A meeting on protecting rights of internally displaced persons was held in the Committee on Human Rights, National Minorities and Interethnic Relations

Information Department of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Secretariat
05 February 2015, 10:14

Participants of the meeting stressed the urgent need of:

- better understanding of problems of internally displaced persons and citizens who are left on the temporary occupied territories,

- elaborating legislative amendments on rights of internally displaced persons;

- elaborating recommendations on governmental actions in this sphere.

"Our actions shall be coordinated", claimed H.Nemyria.

They also discussed the importance of preparing committee hearings "Status of observing rights of internally displaced persons and Ukrainian citizens residing on the temporary occupied territory of Ukraine and on the territory that is not controlled by Ukraine in the ATO area", that are to be held on February 18.