In order to contract an agreement on eased visa restrictions with the European Union, Ukraine will have to fulfil a number of requirements including introducing biometric passports

The President’s decision to veto a law which UHHRU had warned could seriously jeopardize people’s rights, especially the right to privacy, is warmly welcomed

The Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union is calling on the President to veto a law just passed in great haste introducing a system which violates human rights, will waste an extortionate amount of money and achieve nothing

The relevant government committee has supported a draft Cabinet of Ministers Resolution which will among other things abolish the need to give names and other passport details on railway tickets

This decision follows the successful civil suit brought by Vinnytsa doctor Svitlana Poberezhets against the infringement of her constitutional right to privacy and confidentiality of medical records.

A press conference on 2 October on the above issue will discuss the important right to confidentiality of medical information upheld by the court this year, and why this ruling is being blithely ignored throughout the country

This ruling regarding what information may or may not be provided on medical certificates is a first and could provide a valuable precedent for further cases in defence of privacy

One Ukrainian has taken on a number of Ministries whose demand that doctors divulge information about their patients’ health, she asserts, is in contravention of the Constitution of Ukraine and the European Convention

Human rights activists and media experts give their grounds for calling upon the President to veto the new version of the Law “On Television and Radio Broadcasting”

The services make public the lists of debtors. The lawyer of the KhG explains the situation from the legal viewpoint and advises how to protect the right for privacy.