During the meeting, the Committee on Human Rights, Deoccupation and Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories in Donetsk, Luhansk Regions and Autonomous Republic of Crimea, National Minorities and Interethnic Relations considered the draft Law on Indigenous Peoples of Ukraine (No. 5506), submitted by the President of Ukraine and determined as urgent for extraordinary consideration by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
The draft law prepared in pursuance of paragraph 26 of subsection 3.3. 'Peace and dialogue' of Section 3. 'Reintegration of the temporarily occupied territories' of the Plan of the Legislative Work of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine for 2021, approved by the Resolution of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of February 2, 2021 No. 1165-IX.
The purpose of the draft law is to determine the legal status of the indigenous peoples of Ukraine and to establish legal guarantees for the full possession of all human rights and fundamental freedoms of persons belonging to the indigenous peoples of Ukraine, established by the norms of international law, as well as provided for in the Constitution and laws of Ukraine.
Following the discussion, MPs decided to recommend to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to include the draft Law No. 5506, submitted by the President of Ukraine, in the agenda of the fifth session of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the ninth Convocation and to adopt it as a basis and in general, taking into account the proposals of the Committee.