Annual Report 2022

CENTER FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES ANNUAL REPORT 2022

CONTENTS Introduction 4 2. On the Center for Civil Liberties 7 3. Work within strategic areas 8 3.1. Developing the human rights movement and supporting reforms 9 3.2. Overcoming the consequences of an international armed conflict 13 3.3. Getting the public involved in the human rights work 21 3.4. Human rights training and education 26 3.5. Strengthening international solidarity 28 3.6. Organizational development 30 Achievements 31 Our team 35 Financial report 2022 39

WWW.CCL.ORG.UA INTRODUCTION TIME TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY e are receiving only to its citizens. Such aggressor, it means protecting the Nobel Peace a state poses a threat to the people from its cruelty. W Prize during the entire region and peace The democratic world war started by Russia. This in the world as a whole. has grown accustomed war has been going on for Russia, that has been to making concessions to many years. For millions consistently destroying its dictatorships. And that is why of people, such words as own civil society, illustrates the willingness of the Ukrain- shelling, torture, deportation, this very well. But the coun- ian people to resist Russian filtration camps have become tries of the democratic world imperialism is so important. commonplace. There are no have long turned a blind eye We, Ukrainian citizens of available solutions for the to this. They continued to all nationalities, should not challenges we and the whole conduct business as usual. discuss our right to a sover- world are facing now. So, Russia believed that they eign and independent Ukrain- I will at least try to ask the could do whatever they want. ian state and development of right questions so that we Now Russia is deliberately the Ukrainian language and could start looking for these inflicting harm on civilians culture. As human beings, we solutions. aiming to stop our resist- do not need an approval of ance and occupy Ukraine. our right to determine our own identity and make our FIRST. HOW CAN WE own democratic choices. MAKE HUMAN RIGHTS SECOND. HOW TO This is not a war between MEANINGFUL AGAIN? START CALLING two states, it is a war of A SPADE A SPADE? two systems – authoritar- Human rights cannot be ianism and democracy. upheld once and for all. The People of Ukraine want peace values of modern civilization more than anyone else in the must be protected. Peace, world. But peace cannot be THIRD. HOW TO ENSURE progress and human rights reached by country under PEACE FOR PEOPLE are inextricably linked. attack laying down its arms. AROUND THE WORLD? A state that kills journalists, This would not be peace, imprisons activists, or but occupation. Fighting The international system disperses peaceful demon- for peace does not mean of peace and security strations poses a threat not yielding to pressure of the does not work anymore. 4

ANNUAL REPORT 2022 INTRODUCTION For a long time, we used their cases. Because an- work with meanings, edu- law to protect human rights, yone’s life is priceless. cate people, build grass-root but now we do not have Dictators are afraid that the support and engage people in any legal mechanisms to idea of freedom will prevail. the protection of rights and stop Russian atrocities. So This is why Russia is trying freedoms. This movement many of the human rights to convince the whole world should unite intellectuals activists were compelled to that the rule of law, human and activists from different defend what they believe in rights and democracy are countries, because the ideas with arms in their hands. fake values. Because they of freedom and human rights If we don’t want to live in do not protect anyone in are universal and have no the world where rules are this war. Yes, the law doesn’t state borders. This way we can set by states with stronger work right now. But we do make this world a safer place. military capabilities, this not think it is forever. We do not want our chil- has to be changed. We have We have to establish an dren to go through wars and to start reforming the inter- international tribunal and suffering. It’s time to assume national system to protect bring Putin, Lukashenko the responsibility. We don’t people from wars and au- and other war criminals to know how much of the time thoritarian regimes. This justice. We have to prove we still have. Finally, you new system should have that the rule of law does don’t have to be Ukrainians human rights at its core. work, and justice does exist, to support Ukraine. It is And the responsibility even if they are delayed. enough just to be humans. for this lies not only with politicians. They often act as if global challenges FIFTH. HOW CAN GLOBAL would disappear by them- SOLIDARITY BECOME selves. But the truth is OUR PASSION? Oleksandra that they only get worse. Matviichuk, We, people who want to We are responsible for Head of the live in peace, should tell everything that happens in Organization politicians that we need the world. Human rights Center or Civil a new architecture of the require a certain mindset, Liberties world order. Ordinary people a specific perception of have much more influence the world that determines than they think they do. our thinking and behavior. Human rights become less relevant if their protection FOURTH . HOW TO ENSURE is left only to lawyers JUSTICE FOR THOSE and diplomats. So, AFFECTED BY THE WAR? it is not enough to pass the War turns people into num- right laws or bers. We have to reclaim the create formal names of all victims of war institutions. crimes. Regardless of who This means they are, their social status, that we need a type of crime they have suf- new humanist fered, and whether the media movement and society are interested in that would 5

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ANNUAL REPORT 2022 2. ON THE CENTER FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES 2. ON THE CENTER FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES he Center for Civil Liberties (hereinafter referred to as the CCL) is a Ukrainian human rights organization founded in 2007. The CCL deals with documenting political persecutions, T recording of human rights violations and war crimes, monitoring and analysing draft laws for compliance with human rights standards, exercising public oversight of the activities of law enforcement, courts, and local authorities, investigating crimes committed during EuroMaidan, as well as conducting awareness-raising campaigns in the field of human rights and democracy, international solidarity programmes, etc. Since the onset of the full-scale Russian invasion on 24 February 2022, the CCL has been documenting war crimes perpetrated by the Russian army and active- ly advocating the prosecution of war criminals at the international level. OUR MISSION: Establishing human rights, democracy, and solidarity in Ukraine and the OSCE region in order to promote human dignity. VISION: The CCL is a leading actor in Ukraine, influencing the formation of public opinion and public policy, supporting the development of civic activism, and taking an active part in international networks and solidarity actions to promote human rights in the OSCE region. OUR VALUES: respect for human dignity; freedom and human rights; solidarity; rule of law; impartiality; democracy; non-discrimination. 7

WWW.CCL.ORG.UA 3. WORK WITHIN STRATEGIC AREAS AND HUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVES he main strategic work areas of the COALITIONS AND INITIATIVES Center for Civil Liberties are: COORDINATED BY THE CENTER T FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES 1. Developing the human rights movement and supporting reforms. 2. Overcoming the consequences of the international armed conflict. 3. Getting the public involved in the human rights work. 4. Human rights training and education. 5. Strengthening international solidarity. 8

ANNUAL REPORT 2022 3. WORK WITHIN STRATEGIC AREAS AND HUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVES 3.1. Developing the human rights movement and supporting reforms Since its establishment in To implement this ac- the provision of expert 2007, the Center for Civil tivity, the Center for Civil legal assessment of the Liberties has been actively Liberties coordinates the situation in Ukraine, promoting the development Human Rights Agenda consolidation of the of the human rights move- platform – a coalition of public efforts to strength- ment in Ukraine and working Ukrainian human rights en democracy and on support for reforms. The organisations created to support for democratic CCL monitors and analyses coordinate joint events institutions in Ukraine. the legislation, promotes leg- on advocacy of legislative The full-scale military islative amendments based amendments. The focus invasion of Ukraine by the on the principles, best prac- of the Platform lies with Russian Federation (RF) on tices, and standards for the the implementation of re- 24 February 2022 changed protection of human rights forms of law enforcement the activities of our organ- and fundamental freedoms, authorities, the Secu- ization fundamentally and involving partner organisa- rity Service of Ukraine, placed other emphases, tions, setting up coalitions judiciary, the institute of yet we continue working and initiatives. After Ukraine Parliament Commissioner to consolidate the human was recognised as a candi- for Human Rights, the rights community and date for membership of the introduction of the norms maintain the human rights European Union (EU), this of international law into framework in Ukraine. work has acquired new sense. the legislation of Ukraine, PROMOTING INTERNET FREEDOM IN UKRAINE In the first six months of the protection of Internet between POs, the private 2022, the Center of Civil freedoms and the freedom sector, and state authorities. Liberties with support from of expression online. In April 2022, the Center the American Bar Associa- The project covered three ar- for Civil Liberties completed tion’s Rule of Law Initiative eas: strengthening expertise in a series of events, which con- (ABA ROLI) completed the issues of Internet freedom sisted of the preparation of the implementation of and national security; expand- analytical resources, webinars, the project Promoting ing the capacity of Ukrainian and joint advocacy campaigns Internet Freedom in public organisations to protect to protect democratic princi- Ukraine designed to and promote Internet freedoms ples and policies in the field of support laws and policies on and encouraging interaction online space administration. 9

WWW.CCL.ORG.UA Kyiv School of Human literacy, critical thinking Russia’s full-scale invasion Rights has launched the development, legislation on has adjusted the curriculum, Internet Freedom Club personal data in Ukraine and a separate training session course, which includes 10 we- and the EU, cybersecurity, was dedicated to the issues of binars on Internet freedom, and others. These resources Internet shutdown and de- freedom of speech, media are publicly accessible. centralised communications. HUMAN RIGHTS DIGEST This year, we launched our Human Rights Digest. The communication team togeth- er with project coordinators and experts developed a concept of the digest where the Center for Civil Liberties highlights relevant and pressing issues of human rights protection in Ukraine and the world, which, in particular, concern inter- national humanitarian law, investigations of Russian war crimes in Ukraine, and the creation of a special tribunal. The digest is published every Monday. You can subscribe to it and receive it by email. HUMAN RIGHTS #NONCONFERENCE 7 days 50 partner 110 speakers countless times organisation and when electricity representatives of and connection 31 workshops state authorities 755 were shut down moderated by views on 31 moderators YouTube sign 106 times air 2571 language 48 hours of raid alarm was registered translation announced during participants live broadcast the live broadcast 10

ANNUAL REPORT 2022 3. WORK WITHIN STRATEGIC AREAS AND HUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVES For the seventh year in a row, the Center for Civil Lib- erties together with its part- ners – Ukrainian and interna- tional organisations – held the largest national human rights event of the year: a marathon of human rights workshops as part of the #Human- RightsNonConference 2022. During this year’s Non- Conference, the human rights community discussed issues and ways to solve them under conditions of martial law. In particular, they talked We dedicated particular property, and protection about the role of civil soci- attention to some topics of military personnel. ety, local governments, the due to the full-scale in- Nine years of aggres- openness of the authorities, vasion of Ukraine by the sive occupational policy and peaceful assembly. As Russian Federation: war on the part of the aggres- well as about the rights of crimes, genocide, interna- sor state in relation to business persons, volunteers, tional criminal justice, the Ukraine pose challenges children, people with disa- effectiveness of appeals for the human rights bilities, stateless people, and to the European Court of community in the matters convicted. Gender-based, Human Rights (ECHR), of internally displaced environmental, and digital search for missing persons, persons and temporarily rights were also discussed. restitution for damaged occupied territories. MONITORING OF FORCED DISAPPEARANCES OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS AND ACTIVISTS In January 2022, the CCL of the Supreme Court, since (https://ccl.org.ua/tools/ conducted a communication they did not take notice of the mapa-nasylnyczkyh- campaign with law enforce- law of Ukraine, “On Access to znyknen-v-ukrayini) ment authorities on the Public Information” at first. investigation of criminal and 24 February 2022 changed administrative proceedings our plans. Mass enforced initiated against human rights disappearances of human activists, as well as proceed- rights activists, represent- ings initiated by human atives of local governments, rights activists. Following authorities, and religious the campaign results, law figures started in the tempo- enforcement provided rarily occupied territories. meaningful answers only Therefore, we developed and after repeated requests with started completing the Map reference to the Resolution of Enforced Disappearances 11

WWW.CCL.ORG.UA HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS AT WAR Due to the full-scale war, Ukrainian human rights ac- tivists were forced to suspend their human rights activities: some started volunteering, others joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Our team in the #HumanRightsAc- tivistsAtWar video project talked about how the lives of human rights defenders had changed with the war. We filmed 15 episodes where activists shared their con- their activity. Videos were https://bit.ly/ cerns and motives to change viewed by 36 thousand users. hr_defenders_war NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD On 10 December 2022, in the field of human rights Human Rights Center, and which is the International protection: personal or as Yurii Bilous, a lawyer Day of Human Rights, the part of the activities of the documenting RF war crime. Center for Civil Liberties human rights organisation. Matilda Bogner, Head of the held the seventh National Amongst a large number UN Human Rights Monitor- Human Rights Award of nominees, members of ing Mission in Ukraine, and as part of the #Human- the Human Rights Agenda Jennes de Mol, Ambassador Rights NonConference coalition selected two Extraordinary and Plenipo- 2022. It is awarded for winners: Liudmyla Yankina, tentiary of the Kingdom of outstanding achievements Project Manager at ZMINA the Netherlands to Ukraine. 12

ANNUAL REPORT 2022 3. WORK WITHIN STRATEGIC AREAS AND HUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVES 3.2. Overcoming the consequences of an international armed conflict EUROMAIDAN SOS Since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion on 24 Febru- ary 2022, the work of our organ- isation has changed altogether. We have been working with the aftermath of the Russian aggression since 2014, but new threats became a reason for new solutions and approaches. Our volunteer initiative EuroMaidan SOS, which we founded back in 2013, resumed its activities. It transformed Volunteers performed into an information centre all work on collecting, and collecting data on volunteer processing of information and initiatives across the country requests, regardless of their encompassing current needs, location. In 10 months of the such as evacuation, defence, full-scale war, they helped and information; it connects thousands of people in vari- people in need of assistance to ous matters. This is a result of these initiatives. Our communi- our fruitful cooperation with cation team conducted round- our partner Probono.Help. the-clock communication work The most common requests to collect and share crucial, referred to assistance in valuable, and relevant infor- searching for missing persons, mation for people who stay in helping captive Ukrainians, Ukraine (IDPs and residents evacuation from flashpoints, in the areas of hostilities) and temporarily occupied terri- those who were forced to leave tories, and beyond Ukraine. the country (refugees). We developed a chat bot and also involved volunteer operators in communication with users. 13

WWW.CCL.ORG.UA TRIBUNAL FOR PUTIN In response to the full-scale aggression of RF in February 2022, the Center for Civil Liberties co-founded a global initiative “Breaking the Vicious Circle of Russia’s Impunity for Its War Crimes” (“Tribunal for Putin” in short). Together with into one network. Their This initiative is unique, as initiating partners from the task is to document events its documenting methodology Ukrainian Helsinki Human with signs of crimes under allows for almost step-by-step Rights Union and Kharkiv the Rome Statute of the recreation of the timeline of Human Rights Protection International Criminal Court crime commission in all re- Group, we managed to unite (genocide, crimes against gions of Ukraine since 24 Feb- over 15 regional organisations humanity, war crimes). ruary. To this end, human rights activists apply diverse methods: from face-to-face communication with witness- es and victims to open-source intelligence (OSINT). Collect- ed data are accumulated in a dedicated database, while any personal information is subjected to additional en- cryption. In late 2022, the total number of episodes amount- ed to 28 thousand. These are intentional murders, kidnap- pings, torture, rape, damage to property, looting, and many more crimes committed by the Russian military against Ukrainian civilians. In some regions, the initiative has gathered more data on war crimes than the government of Ukraine or international or- ganisations currently possess. 14

ANNUAL REPORT 2022 3. WORK WITHIN STRATEGIC AREAS AND HUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVES the process as volunteers are also given instructions. CCL documenters found facts of crimes in 126 settle- ments of Kyiv Oblast and the city of Kyiv. Mobile groups had over 30 field visits to the crime scenes. Each of them was participated by journal- ists from major foreign media. Thanks to numerous meetings, the organisation is developing cooperation with international insti- tutions: the UN, Council of Europe, OSCE, and the To consolidate efforts EU. We dedicate particular in registering and gath- attention to cooperation with ering evidence, initiative the International Criminal participants hold monthly Court and the European information sessions for Court of Human Rights. Our journalists on the correct goal is to prosecute perpe- documenting of war crimes. trators and set up a special During 2022, 5 such events tribunal considering war were held on the basis of the crimes, crimes against CCL. All those willing to join humanity, and genocide. PRISONERS VOICE CAMPAIGN Launched in 2014, the #Let- violations include enforced from families whose rela- MyPeopleGo campaign fo- abduction, imprisonment, tives had been abducted and cused on international and na- torture, illegal captivity, forcibly taken to the territory tional advocacy for the release failure to provide medical of Russia or so-called L/DPR of political prisoners is now aid, and inhumane deten- prisons. The Center provided known as #PrisonersVoice. tion conditions. With these these families with legal and Since the onset of the methods, the aggressor human rights assistance. In full-scale invasion of Ukraine wants to break the resist- addition, the CCL released by the RF, the focus of ance of the Ukrainian people. instructions for those Prisoners Voice’s attention In February 2022, the whose civilian or military shifted to the protection winter letter marathon for relatives were missing. of the rights of people who Ukrainian political prisoners Together with its partners, were captured as a result of of the Kremlin took place. the CCL created working Russian aggression: these Over 200 letters have been groups for effective legal are imprisoned civilians and written to political prisoners. aid to victims, as well as war prisoners whose rights During 2022, the CCL ensuring that their appeals are grossly violated. These received about 800 requests are represented in the ECHR 15

WWW.CCL.ORG.UA and UN Working Groups, and detentions of activists, and provide legal aid and UN Committees, and Inter- representatives of local financial support for fami- national Criminal Court. authorities, journalists, lies of political prisoners. We set up a network of religious figures, and volun- In the Vatican, we organ- volunteer lawyers who pro- teers in temporarily occupied ised a campaign to support vide legal aid to the families territories. There is an active residents of Mariupol who of captives. The network contact centre for war-af- were forced by occupational consists of 20 specialists in in- fected people who stay in the forces to undergo filtration. ternational humanitarian law. areas of hostilities in Ukraine A large share of the popula- Twenty-five cases of or moved abroad, which also tion was illegally imprisoned enforced disappearances of received information on ille- following the filtration. The Ukrainian civilians were filed gal detentions of civilians in Pope has been forwarded to the International Criminal the occupied territories and a letter with a request to Court and over 70 cases were abductions of civilians from intensify the work of the forwarded to UN Working the safety of their homes by International Committee of Groups on Enforced Disap- Russian military personnel. the Red Cross to evacuate pearances and the ECHR. We also continue monitor- the civilian population from Our organisation started ing the cases of those who Mariupol, as well as wounded tracking and recording infor- are persecuted for political and sick military personnel mation on the persecutions motives in occupied Crimea of the Ukrainian army. 16

ANNUAL REPORT 2022 3. WORK WITHIN STRATEGIC AREAS AND HUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVES The project specifically the unity of civil society to focused on continuous inter- release and return Ukrain- national advocacy concerning ians: both combatants and the release from captivity of civilians held in the RF. imprisoned civilians and the The CCL released analytical commitment of the aggressor materials on places and condi- state to observe the Geneva tions of prisoners’ detention. Conventions. Platforms for ad- This is a roadmap of system- vocacy: Oslo Freedom Forum, atic violations by Russia of the OSCE, UN Security Council, International humanitarian Council of Europe Parlia- law and Geneva Conventions. mentary Assembly, European We launched an interna- Court of Human Rights, UN tional campaign #releasewith- Human Rights Monitor- outconditionsandexchanges ing Mission, UK House of which is focused on direct and Commons, and Parliaments indirect pressure on the RF in of European countries. matters related to the imme- This topic was also raised by diate release of illegally im- Oleksandra Matviichuk, Head prisoned Ukrainian civilians. of the Center for Civil Liber- “25 true stories of ab- ties, during meetings with ductions of Ukrainians” — European country leaders a brochure released as part of and her speech at the Nobel the Prisoners Voice campaign. Peace Prize award ceremony. It contains real stories of At the Fourth International war-affected people, with the Forum on European Ukraine majority of them staying cap- in Berlin, the CCL made tive in the territory of RF. We a statement concerning shared this brochure, which was published in English and Ukrainian, among visitors to international events: representatives of civil society and political figures. In addition, the brochure is represented in the exhibition at the Nobel Prize Museum and Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington. As part of the campaign, two press conferences were held with released civilian captives. We pro- vided the materials of over 17

WWW.CCL.ORG.UA 100 international and national media outlets related to enforced disappearances and illegal detention of the civilian population by occupational forces and Russian authorities. Together with the MFA of Ukraine, the CCL initiated the launch of CAPTURED campaign to support Ukrain- ians in Russian captivity. 18

ANNUAL REPORT 2022 3. WORK WITHIN STRATEGIC AREAS AND HUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVES INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY IN CONDITIONS OF WAR Since the first day of Russian invasion, the CCL has focused its activities on documenting war crimes, fighting impunity, pro- moting the international system of criminal justice and observing international humanitarian law, implementing legal mechanisms of future court proceedings concerning Russian war crimes committed in Ukraine, advocating the adoption of the Rome Statute, promoting the interests of Ukraine abroad and in international organisations, and informing about war crimes of the Russian army in Ukraine. For decades after Ukraine’s declaration of independence, the topics of military law, international humanitarian We strive to increase the February 2022. Participants law, and human rights in the capacity of state authorities of the initiative document context of the armed conflict to effectively ensure justice in events where they see signs of did not attract considerable conditions of armed conflict crimes under the Rome Stat- attention from researchers through a legal tool in the ute of the International Crim- or the broad public. Russian form of legislative amend- inal Court (genocide, crimes military aggression, which ments and explanations against humanity, war crimes) started in 2014 and continued of provisions of the Rome in all regions of the country. with the intensification of Statute as the foundation The initiative is conducting hostilities in 2022, caused the for international coopera- acting work to use the mech- public to request investigations tion and as a guideline for anisms of the UN, the Council of atrocities committed in con- strengthening the system of of Europe, OSCE, EU and the ditions of war and prosecution international criminal justice. International Criminal Court of perpetrators of war crimes. We created a mechanism to prevent atrocious crimes The CCL is researching of continuous involvement of and prosecute perpetrators. national criminal law and con- ordinary citizens and vic- In 2022, our organisation took fidently states that Ukraine tims of war crimes in public part in over 100 international needs to build national capaci- campaigns which supports events, advocating the issue ty in investigation and prose- permanent public demand to of setting up an international cution of international crimes. ensure the inevitability of law- tribunal and prosecuting The CCL provides analytical ful punishment for war crimes perpetrators of war crimes. support to stakeholders in the and crimes against humanity. Together with partners, relevant processes. The CCL A global initiative “Tribu- the Center for Civil Liber- also shares experience and nal for Putin” was launched ties organised a Ukrainian knowledge of the local context in response to the full-scale week of international with international partners. Russian aggression in criminal justice (18–22 July 19

WWW.CCL.ORG.UA 2022), where issues of the on international humani- implementation of the Rome tarian law (IHL), expressed Statute and achievements, a consolidated position for best practices, and chal- the adoption of the Rome lenges in this regard were Statute, and exchanged discussed among other things. knowledge and experience. Our partners include the Representative OfÏce of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the Ukrainian Asso- ciation of International Law, the Department of Criminal and Legal Policy and Crimi- nal Law at Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University, and the Public Internation- al Law & Policy Group. This year, the Center for Civil Liberties start- ed its cooperation with Public International Law & Policy Group (PILPG). Together, we held a series of public lectures 20

ANNUAL REPORT 2022 3. WORK WITHIN STRATEGIC AREAS AND HUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVES 3.3. Getting the public involved in the human rights work VOLUNTEER PRIZE 2022 This is why we award all nominated volunteers. After 24 February, virtu- ally every Ukrainian joined the volunteer frontline both in Ukraine and abroad. This year, not only did we highlight and provide information support for stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things, but also showed that volun- teering is a part of our new Ukrainian culture which has acquired large scale through This year, the Center for founded in November 2014 Civil Liberties held IX Award by the EuroMaidan SOS Ceremony awarding “ordinary initiative and guided by the people who do extraordi- Center for Civil Liberties nary things” as part of the when a large-scale volunteer Euromaidan SOS initiative. movement became a decisive IX All-Ukrainian Volunteer response to new challeng- Prize from EuroMaidan es. The Volunteer Prize is SOS initiative is a national the most popular award for non-governmental award volunteers in the country. for particular contribution It is annual and aimed in the volunteer movement at supporting volunteer in Ukraine for “ordinary movement in the coun- people who do extraordi- try and show society its nary things”. The Prize was importance and diversity. 21

WWW.CCL.ORG.UA innovative views and joint Honourable guests of the event: • Akhtem Seitablaiev, efforts of thousands of vol- actor and director unteers in conditions of war. • Ruslana Lyzhychko, Volunteer Prize 2022 was People’s Artist of Ukraine • Marichka Padalko, TV host organised by the Center for Civil Liberties in cooperation • Sviatoslav Vakarchuk, Nominees included volun- with Ukrainian Volunteer Musician, public activist teers and volunteer initiatives Service. The award ceremo- from all regions of Ukraine, ny took place as part of the • Serhii Tanchynets, front- Ukrainian volunteers who live XI Civil Society Development man of Bez Obmezhen abroad and foreigners work- Forum on 5 December band, musician, producer ing as volunteers in Ukraine 2022 with support from and beyond. Volunteers work ISAR Ednannia and Nova • Rymma Ziubina, actress, in various fields: they help Poshta postal service. TV host and public activist soldiers and war victims, children, families of displaced • Nadiia Matvieieva, TV host persons, they coordinate environmental, cultural, • Anzhelika Rudnyts- and educational projects. ka, public activist, TV host, singer, artist 22

ANNUAL REPORT 2022 3. WORK WITHIN STRATEGIC AREAS AND HUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVES OZON Despite challenges and secu- rity threats, the OZON public monitoring group managed to preserve and expand the capacity of citizens to actively engage in essential human rights activities in 2022. Notwithstanding the com- plex security challenge – the onset of the full-scale war of Russia against Ukraine and the imposition of martial law in the country, OZON com- munity has turned out to be very flexible and managed to organise and start its activ- ities in three focus areas: • monitoring of peace- ful assemblies and court hearings; • recording war crimes and information sup- port to relatives of civilian captives; • national monitoring of protective structures for civilian protection. 23

WWW.CCL.ORG.UA PEACEFUL to be effective and heard even briefing, and the first moni- ASSEMBLIES at the time of martial law. toring efforts are underway. Overall, during the cam- At the beginning of the year, paign period, OZON plans a big question was whether RECORDING WAR CRIMES to monitor shelters in every the citizens are going to AND INFORMATION oblast of Ukraine (where the retain the right to peaceful SUPPORT TO RELATIVES security situation allows it) assembly, as the Presidential OF CIVILIAN CAPTIVES and following the results of order on the imposition of such monitoring, hold two martial law allowed limiting Since February 24, the CCL closed meetings with repre- constitutional rights, includ- started recording information sentatives of the MIA, State ing Article 39. The public on civilian hostages across Emergency Service, and monitoring group analysed the entire area where other relevant authorities. the legislation and together hostilities took place. OZON In addition to raising the with experts, published the volunteers were the first to issue of shelter conditions, material where it explained start registering these cases public monitoring and its that there was no direct ban and later joined the efforts to large-scale spread throughout on peaceful assemblies. provide information support the entire territory of Ukraine During this year, OZON to relatives of civilian hostages. will allow for addressing volunteers monitored the security issue of access 9 peaceful assemblies and to shelters and prove that over 10 court hearings. NATIONAL MONITORING Ukraine is a legal democratic In particular, following OF PROTECTIVE state where public monitoring the results of monitoring STRUCTURES FOR CIVILIAN is a vital component of citizen of “Shishimarin’s case” PROTECTION (SHELTERS) participation and engagement. (a Russian soldier who killed Each of these focus areas of a civilian in Sumy Oblast), we On 23 November 2022, OZON essential human rights activi- prepared a report on the announced the start of the ties has become possible only observance of rights and National Shelter Moni- because of the flexibility and challenges faced during the toring Campaign, which extraordinary commitment of investigation of war crimes. will last until March 2023. volunteers and all concerned To refute the myth about The goal of the campaign is citizens. For OZON, monitor- the ban on peaceful assem- to learn the overall condition ing of protests, court hearings, blies and discuss the public of shelters, existing problems, and now shelter inspections demand for protests, OZON and areas for improvement are key focus areas of public held, as part of the #Hu- through monitoring. Devel- control. It is symbolic that at manRights NonConference, op recommendations for a time of extreme challenges an online discussion with law enforcement author- for the organisation and expert Volodymyr Yavorskyi ities on how to act in the community, our monitor’s and public activist Maryna case when the shelter is vest has become a display unit Khromykh. During this unavailable for passers-by, at the Nobel Peace Center. discussion, we concluded that closed, or unapproachable. the freedom-loving Ukrainian During 2022, volunteers tradition to gather peacefully from Kyiv, Irpin, Cherkasy, is legal and will not disappear, Donetsk, Odesa, Zaporizhzhia, but will rather transform Lviv, and Volyn Oblasts joined under the influence of secu- this campaign. The train- rity challenges and find a way ing of volunteers, security 24

ANNUAL REPORT 2022 3. WORK WITHIN STRATEGIC AREAS AND HUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVES POINT 7 This is the name we gave to a project implemented in co- operation with ABA ROLI and Vostok SOS. It recalls Article 7 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which states that all people are equal and entitled to equal protection against any discrimination. The project was aimed at promoting social cohesion and national unity in Ukraine, built around democratic principles and tolerance to differences between ethnic groups and national minorities, members of the LGBTI community, internally displaced persons, and other groups by supporting civil society and media initiatives. The Point 7 project was planned as a way to transform Ukrainian society, where the destination is a world of all parties to agree on the Initiatives of journalists in which people of different agenda for further action. included analytical and expert backgrounds, beliefs, inter- In addition to advocacy content, articles and the ests, and religious views are events, the project consisted development of multimedia actively involved in the life of educational programmes, products. Information web of their communities and camps for youth and a de- resource with an interac- have equal opportunities mocracy school for public tive map of the project and to express themselves. activists. The most active analytical materials can be We held regional working participants received sup- found at http://point7.org.ua. meetings in the format of port from local initiatives. The full-scale invasion of Coffee with Human Rights Ac- To influence the local infor- RF did not prevent project tivists in 16 regions in 2021– mation field as part of the pro- implementation, nor the 2022. We discussed pressing ject, we supported All-Ukrain- development of guidelines for issues of the region with the ian media initiatives as part line ministries on enhancing participation of local human of the first and second Equal social cohesion in conditions rights organisations, repre- and Free competitions. Based of martial law in Ukraine. sentatives of target groups, on the results of competitions, experts, and representatives cross-regional journalist of local authorities. The teams created and published regional events also aimed to materials aimed at overcom- build a dialogue between the ing stereotypes and raising most active representatives the level of national identity. 25

WWW.CCL.ORG.UA 3.4. Human rights training and education The war did not prevent Kyiv School of Human Rights and Democracy (KSHRD) from conducting training activities to raise awareness of citizens on their rights. KSHRD is an educational platform of the Center for Civil Liberties, which has been conducting a series of useful and practical free educational events in various parts of Ukraine and the Eurasia region for several consecutive years now. In 2022, we held over 40 educational events, both online and ofÒine, while observing all introduced restrictions. However, martial law in Ukraine facilitated the training sessions on doc- activists Promo-LEX, we change of vector of selected umenting war crimes. held in Moldova two inter- topics for our events, as In partnership with Mol- national schools on civic and KSHRD also held a series of dovan peer human rights human rights activism. 26

ANNUAL REPORT 2022 3. WORK WITHIN STRATEGIC AREAS AND HUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVES We held six first-level Despite the circumstanc- discussion at 2 p.m. on the introductory courses on es, this year we continued third Wednesday of each human rights. The audience Solidarity Talks – an interna- month. It is a unifying and of such events is very diverse, tional discussion of important supportive coalition com- but all attendees are united topics for the Eurasia Region. ponent that helps us lend by a common goal to protect All our participants (human a hand in difÏcult times the rights of everyone in rights activists and human when one of our fellow this country. We worked rights organisations of the human rights activists needs with young people, children, Eurasia Region) know that it. Therefore, we will con- university students, public we start our international tinue this activity in 2023. figures and experts, non-gov- ernmental organisations, and anyone who wanted to learn more about human rights or become a human rights activist. During these events, we also strived to convey the following information: • What are human rights and how to protect them? • How to exercise one’s rights in real life, and not just know that they exist in some document? • What violations of rights actually happen almost every day? And how to respond to them? 27

WWW.CCL.ORG.UA 3.5. Strengthening international solidarity The CCL takes active part in international networks and solidarity events to protect human rights in the OSCE region. On 3 January 2022, the CCL performs the functions of the Secretariat of the Civic Solidarity Platform, which is a decentralised network of human rights groups in the OSCE region targeted at improving cooperation meeting of the OSCE Matviichuk, Oleksandra between public organisations. Ministerial Council. Romantsova, and Oleksandra Three out of over 100 At the conference, we Drik at the Council of Europe, organisations are this year’s presented a Declaration PACE, European Parliament, Nobel Peace Prize winners – called “Stop the Aggres- OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, the Center for Civil Liber- sion, End Impunity, Ensure UN structures and embassies ties, Viasna Human Rights Justice and Accountability, of Ukraine’s partner states. Centre, and Memorial. and Launch a Process to The CCL works with over The Center for Civil Lib- Strengthen the OSCE and 40 embassies and permanent erties organised the OSCE ReafÏrm Strong Commitment representative ofÏces of Parallel Civil Society Con- to Helsinki Principles”. The international organisations in ference 2022, which took document was forwarded to Ukraine, including the Inter- place on 30 No- the management of the OSCE national Committee of the Red vember 2022 institutions, which could then Cross, the Delegation of the in Lodz, just comment in response to it. European Union to Ukraine, before the This year, we cooperated the UN Human Rights Mon- with various international hu- itoring Mission, and others. man rights groups, including A meeting with Emma- FIDH, Global Accountability nuel Macron, the Presi- Network, Parliamentarians dent of France, is worth for Global Action, Coalition mentioning separately. for the International Crim- During the 41st Congress of inal Court, and others. the International Federation We also cooperate with for Human Rights (FIDH) intergovernmental or- on 27 October, Oleksandra ganisations, such as the Matviichuk was elected as Council of Europe, PACE, Vice President of the Feder- OSCE, and the UN. ation. Now, she is a member Special events included of the FIDH International meetings of Oleksandra Council for three members. 28

ANNUAL REPORT 2022 3. WORK WITHIN STRATEGIC AREAS AND HUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVES The International Council de- specific issues that we have fines objectives and political been working on through- guidelines based on the strat- out the past year, namely: egy determined by Congress. During the annual OSCE • documenting war crimes Human Dimension Imple- and facilitating the mentation Meeting (HDIM), international system CCL representatives held of criminal justice; 5 events and 16 advocacy meetings dedicated to coun- • promoting legislative tering Russian aggression, changes according to the releasing Ukrainian hostages principles, best prac- in the RF, and interactions be- tices, and standards of RF, as well as from places tween the ICC and Ukraine, etc. human rights protection of illegal detention in These activities resulted and aligning Ukraini- the territory of Ukraine in the adoption of the resolu- an legislation with the which is temporarily not tion and recommendations, norms of International controlled by Ukraine. roadmaps, joint advocacy humanitarian law; statements, exchange of expe- rience, and solidarity events. • monitoring the condition The CCL uses all tools pro- of detention of political vided by international insti- prisoners and civilian tutions and opportunities for hostages to subsequently networking with foreign pub- release them from the lic organisations to address territory of Crimea and 29

WWW.CCL.ORG.UA 3.6. Organisational development In 2022, the institutional Specialists in project man- communications, digital development of the organ- agement, PR and communica- security, result-oriented isation unfolded in several tions, international advocacy project management and main areas that contributed and experts joined our team. administration, use of remote to increasing the stability of We introduced a system communication tools. With the organisation’s operations. of psychological support for the onset of the full-scale The Organisation adopted the staff with the possibility invasion, organisation staff a new Charter and improved of individual consultations. is actively involved in the the managerial structure. We Under conditions of new training on documenting war updated a series of internal challenges faced by the crimes, basic international policies and procedures that organisation during the war, humanitarian law, etc. are important for sustainable the technical framework was work and transparency. considerably strengthened, We also updated the organisa- which now allows for con- tion’s website: it now contains a ducting our activities even user-friendly search engine and in case of a partial blackout. a payment page where you can We offer routine training of financially support CCL activities. staff on external and internal 30

ANNUAL REPORT 2022 ACHIEVEMENTS ACHIEVEMENTS 1 On 7 October 2022, it became known that the Nobel Com- mittee had awarded the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize to three winners — Ales Bialiatski, the Belarusian human rights activist, who is currently a po- litical prisoner in Belarus; the Centre for Civil Liberties, Ukraine’s human rights civil society organisation; and Memorial, a Russian human rights organisation (banned in Russia). Awarding the No- bel Peace Prize signified an international recognition of the Centre for Civil Liberties’ ongoing activities pursued since 2007. This is the first Nobel Prize in Ukraine’s his- tory, and the first time that the Ukrainian language was heard from the stage during the people who had worked the ofÏcial award ceremony. with us all these years. During the ofÏcial Nobel Thanks to such global Peace Prize award ceremony publications as The Guardian, held on 10 December 2022, The Financial Times Weekend Oleksandra Matviichuk, the Magazine, The New York Post, organisation’s Chair, em- and The Washington Post, phasised that the prize was the work of the Centre for awarded not only to the or- Civil Liberties became known ganisation’s team, but also to around the world. Numerous 31

WWW.CCL.ORG.UA regional media in South and agencies and institutions, North America, Europe, Asia, enables free communication Africa wrote about this event, with ofÏcial representatives of making millions of readers the respective nations, such aware of the problems of as presidents, prime minis- observance of human rights ters, members of royal fami- in Ukraine, the Russian army’s lies, along with conveyance of war crimes, the need to be information about the actual held accountable for commit- state of affairs with human ting them, and the global threat posed to the entire civilised world by this war. The status of a Nobel Peace Prize winner offers opportuni- ties for building real bridges between coun- tries and people, opens the doors to international 32

ANNUAL REPORT 2022 ACHIEVEMENTS human rights movement. It during the full-scale Russian is extremely important that aggression against Ukraine. this event took place during The award is given annually the war, thereby attracting to “honour the courageous more attention to the values and creative work of certain of human rights and democ- individuals and organisations racy and inspiring the devel- promoting human rights and opment of a law-based state. democracy across the globe”. 2 This year’s Sakharov Prize “For Freedom of Thought” was awarded to the people rights in Ukraine, advocating of Ukraine represented the prosecution of war crim- by the President and civil inals internationally, promot- society. In particular, the ing the values of human rights head of the Center for and democracy in Ukraine Civil Liberties Oleksandra and abroad. By now, our rep- Matviichuk was mentioned resentatives have held more in the nomination. 4 than 30 such ofÏcial meetings, Oleksandra Matviichuk delivered dozens of lectures 3 received a Defender of at the invitation of higher ed- Democracy Award 2022 ucation institutions in Europe The CCL received an for her contribution to the and the United States, and award from the National promotion of peace, strength- given countless interviews Endowment for Democracy — ening of democracy and and comments to the media. Democracy Award 2022. democratic institutions, rule This work will continue. This is a prestigious award of law, human rights, non-dis- Awarding the Nobel Peace of the American National crimination and gender Prize to a Ukrainian human Endowment for Democracy equality. This organisation rights organisation means not (NED), which is awarded for unites democratic parliamen- only international recognition, its significant contribution tarians from across the globe. but also a huge step towards to the development of the In 2019, we held a Congress implementation of the human human rights movement of parliamentarians in the rights agenda in Ukraine and in Ukraine and its work Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. engaging more people in the 33

WWW.CCL.ORG.UA 7 Oleksandra Matviichuk made it to the list of 25 most influential women of 2022 according to Financial Times. 8 Oleksandra Matviichuk received the Hillary Rodham Clinton Award, which is award- ed annually by the Georgetown 5 6 Institute for Women, Peace & Security for extraordinary Despite the Russian invasion, Oleksandra Matviichul leadership in the recognition the CCL held traditional received the Right of the vital role of women major human rights events, Livelihood Award 2022 in the creation of a more like the Volunteer Prize 2022, for “building sustainable peaceful and safer world. NonConference, and award- democratic institutions in Ukrainian human rights ing ceremony of the National Ukraine and modelling the activist received this award Human Rights Award for way to international account- from Hillary Clinton, a prom- personal contribution to the ability for war crimes”. inent lawyer and 67th United protection of human rights. States Secretary of State. For the third time, these events have been held in a hybrid format. Two winners were awarded – Liu dmyla Yankina, CCL ZMINA Project Manager, and Yurii Bilous, a lawyer who is documenting war crimes of the RF. During the ninth award cer- emony of the EuroMaidan SOS Volunteer Prize, the efforts of more than 250 volunteers and initiatives were recognised. A 7-day marathon of the seventh Human Rights NonConference included 31 panel discussions, which is more than 50 hours of live broadcasting. Fifty partner organisations and represent- atives of state authorities and 110 speakers joined the event. 34

ANNUAL REPORT 2022 TEAM TEAM Oleksandra Nataliia Matviichuk Yashchuk Head of the Organisation Project Management [email protected] Coordinator [email protected] Aliona Anna Maksymenko Popova Assistant to the Head Project Manager of Organisation [email protected] [email protected] Oleksandra Ivanna Romantsova Malchevska Executive Director Project and Volunteer [email protected] Interaction Manager [email protected] Yevheniia Serhina Kubakh Tarnavska Coordinator for Organisation Development Project Manager and Fundraising [email protected] [email protected] Tetiana Roman Kozachok Nekoliak Coordinator of Financial International Cooperation Department Coordinator [email protected] [email protected] Liubov Aliona Honcharova Bulba Chief Accountant Educational Project [email protected] Manger [email protected] 35

WWW.CCL.ORG.UA PARTNERSHIP EXPERT TEAM COUNCIL Anna Viacheslav Trushova Likhachov Communication Manager Resident Expert [email protected] [email protected] Aliona Oleh Danilova Martynenko Communication Manager Resident Expert [email protected] [email protected] Oleksandra Mykhailo Drik Savva International Advocacy Resident Expert Coordinator [email protected] [email protected] Sviatoslav Volodymyr Ruban Yavorskyi Information Resident Expert Coordinator [email protected] [email protected] Borys Kostiantyn Zlotchenko Zadoia IT–support Resident Expert [email protected] [email protected] 36

ANNUAL REPORT 2022 TEAM BOARD Larysa Ihor Denysenko Kozlovskyi Member of the Board Member of the Board [email protected] [email protected] Olena Alisa Kaiumova Malytska Member of the Board Member of the Board [email protected] [email protected] Andrii Olha Kyrylenko Sahaidak Member of the Board Member of the Board [email protected] [email protected] Dmytro Koval Member of the Board [email protected] 37

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WWW.CCL.ORG.UA EXPENSES (ALL AMOUNTS ARE INDICATED IN UAH) Travels of employees and 1.511.159,48 volunteers Conferences, seminars and 3.250.236,24 other events Communication (websites, social media, 2.738.000,00 mass media,video, design, visualization) Fees of experts; trainers, 3.061.400,00 authors, researchers, etc Publications 288.909,99 Translations 184.551,39 Subgrants, legal and 1.484.000,00 direct assistance Salaries of full-time 4.938.173,16 employees Taxes, social and pension 2.545.767,54 contributions Administrative expenses (including rent, repair and 2.708.190,29 maintenance of premises, communications, bank, stationery and other office expenses) Equipment 983.875,00 Other Costs (incl. audit and 1.043.028,39 other costs) 0 1.000.000 2.000.000 3.000.000 4.000.000 5.000.000 40

ANNUAL REPORT 2022 FINANCIAL REPORT INCOME 47.884.474,87 UAH EXPENSES UAH 24 737.291,48 41

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