Dzheppar hopes that OHCHR will join Crimean Platform

The diplomat stated this during the interactive dialogue on the situation in Ukraine within the framework of the 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council, Ukrinform reports with reference to the Foreign Ministry's press service.

In particular, Dzheppar informed the UN Human Rights Council in detail about the ongoing gross violations of human rights and international law by the Russian occupation administration in Crimea, Russia's militarization of the Ukrainian peninsula and systemic policies to change the demographic composition of its population. The First Deputy Minister spoke about the ongoing reprisals in Crimea, other manifestations of which were the illegal detention of journalist Vladyslav Yesypenko, cases of ethnic and religious discrimination, in particular, against the Crimean Tatar people, and ousting of independent media.

"Emine Dzheppar drew the attention of UN member states and OHCHR to the Ukrainian initiative to create the Crimean Platform as a new consultative and coordination format for the de-occupation of the Crimean peninsula. She expressed hope for the active involvement of OHCHR in supporting the tasks and goals of the Platform,” the statement reads.

The diplomat assured that the Ukrainian side was ready for further active cooperation with OHCHR in order to ensure human rights throughout Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders, called on UN human rights mechanisms to strengthen monitoring of Russia’s violations of human rights in the occupied part of Donbas.

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