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Right to Protection Conducted Training for Representatives of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights in Kyiv

April 16, 2024

Statelesness Refugees and asylum seekers Events (Ukraine)

Ensuring Access to Fundamental Rights for Stateless Persons, Refugees, and Asylum Seekers during Martial Law was a two-day training course held in Kyiv for employees of the regional offices of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights.

The first day of the event was dedicated to discussing the rights of refugees and asylum seekers. In particular, they talked about the role of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights in protecting the rights of asylum seekers and refugees, ensuring the right to apply for international protection and the refugee community in Ukraine. Representatives of the Foundation also shared their experience working with this category of people and practical legal cases with the participants.  

Oksana Babych, Legal Adviser at UNHCR Central Office

Thanks to our programmes, we have the opportunity to support lawyers and human rights defenders in their desire to deepen their knowledge in the field of international protection. We are also happy to hear from them how the migration procedure works or sometimes does not work. And events like today's give our colleagues from R2P the opportunity to share their experience advising refugees, asylum seekers, and stateless persons under martial law.

The second day of the training focused on the rights of stateless persons in Ukraine, the impact of the war on statelessness, the problems of documenting such people, the difficulties stateless persons face and ways to solve them.  

Andrii Li, who has been granted stateless status and is being assisted by lawyers from R2P, also attended the event. The man has lived in Ukraine for almost 30 years without any documents, and during this time, he tried to rectify the situation on his own but was constantly denied.

Only in 2022, with the help of R2P, he was recognised as a stateless person and was able to regulate his status in Ukraine. Andrii Li said that without documents, he could not receive medical care, find an official job or open a bank account. Today, he is on the way to obtaining Ukrainian citizenship and a passport.

Over two days, the participants actively participated in the discussion: they asked questions, solved practical tasks from the trainers, etc.

Andrii Khodak, Head of the Citizenship and Political Rights Division of the Department for Monitoring the Observance of Equal Rights and Freedoms of National Minorities of Political and Religious Views of the Secretariat of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights

I would like to thank R2P and the UNHCR for the opportunity to participate in the training. First of all, for the opportunity to communicate informally and gain new experience, which is very useful in the exercise of our powers.