ANNUAL REPORT 2023 3. WORK WITHIN STRATEGIC AREAS AND HUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVES 3.6.2. PARTNERSHIPS This year, the Center for Civil Liberties cooperated with the European Union Advi- sory Mission Ukraine on ci- * vilian security sector reform. And with the International Commission on Missing Persons to coordinate efforts to search for missing non-combatant civilians. We continued our system- atic work in the following coalitions: CivilM+, FIDH, PIL- global security in the wake of and permanent missions PG, SUN, Genocide network, Russia‘s brutal aggression. of international organ- Parliamentarians for Global Special events includ- isations in Ukraine. Action, Coalition for the In- ed a series of meetings of The Center has also acted ternational Criminal Court, Oleksandra Matviichuk and as a consultant to the UN and human rights groups. Oleksandra Romantsova at Human Rights Monitoring Together with the Promote the Council of Europe, PACE, Mission in Ukraine, the EU Ukraine initiative, we conduct European Parliament, OSCE Advisory Mission, the UN joint advocacy campaigns in Parliamentary Assembly, OfÏce on Drugs and Crime, the European Parliament. UN structures, and embas- the UN Resident Coordinator‘s The Head of the Center, sies of Ukraine’s partner OfÏce, the EU Delegation, Oleksandra Matviichuk, is states. And at world-famous the OSCE Human Rights Of- the Vice-President of FIDH, forums, such as the Munich fice, and other organisations. the oldest international net- Security Conference and The Center‘s analytical work of human rights organ- the Davos Economic Forum. findings were submitted to isations. Our organisation is In the course of advocacy the Special Representative actively involved in the work work with politicians and of the OSCE Parliamentary of the network. The solidar- opinion leaders in the EU Assembly for Eastern Eu- ity of 192 organisations from and the United States of rope, Daniela de Ridder, to be 117 countries has significantly America, it is worth men- included in a report that was increased the visibility of tioning Ms Matviichuk‘s later presented at the OSCE Ukrainian civil society and separate meeting with Di- conference in Vancouver. allowed us to influence the ac- dier Reynders, Minister of Our report to the OSCE tivities of international and Foreign Affairs of Belgium, included information on intergovernmental organi- Eamon Gilmore, EU Special intentional killings, torture sations, such as the Council Representative for Human or inhuman treatment, and of Europe, PACE, OSCE, and Rights, and Hillary Clinton. intentional attacks on civil- the UN, in alternative formats The CCL works with ian objects: cities, villages, to shape a new system of more than 40 embassies residential buildings, or * The civilian security sector comprises law enforcement and rule of law institutions, including the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Justice, the National Police, prosecutors, the Security Service of Ukraine, the State Border Guard Service, the courts, and anti-corruption agencies. Civil society and the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine also play an important role. 39
