ERT Letter to President of European Council on Draft Law 0945

Monday, 25 February, 2013
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This letter was sent by ERT to the President of the European Council, the President of the European Commission and other EU Commissioners, 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. In the letter, ERT calls on the European Union to urge the government of Ukraine to comply with its obligations under international and European human rights law and to object to the adoption of Draft Law 0945.

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