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Schedule

Kyiv Lviv Kharkiv Odesa
December 18
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10:00 AMKyiv– Chiara Dezzi Bardeschi, Head of the UNESCO Desk in Ukraine (online);
– Liza Kuzmenko, Head of Women in Media NGO, Member of the Commission on Journalism Ethics;
– Olena Mudra, Investigative Journalist from Uzhhorod; 
– Viktor Baiov, Head of the Department for Countering Illegal Content at the Cyber Police Department of the National Police of Ukraine;
– Olha Kozub, Legal Expert on Artificial Intelligence at the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine.		Presentation of the study “When AI Turns Hostile: Gendered Threats Against Ukrainian Women Journalists”
Participants:

Key topics:
– The growing threat of gender-based online violence;
– Tracking and analyzing data on potential online harassment threats;
– Study findings presentation. 
11:00 AMKyiv– Ihor Kotelianets, Head of the Association of Relatives of Political Prisoners of the Kremlin;
– Kateryna Levchenko, Chief Lawyer of the Association of Relatives of Political Prisoners of the Kremlin;
– Kostiantyn Davydenko, Deputy Head of the Civilians in Captivity NGO;
– Hennadii Azzeurov, Survivor of Unlawful Detention;
– Danylo Bulhakov, Deputy Head of Communications at the Way of the Freeman NGO. 		Public review findings expose systemic failures of the Interdepartmental Commission under Ukraine’s Ministry for Development
Participants:

Key topics:
– Current practices for reviewing applications and implementing state programs for citizens illegally deprived of their liberty by occupying authorities;
– Core conclusions of the expert review pointing to systemic violations in the Commission’s work;
– The limited effectiveness of existing state support mechanisms.

Why is it important?
The Ministry for Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine oversees an Interdepartmental Commission tasked with establishing cases of unlawful deprivation of liberty of Ukrainian citizens as a result of the russian federation’s armed aggression.
As part of this study, human rights advocates examined more than 100 individual cases, the Commission’s decisions, its application review procedures, and the implementation of state support programs for victims of illegal imprisonment by occupying authorities. The expert assessment identified a series of persistent, systemic shortcomings.