Situation of human rights in the Autonomous Republic
of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine
A/RES/74/168
(q) To revoke immediately the decision declaring the Mejlis of the Crimean
Tatar People an extremist organization and banning its activities, repeal the decision
banning leaders of the Mejlis from entering Crimea and refrain from maint aining or
imposing limitations on the ability of the Crimean Tatar community to conserve its
representative institutions;
(r) To end the practice of compelling Crimean residents to serve in the armed
or auxiliary forces of the Russian Federation, including through pressure or
propaganda, and in particular ensure that Crimean residents are not compelled to
participate in military operations of the Russian Federation;
(s) To end the practices of deporting Ukrainian citizens from Crimea for not
taking Russian citizenship and of discriminating against Crimean residents for not
possessing identity documents issued by the Russian Federation, stop transferring its
own civilian population to Crimea and end the practice of encouraging such transfers;
(t) To cooperate fully and immediately with the Office of the United Nations
High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe, including its Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, which
must have safe, secure and unhindered access to the entire territory of Ukraine,
including the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, and the
Council of Europe on the situation of human rights in Crimea;
7.
Calls upon the Russian Federation to address the substantive concerns and
all recommendations highlighted in the reports of the Secretary -General9 and the
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation
of human rights in the temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the
city of Sevastopol, Ukraine, 7,8 as well as previous relevant recommendations from
27 reports on the situation of human rights in Ukraine by the Office of the High
Commissioner based on the work of the United Nations human rights monitoring
mission in Ukraine established to prevent further deterioration of human rights in
Crimea;
8.
Requests the Secretary-General to continue to seek ways and means,
including through consultations with the United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights and relevant regional organizations, to ensure safe and unfettered
access to Crimea by established regional and international human rights monitoring
mechanisms, in particular the human rights monitoring mission in Ukraine, to enable
them to carry out their mandate;
9.
Urges the Russian Federation to ensure the proper and unimpeded access
of international human rights monitoring missions and human rights
non-governmental organizations to Crimea, including all places where persons may
be deprived of their liberty, recognizing that the international presence and
monitoring of compliance with international human rights law and international
humanitarian law in Crimea are of paramount importance in preventing further
deterioration of the situation;
10. Supports the efforts of Ukraine to maintain economic, financial, political,
social, informational, cultural and other ties with its citizens in the occupied Crimea
in order to facilitate their access to democratic processes, economic opportunities and
objective information;
11. Calls upon all international organizations and specialized agencies of the
United Nations system, when referring to Crimea in their official documents,
communications and publications, including with regard to statistical data of the
Russian Federation, to refer to “the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of
Sevastopol, Ukraine, temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation ”, and
encourages all States and other international organizations to do the same;
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