speech, it notes the continuing lack of any legislative framework to prohibit incitement to violence, hostility and discrimination… 86. […] OHCHR is concerned about the complete lack of accountability for past attacks on Roma settlements. On 6 December 2021, the Odesa district administrative court rejected the lawsuit filed by Roma individuals who were evicted from Loshchynivka village in August 2016, in which they sought compensation for the decision of the village head to order their eviction and the failure of police to protect the victims. The judgement rejecting the lawsuit was delivered following a retrial of the case after the Supreme Court quashed the April 2019 appeal court judgment granting partially the victims’ claims. 87. Similarly, no one has been held accountable for the 2017 attack in Vilshany, Kharkiv region, in which a Roma man was killed. OHCHR observed that the trial against the two men charged with the murder progressed slowly and the investigation of another alleged perpetrator by the Regional Prosecutor’s Office was closed for the fourth time. 88. OHCHR is concerned about the failure by local authorities to facilitate public participation in decision making on environmental issues in the village of Makukhivka, close to Poltava city. In particular, local authorities have not taken meaningful steps to resolve social and ethnic tensions, as well as address environmental damage and water pollution around an illegal landfill in the village. The landfill, which does not have any official documentation as required by Ukrainian law, allegedly pollutes ground waters and negatively affects the health of those living in the area. Due to low housing prices and income-generating opportunities from manual recycling, there have been increasing numbers of Roma moving to the area and increasing tensions between the local Roma and non-Roma villagers. VII. Leave no one behind – economic and social rights 89. During the reporting period, OHCHR continued monitoring the difficulties facing individuals and vulnerable groups in the enjoyment of socio-economic rights. These include homeless persons, persons with disabilities, Roma, and persons living in rural and conflict-affected areas." ACAPS, Ukraine: Pattern of movement, people’s needs, and response, 27 March 2022 “The closure of judicial services has an impact on people without documentation, including people released from prison and the Roma minority, or people who have identification that may not be internationally recognised.” Freedom House, Freedom in the World 2022 - Ukraine, 28 February 2022 "[…] their voting and representation are hindered by factors including discrimination that discourages political participation, the conflict in the east, and the lack of identity documents for many Roma. Internally displaced persons (IDPs), who number 1.5 million, face legal and practical barriers to voting. […] The Romany minority and LGBT+ people experience significant discrimination in practice. Roma and LGBT+ people and groups generally only receive police protection or justice for attacks against them when there is intense pressure from civil society or international observers. Rights groups have reported that employers openly discriminate on the basis of gender and age." Human Rights Committee, Concluding observations on the eighth periodic report of Ukraine, 9 February 2022 " […] The Committee is also concerned about cases of Roma not being able to gain access to the courts to defend their rights because they lack identification documents (arts. 2 and 26). 14. […] In line with paragraph 4 of the Order of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 701-r of 11 September 2013, the State party should intensify its efforts to assist Roma persons in obtaining identification documents. Hate speech and hate crimes 15. […] While noting the legislative measures taken by the State party to combat hate speech and hate crimes, the Committee is concerned about reports of intolerance, prejudice, hate 32