last updated June 1, 2004

GENDER EQUALITY

• Constitution of Ukraine
• Labour Code
• Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 283 on the from 25-4-01 on the improvement of social status of women
• Decree of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on general principles of State policy of Ukraine regarding the family and women
• Declaration on general principles of State policy regarding the family and women, approved by Decree No. 475-XIV of 5 March 1999
• Law of Ukraine on Employment of March 1, 1991, No. 803-XII (published in "Visnyk Verkhovnoyi Rady" (VVR), 1991, No.14, p.170)
• Government Programmes in Ukraine

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 

• Prevention of Domestic Violence Act, Vidomosti Verkhovnoi Rady, 2002, No. 10, Item 70, 15 November 2001 (Ukrainian) (English)
• On the Procedure for Consideration and Review of Reports of Acts or Threats of Domestic Violence, Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 616, 26 April 2003, Uriadovyi Kurier No. 86, 14 May 2003 (Ukrainian)
• On the Procedure for Placement of Perpetrators of Domestic Violence on Preventive Record, Decree of the Ministry of Internal Affairs No. z0380-02, 22 April 2002, Ofitsiynyi Visnyk Ukrajiny, 10 May 2002, No. 17, Page 268, Item 918 (Ukrainian)
• Statute No. 759-IV, 15 May 2003, Vidomosti Verkhovnoi Rady Ukrainy, 25 July 2003, No. 30, Item 244; Code of Administrative Violations (Section 173-2) (Ukrainian)
• Procedures for Social Inspection of Living Conditions of Children in Troubled Familes, Department of Youth and Family Affairs, No. 11, 4 February 2002, Ofitsiynyi Visnyk Ukrajiny, 19 April 2002, No. 14, Page 418, Item 781 (Ukrainian)
• Regulation of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine on Medical Determination of Gravity of Bodily Injuries, No. 6, 17 January 1995 (Ukrainian)
• Guidelines of the Supreme Court on the Application of Housing Legislation, No. 0004700-01, 26 May 2001 (Ukrainian)
• Housing Code of Ukraine (Ukrainian)
• Citizen's Petition Act, Statute No. 393/96-VR, 2 October 1996, as amended on 13 May 1999 and 20 November 2003, Vidomosti Verkhovnoi Rady, 1991, No. 47, Item 256 (Ukrainian)

SEXUAL ASSAULT

• Guidelines of the Supreme Court of Ukraine on Application of Legislation on Rape, No. 4, 27 March 1992 (Ukrainian)

SEXUAL HARASSMENT

TRAFFICKING IN WOMEN 

• Criminal Code of Ukraine 2001 (Article 149) (Articles 331-32)
• Model Rules of Organization and Operation of Centers of Rehabilitation for Victims of Trafficking in People, Decree No. 987, 27 June 2003, Ofitsiynyi Visnyk Ukrajiny, 18 July 2003, No. 27, Page 67, Item 1324 (Ukrainian)
• Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on the Interdepartmental Commission for Combating Trafficking in People, No. 1961-2002-P, 25 December 2002, Ofitsiynyi Visnyk Ukrajiny, 10 January 2003, No. 52, Page 108, Item 2381 (Ukrainian)
• Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, No. 766, 5 June 2002, Ofitsiynyi Visnyk Ukrajiny, 21 June 2002, No. 23, Page 92, Item 1123 (Ukrainian)

NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION

• Reply to the 1998 Questionnaire on the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action (Russian) (PDF, 12 pages)
• Reply to the Questionnaire of the U.N. Secretariat on the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action Adopted by the Fourth World Conference on the Status of Women (Beijing, 1995), and the Final Documents of the 23rd Session of the U.N. General Assembly (New York, 2000) (Russian) (PDF, 12 pages)