Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Yulia Sokolovska participated in the International Conference "Freedom or Fear," dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
"While working on issues related to restoration of human capital due to war, the provision of basic services to citizens, and ensuring the rights of the affected, it is important to realize that we cannot fit war into the norms, tools of peacetime, or even into established customs and mechanisms that have formed after previous wars worldwide. We need to build new constructs using modern toolkits and ideas," she said.
According to Yulia Sokolovska, people should feel that they are not alone, that there is a place for everyone in society, and that the state is working to compensate for their losses, physical, moral, or material constraints.
The Deputy Head of the Office of the President mentioned that legislative initiatives have already been developed regarding the creation of registers of harm to life and health caused by the Russian war to our citizens. Special attention has been given to the issue of children. Tools for assessing the needs of the affected, documenting each case, and providing support have been proposed. They also plan to create a centralized database of those affected by the aggressor state, accounting for losses to ensure compensation for damages caused by Russia to the country and each individual.
Yulia Sokolovska separately highlighted the role of civil society and international organizations in protecting human rights and restoring human capital. This includes expert assistance, advocacy, and meeting the needs of people.
The event was organized by the Office of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights in collaboration with the Office of the President and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, aiming to draw attention to modern challenges related to human rights and facilitate the exchange of experience and the development of new approaches for the recovery of the rights of the affected and the achievement of sustainable development goals.