Liudmyla Denisova, who has been appointed the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights, defined the work for the release of Ukrainian prisoners and hostages in the occupied territories and protection of the rights of people who live in these territories as one of her main priorities.
“Today, the country is at war. And now no one is protected among us and we can lose the right to life. I think that first of all we need to continue the way that was realized in the Office of the Ombudsman for the release of prisoners and the protection of those people, who now live in the occupied territories,” she told reporters in parliament on March 15 after her election as an ombudsman.
Denisova noted that the law adopted by the Verkhovna Rada on the restoration of Ukraine’s sovereignty in Donbas clearly defines the respective powers of the ombudsman, and the Office of the Ombudsman carries out monitoring of observance of these rights in the occupied territories in accordance with the law.
“I think that together with international organizations I will work both in my native Crimea and in the occupied Donbas,” she noted.
