws do not help children to resolve their problems via the courts. Quite the contrary: the courts simply multiply these problems, deeply traumatizing children who are already in a difficult situation