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Human Rights for Ukraine, Phase II
Project summary
The United Nations Development Programme in Ukraine (UNDP), with financial support from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, launched the “Democratization and Human Rights 2023-2026 Project”, under which the sub-project “Human Rights for Ukraine, Phase II” (HR4U II) is being implemented until 2026.
The sub-project is a Danish-funded initiative that intends to further foster inclusive and sustainable human development in Ukraine, focusing on human rights and access to justice for all, and with a strong focus on new challenges to empower duty bearers for the effective implementation of the principles of a human rights-based approach in all spheres of social life. The initiative is also a response to the new challenges raised by the full-scale war in Ukraine, and the need to restore and sustain the human rights agenda and ensure resilience and a just recovery.
Project objectives:
- to reach out to men and women across Ukraine, including in remote communities, to empower them to exercise their rights, and support the regional network of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsperson) and the network of civic monitors across Ukraine, strengthening the capacities of the institution and making it more accessible;
- to enhance the Ombudsperson’s and civil society organisations’ (CSOs) capacities to promote better, more effective, easily accessible services for right holders;
- to promote human rights and the recovery agenda at the national and international level.
Project’s beneficiaries:
The Ombudsperson’s Office and the National Agency of Ukraine on Civil Service are the HR4U II sub-project’s beneficiaries. The initiative actively involves them and other duty-bearers at the national level, including Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Social Policies, Ministry of Interior, and others, to strengthen their capacities in the area of human rights. Also, civil society organisations – particularly those with a human rights focus – remain among the key stakeholders of the project. The sub-project actively engages and empowers CSOs and human rights activists in various human rights-related activities, in particular, companies and researchers conducting thematic human rights monitoring, and cooperating with CSOs to promote and raise public awareness of human rights through joint educational and communication activities.