The Human Rights Committee recommended that the Verkhovna Rada adopt the draft law on the status of survivors of sexual violence related to the armed aggression of the russian federation and urgent interim compensation

The Human Rights Committee of the Verkhovna Rada has recommended that the Verkhovna Rada adopt in second reading and as a whole the draft law “On the Status of Survivors of Sexual Violence Related to the Armed Aggression of the russian federation against Ukraine and Urgent Interim Reparations”.

This was announced by Kateryna Levchenko, Government Commissioner for Gender Policy, during a discussion on the results of the ‘Let’s Stand Together’ project at the Media Centre Ukraine.

“Just yesterday, during the final conference of the ‘Let’s Stand Together!’ project, the Verkhovna Rada’s Committee on Human Rights, De-occupation and Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories, National Minorities and Interethnic Relations considered the draft law ‘On the Status of Survivors of Sexual Violence Related to the Armed Aggression of the russian federation against Ukraine and Urgent Interim Reparations’ and recommended that this draft law be adopted in its second reading and in full. This is very important work, directly related to the ‘Let’s Stand Together’ project,” said Kateryna Levchenko.

This is one of the results of the project’s efforts and cooperation between civil society representatives and members of the executive and legislative branches of the government. Levchenko emphasized the importance of adopting this draft law, especially in the context of providing interim reparations to victims of conflict-related sexual violence.

“I really want the Verkhovna Rada to support this bill, because it is a question of both status and interim reparations. That is, we have gone further, because the project itself did not directly address this issue, but now the Global Fund for Survivors of Violence, governments, agencies, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, the Ministry of Social Policy, the National Social Service, the Office of the Human Rights Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada are working to ensure that interim reparations are provided to such a group of victims of russia’s armed aggression as the victims of the CRSV,” Levchenko said.

She also added that by Tuesday 24 September, 409 citizens had submitted their applications and about 250 had already received assistance.

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