This letter was sent by ERT to the Chairman of the Parliament of Ukraine (the Verkhovna Rada) together with an ERT legal opinion on Draft Law 0945 ?On the Introduction of Changes to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine (regarding the protection of children?s rights in the safe information sphere)?. In the opinion, ERT demonstrates that Draft Law 0945 violates a number of human rights provisions in treaties to which Ukraine is party, including notably the right to freedom of expression and the rights to equality and non-discrimination, as set out the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the European Convention on Human Rights.
ERT Letter to Chairman of the Verkohovna Rada on Draft Law 0945
Monday, 25 February, 2013
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