The lack of accountability for attacks against minorities and evictions of Roma in previous years has fuelled
an atmosphere of impunity. We urge the Government to demonstrate zero tolerance by publicly
condemning such acts, by investigating all attacks against minorities, by bringing perpetrators to account
and by guaranteeing the right to non-discrimination and equality."
UNHCR, Ukraine – Stateless persons in Ukraine, 2018
"As of 31 December 2018, 5,650 stateless persons were legally residing in Ukraine. In addition, studies
have revealed that there is a significant number of people with undetermined nationality, mainly people
from the Roma minority, homeless people, migrants and people released without documents from
penitentiaries."
OHCHR, Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the human
rights situation in Ukraine between 16 May and 15 August 2017 (civilian casualties; missing persons;
summary executions; torture; other topics), Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner
for Human Rights on the human rights situation in Ukraine (16 May to 15 August 2017) [A/HRC/36/CRP.2],
15 September 2017
"OHCHR is also concerned about health and possible environmental risks, posed either directly by the
armed hostilities or as secondary consequences. 17. OHCHR documented further incidents of violence
and discrimination against the Roma community, some involving local authorities, including the shooting
to death of one Roma in Vilshany and the destruction of a Roma camp in Lviv. […] A notable lack of
investigations into forced evictions and displacement of Roma prevented accountability for such human
rights violations. 18. Restitution and rehabilitation of civilian property destroyed or damaged due to the
conflict, or compensation, remain among the most pressing unaddressed socio-economic issues. […]
Discrimination against Roma 131. OHCHR observed the continuation of a worrisome trend of violence and
discrimination against Roma people throughout Ukraine, in some cases involving local authorities. […]
[footnoteRef:176] On 21 July 2017, in Lviv, a Roma camp was set on fire, and another two smaller Roma
camps were abandoned, following a statement by a member of the Lviv city council, on 20 July, urging
local authorities to take more rigorous actions to “resolve” the Roma issue, including by evicting Roma
from Lviv. […] OHCHR is concerned about the lack of investigations of crimes committed against members
of the Roma community, particularly regarding the forced displacement of a Roma community in Kyiv, in
April 2017, and the forced eviction of Roma families in Loshchynivka village, Odesa region, in August
2016."
OHCHR, Ukraine's human rights record to be reviewed by Universal Periodic Review, 10 November 2017
"Among the issues raised in the above-mentioned documents are: full implementation of the Minsk
Agreements; ending and investigating conflict-related human rights violations and abuses, including
summary executions, torture and ill-treatment, arbitrary detention, use of heavy weapons and landmines,
use of civilian infrastructures for military purposes, and conflict-related sexual violence; ensuring access
to humanitarian assistance; combatting discrimination, hate speech and hate crime on the grounds of
religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation and gender identity; protecting the freedoms of religion, opinion,
and peaceful assembly; combatting human trafficking and corruption; access to adequate housing, health
care, social services, education and employment for Roma, Crimean Tatars, migrants, persons with
disabilities, the elderly, IDPs and stateless persons; and eradicating gender-based stereotypes, violence
and inequality of income."
ILO, International Labour Conference Provisional Record 106th Session, 15 Part Two Observations and
Information Concerning Particular Countries, May-June 2017
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