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Situation of Human Rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the City of Sevastopol (Ukraine)

A/RES/71/205No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 68cHuman rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives, published in 2017.

What other versions does this mandate have?

5 versions · 2017–2020
Newer documents in this group exist (latest: 2020).
  • 2020A/RES/75/192Situation of human rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, UkraineLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2020A/RES/74/168Situation of human rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, UkraineLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2019A/RES/73/263Situation of human rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, UkraineCompare with previous version
  • 2018A/RES/72/190Situation of human rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, UkraineCompare with previous version
  • 2017A/RES/71/205Situation of human rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol (Ukraine)

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 topics
Crimea (Ukraine)Human RightsRussian FederationSevastopol (Ukraine)SovereigntyUkraine

What does this mandate say?

14 operative paragraphs
1
Condemns the abuses, measures and practices of discrimination against the residents of the temporarily occupied Crimea, including Crimean Tatars, as well as Ukrainians and persons belonging to other ethnic and religious groups, by the Russian occupation authorities;
2
Urges the Russian Federation:
a
To uphold all of its obligations under applicable international law as an occupying Power;
b
To take all measures necessary to bring an immediate end to all abuses against residents of Crimea, in particular reported discriminatory measures and practices, arbitrary detentions, torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, and to revoke all discriminatory legislation;
c
To immediately release Ukrainian citizens who were unlawfully detained and judged without regard for elementary standards of justice, as well as those transferred across internationally recognized borders from Crimea to the Russian Federation;
d
To address the issue of impunity and ensure that those found to be responsible for abuses are held accountable before an independent judiciary;
e
To create and maintain a safe and enabling environment for journalists and human rights defenders to perform their work independently and without undue interference in Crimea;
f
To permit the reopening of cultural and religious institutions;
g
To revoke immediately the decision declaring the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People an extremist organization and banning its activities, and repeal the decision banning leaders of the Mejlis from entering Crimea;
h
To cooperate fully and immediately with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and the Council of Europe on the situation of human rights in Crimea;
3
Requests the Secretary-General to seek ways and means, including through consultations with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and relevant regional organizations, to ensure safe and unfettered access to Crimea by established regional and international human rights monitoring mechanisms to enable them to carry out their mandate;
4
Urges the Russian Federation to ensure the proper and unimpeded access of international human rights monitoring missions and human rights non-governmental organizations to Crimea, recognizing that the international presence in Crimea is of paramount importance in preventing further deterioration of the situation;
5
Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to prepare a dedicated thematic report on the situation of human rights in the temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol in accordance with the existing mandate and within the existing resources of the human rights monitoring mission in Ukraine, which is currently funded by voluntary contributions;
6
Decides to continue its consideration of the matter at its seventy-second session under the item entitled “Promotion and protection of human rights”.

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