Country detail - yourHRC.org

Ukraine

Regional group:

Eastern European Group (EEG)

Council member:

2006-2007

2007-2008

2008-2009

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

Council Bureau membership:	–
Coordinator of regional group:	1 (2008-2009, 2015)
Voluntary financial contribution to OHCHR (2023) :

Other HRC positions:	–
OHCHR presence:	Country Office
NHRI accreditation status:	A

National Mechanisms for Implementation, Reporting, and Follow-up (NMIRF): Unknown

Engagement with the HRC

Principal sponsorship of HRC resolutions

Cooperation with and assistance to Ukraine in the field of human rights; Establishment of the Office of the President of the Human Rights Council; The role of prevention in the promotion and protection of human rights.

Voting record

Since it first became a member of the Council in 2006, Ukraine has voted in favour or has joined consensus on all resolutions tabled under item 4 (situations that require the Council’s attention), except for the 2011 resolution on the situation in Belarus (Ukraine did not vote). It has also tended to vote in favour of item 2 country-specific texts (reports of the High Commissioner), except during the voting on the item 2 texts on OPT (2019, 2020 - voted against twice), Venezuela (2019 - voted against) and Myanmar (2019 - abstained). For item 7 resolutions (human rights in the OPT), Ukraine usually votes in favour or abstains. However, it voted against the 2011 resolution on the report of the UN Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict. Regarding item 10 resolutions (technical assistance and capacity building), in the absence of consensus Ukraine voted in favour of most texts, but it abstained during the voting on a 2009 text on the Democratic Republic of Congo. For thematic resolutions dealing with civil and political rights, Ukraine has generally joined consensus. Where there has been a vote, it has voted in favour of most resolutions but against the texts on mercenaries (2018, 2019) and the right to peace (2011); and abstained during the voting on the resolutions on the integrity of the judicial system (2018) and the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion or Expression (2008). For thematic resolutions dealing with economic, social and cultural rights, Ukraine has joined consensus on a majority of texts. Resolutions that it has voted against include: resolutions on the effects of foreign debt; unilateral coercive measures; international solidarity; and the effects of Globalisation. In 2009, it abstained in the vote on the resolution on the right to development. But in 2010 and 2011, it voted in favour.

HRC participation

During HRC general discussions, panel debates and interactive dialogues with the Special Procedures, during the past three years, either as an HRC member or not, the State has joined:

Regional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 78

Subregional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 50

Political group
statements

Average of statements for all countries: 109

Cross-regional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 96

Other joint
statements

Average of statements for all countries: 5

HRC member empty chair?

Overall, as a HRC member, has participated in more than 10% of panel discussions, general debates and interactive dialogues.

Cooperation with international human rights system

Special Procedures

Standing invitation

Communications responded to / received

Visits requests status

Completed
Invitation sent by the State not (yet) accepted by the SP
Accepted / date set
Visit request by the SP and not (yet) accepted by the State
Postponed / cancelled

Longest visit request not (yet) accepted by the State >
SR freedom of assembly, 2018

Treaty Bodies

Ratified

Reporting Status

Ratification status
Party Not Party
Individual complaint procedure accepted.
Reporting status

Submitted on time
Submitted late
Not applicable

On schedule
Overdue (outstanding)

CAT

ICCPR

CED

CEDAW

CERD

ICESCR

CRC

CRPD

Most overdue report

None overdue

OP-CAT

Ratified

NPM established

Received Sub-Committee visit

Universal Periodic Review

Reported

(2008, 2012, 2017)

Mid-term report

1st and 3rd cycles

Level of delegation

Deputy Minister

Participation in other reviews
1^st cycle: 36 / 192

2^nd cycle: 82 / 192

Cooperation with the UN, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights

Cited in the Secretary General’s reports on 'alleged reprisals for cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights' (2010-2023)?

Fulfilment of past voluntary pledges & commitments

Specific voluntary pledges: 13

Ukraine presented voluntary pledges and commitments in support of its candidature for membership for the period 2018-2020 early in 2017.

The document presents few concrete pledges. These include: Play an active role on the international stage; cooperate with the Council; and adapt the human rights norms and standards existent in Europe in light of Ukraine’s course for European integration.

An analysis of steps taken by Ukraine in fulfilment of its international pledges shows that Ukraine cooperates with the Council Special Procedures by maintaining a Standing Invitation, accepting 85% of visit requests, and responding to 50% of the communications received. For those instruments to which Ukraine is Party, it has submitted most of its periodic reports (it has two overdue reports, CED and CRPD).

Ukraine

Eastern European Group (EEG)

Engagement with the HRC

Principal sponsorship of HRC resolutions

Voting record

HRC participation

HRC member empty chair?

Cooperation with international human rights system

Special Procedures

Standing invitation

Communications responded to / received

Visits requests status

Treaty Bodies

Ratified

Reporting Status

Universal Periodic Review

Participation in other reviews 1st cycle: 36 / 192

2nd cycle: 82 / 192

Cooperation with the UN, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights

Fulfilment of past voluntary pledges & commitments

Specific voluntary pledges: 13

Participation in other reviews
1^st cycle: 36 / 192

2^nd cycle: 82 / 192