Deoccupation and reintegration of Crimea: the influence of human rights protection non-governmental organizations

Abstract

The article discusses the problems associated with the continuous military occupation of Crimea, which leads to serious changes, including to the decline of human rights. The state has long faced the task of liberating the occupied Crimea and returning it to Ukraine. It is argued that the de-occupation and reintegration of Crimea contains a number of problems that need to be dealt with, including problems of a legal nature. Non-governmental human rights organizations (hereinafter referred to as human rights NGOs) come to the aid of the state in this matter. Unfortunately, scientists do not pay much attention to the influence of human rights NGOs on the process of deoccupation and reintegration of Crimea. However, taking into account the public demand for the restoration of the territorial integrity of Ukraine and the actions of the power structures aimed at the liberation of Crimea from the Russian invaders, it is necessary to consider the contribution of human rights NGOs to the liberation of the Crimean peninsula.
 It was concluded that human rights non-governmental organizations exert a decisive influence on the level of the state of Ukraine in matters of human rights protection, de-occupation and further reintegration of the temporarily occupied Crimea. They carry out international advocacy, document war crimes and crimes against humanity, monitor human rights in Crimea and support and protect victims of repression. However, the normative regulation of the influence of human rights NGOs has not been resolved at the moment, in connection with which we propose to supplement Art. 5 of the Law of Ukraine “On Ensuring the Rights and Freedoms of Citizens and the Legal Regime in the Temporarily Occupied Territory of Ukraine” by the following clause: temporarily occupied territories to persons. Organizations have the right to document crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in temporarily occupied territories and cooperate with state authorities on the basis of partnership.”