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BULLETIN ¹1 of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for human rights |
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N. Karpachova. Human rights: from proclamation to real implementation Universal declaration of human rights Convention for the protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms Protocol No. 4 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms Protocol No. 6 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms Protocol No. 7 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms Notice for the attention of persons wishing to apply to the European Court of Human Rights Law of Ukraine On the Authorised Human Rights Representative of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine APPEAL of the Authorised Human Rights Representative of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Dear compatriots! Today the entire civilized world is celebrating the 50th anniversary of a very prominent event – the proclamation by the UN General Assembly of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Human rights are not given by a state, they belong to every human being born to this world. All of the human rights – civil, political, economic, social – are universal, undivided, interdependent and interrelated. They are fundamental for human's existence and development. The recognition, observance and protection of human rights and freedoms are not the interior matter for this or that country. Human rights don't have any frontiers. Based on international legal standards stipulated in the Declaration, in 1996 the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has adopted the Constitution of Ukraine. It is written in that act that the affirmation and ensuring of human rights and freedoms is the main duty of the state. However, finding ourselves on the threshold of a new millennium we are still far from the real implementation of those high principles and ideals set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Until this time the minimal rights, guaranteed by the Declaration, have not been ensured to a greater majority of our citizens. And yet every single person has the right to live his or her own life, to personal immunity, equality before law, the right for employment and favorable remuneration ensuring for that person and his family adequate living conditions, protection against unemployment, satisfactory living standard, privacy in his or her private or family life, inviolability of housing, freedom of expression, worship and faith, fair and impartial trial. It is quite significant that in this anniversary year of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the first in the history of Ukraine independent constitutional body – the National Office of the Authorised Human Rights Representative of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine – has been institutionalized. And this should be taken as just a single component of the whole mechanism for human rights and freedoms protection in our country. The mandate of the Authorised Human Rights Representative is to facilitate the honoring of the principles of the rule of law and human rights, to demand – within its competence – from bodies of executive power and bodies of local self government, their chief officers to comply with the norms of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In this particular period of history of our country, which only starts to function on grounds of human rights priorities, we all have to get the massage clear: protection of the rights and freedoms of an individual, of its lawful interests should become the area of extreme attention and joint efforts of all power structures, of the society and of all of the Ukrainian citizens. Authorised Human Rights Representative of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. 10.12.98 Nina Karpachova |
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