21/03/2022 16:24

The Commissioner held an online meeting with the Chairman and Secretary General of ENNHRI

Held an online meeting with Sirpa Rautio, Chair of the Finnish Center for Human Rights (under the Finnish Parliamentary Ombudsman), who has been elected Chair of ENNHRI, and Debbie Kohner, Secretary General of ENNHRI.

Thanked ENNHRI for its initiative to create a new special area at the ENNHRI Hub: Support for Ukraine and the Solidarity Fund for the National Human Rights Institution for Ukraine.  Our partners have begun fundraising across Europe for the immediate support of the our Office  and for other agreed ENNHRI actions to address the situation.

Informed my colleagues about the humanitarian situation in Ukraine and numerous crimes committed by russian troops against civilians.

The issues of joint NIPL monitoring visits of ENNHRI members to the places of accommodation of Ukrainian refugees in European countries were discussed to check the observance of the rights of our citizens and to prevent them from getting involved in the situation of human trafficking.

Agreed on further cooperation aimed at helping Ukrainians suffering from violations of their rights by the aggressor state, documenting war crimes and crimes against the humanity of the racist army and jointly informing EU governments of such facts in order to increase sanctions on Russia to stop the military invasion  to Ukraine and the withdrawal of troops from all over our country.

We work together for the Victory!