Media Center Ukraine Producer Department

A petition regarding the draft Civil Code of Ukraine gathered the required 25,000 signatures in a record 13 hours. This demonstrates Ukrainians’ attitude toward lawmakers’ attempts to excessively regulate private life and human rights through a return to soviet-style patriarchal norms and other archaic terminology.

In particular, a coalition of civil society organizations prepared 95 pages of amendments to the draft new Civil Code, which contains systemic risks to fundamental rights and freedoms. The amendments address, among other things, legal uncertainty caused by vague terminology, expanded judicial discretion, threats to freedom of expression and access to information, restrictions on privacy rights and the media sphere, narrowing of rights in guardianship and custody matters, risks to family and reproductive rights, as well as potential threats to public property, state registers, and a radical revision of the foundations of civil law. These amendments were prepared by professional lawyers specializing in various branches of law.

During the press conference, participants will provide a detailed analysis of the submitted amendments, explain through which lawmakers they were introduced, and why these changes go far beyond a narrow circle of interested individuals and concern every citizen. The discussion will also focus on further steps and possible scenarios, from optimistic to the most risky.

The event will take place in Kyiv on May 20.

Speakers:

Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, Member of Parliament of Ukraine;
Oksana Romaniuk, Head of the NGO “Institute of Mass Information”;
Tetiana Ostrikova-Chmeruk, Member of the Board of the Ukrainian Bar Association;
Oleksandr Demenko, Head of the NGO “LGBT Military for Equal Rights,” defender of Mariupol and Azovstal;
Oleh Maksymiak, Advocacy Manager at the NGO “Tochka Opory UA”.

The event will be moderated by Alona Lunova, Advocacy Director at the ZMINA Human Rights Centre.

• Kyiv

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To mark Vyshyvanka Day, a special blood donation event combining Ukrainian tradition, care, and a real opportunity to save lives will take place in Kyiv. On May 21, the mobile blood donation hub “Teplokrovni” will stop near the Ivan Honchar National Center of Folk Culture.

Symbolically, the donation event will take place on the holiday itself. One of the main symbols of Ukrainian embroidery is the Tree of Life — a sign of continuity, the connection between generations, and strength passed on to descendants. This connection is also reflected in blood donation: when one person shares their blood, they give another person a chance to continue living.

“Teplokrovni” is a 13-meter double-decker bus converted into a modern mobile donation center. During the operation of the “Teplokrovni” mobile hub, more than 1,000 liters of blood have already been collected, helping save thousands of wounded military personnel and civilians.

What visitors to the “Teplokrovni” hub can expect on May 21:

1st floor — an interactive exhibition about blood and its life-giving power. Free admission;
2nd floor — a comfortable and safe donation area staffed by a professional medical team.

Participation in the donation requires prior registration.

• culture
• Kyiv

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The goal of the event is to remind society about those who remain in russian captivity and to support the families of prisoners of war.

• military
• prisoners
• Kyiv

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