Political Shenanigans to the End: Ukraine’s Parliament elects their own MP as ‘Human Rights Ombudsman’

Friday, March 16, 2018 - 1:13 (EET) Section: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group (Ukraine)

“The Ombudsman is not a commodity and parliament is not a bazaar!”. That was the message from Ukrainian rights activists this week, and one that Ukraine’s parliamentarians have now ignored. On March 15, a politician was elected to the post by her colleagues through procedure in open breach of the Law on the Human Rights Ombudsperson …read more

Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group