Feedback Before the consideration of the state report of Ukraine, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination met NGOs who submitted alternative reports to the Committee. In their short statement ADC Memorial and KhPG listed the main issues covered by the alternative report, such as improvement of legislation needed, problems of xenophobia and hate speech/crimes, situation of ethnic minorities (Crimean Tartars, Roma and others).
The Committee noted the high importance of alternative reports, as the state report covers the period up to December 2013 and doesn’t analyse the consequences of dramatic events that changed the life of the country (annexation of Crimea, military conflict in the Eastern Ukraine).