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Recovery must include everyone: support the Statement to protect the rights of people in the TOT.

July 1, 2025

In their Unlocking the Potential for Recovery by Guaranteeing the Rights and Inclusion of Ukrainians from the Temporarily Occupied Territories Statement, national and international humanitarian and human rights organisations emphasise that Ukrainians who remain under occupation are not forgotten - they are and remain citizens of Ukraine. All efforts for national recovery should consider their rights and needs, ensuring their direct participation in the process.

They call for joining the Statement, which addresses international donors and the government of Ukraine and recommends to:

• integrate the needs of TOT residents into all recovery directions;
• prioritise funding for documenting violations, establishing transitional justice mechanisms, and developing reintegration services and safe evacuation routes for Ukrainians in the TOT;
• promote the inclusion of both property and non-property losses and damage caused by human rights violations since 2014 in international mechanisms for compensation;
• develop and implement a national system for collecting, analysing and monitoring data on human rights violations.

"No roadmap for recovery can be implemented without a clear commitment to ensure the rights, needs, and future of every citizen of Ukraine, no matter where they are today," the Statement reads.

The full text of the Statement is available here.

STATEMENT of National and International, Humanitarian and Human Rights Organisations

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Signed by:

Right to Protection, Charitable Foundation

Donbas SOS, Non-Governmental Organisation

Human Rights Centre ZMINA

Stabilization Support Services, Charitable Foundation

GROUP OF INFLUENCE, Civil Holding

Crimean Human Rights Group

CrimeaSOS, Non-Governmental Organisation

EAST SOS, Charitable Foundation

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So far, the Statement has collected the following signatures:

GO "Women's hearts Zarichny"

GO "Основи Свідомості"

Helping to Leave

CHARITABLE FONDATION 'ROKADA'

GO Eastern Variant

SOCIAL ACTION CENTRE NGO

Ukrainian Volunteer Service NGO

GO "Transcarpathia-Donbas"

GO Equilibrium

GO Theatre for Change NGO

NGO Crimean Process

ALLIANCE.GLOBAL, Public Organization

Council on IDP Issues under the Lviv Regional Military Administration

Council on Internally Displaced Persons under the Ivano-Frankivsk Regional State Administration

NGO Agency for Recovery and Development

Legal Development Network

Chatham House

GO "Молодіжний СХІД"

Alliance of Ukrainian Organizations (Germany)

NGO Girls

GO "Дрогобицький творчий осередок вимушено переміщених осіб"

ICF “The power of human hearts”

HPLGBT

GO «Will, Victory, Unification of Ukraine»

International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR)

NGO "Unity of virtue"

NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION "WOMEN'S ANTICORRUPTION MOVEMENT"

PAH

ZDOROVI

Mission Kharkiv

Ukrainian Legal Advisory Group

INFORMATION AND ANALYTICAL CENTER KHMELNYTSKY INITIATIVES

Foundation for the Support of Fundamental Research

Human Rights House Crimea

Secretariat of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights

NGO Center for Civic Education "Almenda"

NGO "Eastern Variant"

Educational Human Rights House Chernihiv

Bureau of Social and Political Developments

NGO Foundation for the Support of Fundamental Research 

Kharkiv Institute for Social Research (KhISR)