Analytical reports about IDPs

In December Deputy Minister of Social Policy Mykola Shambir held a working meeting with representatives of the International Labour Organisation, UNHCR and the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission. The parties discussed the issue of the payments of the targeted financial assistance to IDPs, as well as preparation of the first report of the Government of Ukraine on the implementation of the provisions of the International Labour Organization Convention № 102 on Minimum Social Security. More in our Situation overview

The heating of houses and purchase of warm clothes and shoes for socially vulnerable categories of IDPs are of the most needed issues. On 15th of November the 28th session of UN Human Rights Council took place. Ukrainian delegation announced the National periodic report on state of rights protection in Ukraine.

In October, The Ministry of Temporarily Occupied Territories and IDPs of Ukraine has announced public discussion of draft statement of Cabinet of Minister of Ukraine «On approval of Strategy of integration of Internally Displaced Persons and Implementation of Long-Term Solutions for internal displacement to 2020»; Academy of Advocacy of Ukraine hosted a round table dedicated to the topic: «How can central state and local authorities respond to legal needs of community?»; the road-map «Access to health care for IDPs» was updated.

In September, Government amended legislation which regulates procedure of obtaining targeted financial assistance for IDPs. The Office of Labor and Social Protection of the Population will not conduct verification of the actual place of residence of IDPs - civil servants and servicemen. An information about IDPs who passed the identification procedure, will be transferred by Oshchadbank to the Ministry of Social Policy.

According to the data of the Social Security Department of the regional and Kyiv City State Administrations, as of 28 August 2017, there are 1 586 135 IDPs or 1 276 900 families officially registered from Donbass and the Crimea. The beneficiaries received assistance in the amount of UAH 1 889 570. Due to the establishment of visa-free regime with European Union, the number of applications for crossing the administrative border with Crimea for obtaining biometric passports increased.

Read in the July review: how much documents submitted by entrants from NGCA and TOT for higher education to educational centers «Crimea-Ukraine» and «Donbass-Ukraine»? About general reasons of decreasing of the IDPs number in Ukraine and why number of addresses concerning legal assistance from IDPs increase?

The report, is prepared within the Universal Periodic Review of United Nations Twenty-eighth session of the UN Human Rights Council on Universal Periodic Review (third cycle).

We bring to your attention the research on access to health care for IDPs.