Chapter 1. Observing social rights To the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine: 1. To draft and submit to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine the draft laws on ratification of the Agreement between Ukraine and the State of Israel on social security and the Agreement between Ukraine and the Federal Republic of Germany on social security. 2. To draft and submit for consideration of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine the draft law on guardianship and custody of incapacitated adults and persons with limited civil capacity. 3. To develop and approve the procedure for calculating compensation for late enforcement of court decisions. 4. To ensure an unbiased definition of the basic state standard of living wage setting it at the level not lower than the actual one, and remove the indicator “level of subsistence minimum” used in the provision of state social benefits. 5. To improve the PAYG pension system by: • adequate differentiation of the amount of the pension depending on the length of service and salary; • reviewing the mechanism for calculating pensions for employed pensioners; • addressing issue of including the period of work for which the insurance/single social contribution has not been paid due to a fault of the employer in the length of service insurance; • regulation of the issue of pension provision for persons who were employed at special positions. 6. To address the issue of payment of pensions to pensioners during their permanent residence abroad, if Ukraine has not concluded an international pension agreement with the respective state. 7. To take appropriate measures to comply with the ECtHR judgment of 12.10.2017 in case #46852/13 Burmych et al. v. Ukraine. 8. When developing the State Budget for the respective year, provide for a sufficient amount of expenditures for the execution of programmes of debt settlements by court decisions. 9. To review the mechanism for repayment of court pension arrears determined by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of #649 of 22 August 2018 “Issue of Repayment of Pension Arrears upon Court Decisions” and to settle the issue of repayment of arrears to heirs in case of death of direct recipients. 10. To ensure the enforcement of judgments of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine #6-r/2018 of 17 July 2018 and # 12-r/2018 of 18 December 2018. 11. To provide in the State Budget the amount of expenditures for the implementation of programmes related to social protection of citizens at the level necessary for timely payments and provision of statutory guarantees. 12. To address systemic issues around housing subsidies by reviewing the provisions containing adverse consequences for citizens in exercising their right to receive a housing subsidy. CHAPTER 1 RECOMMENDATIONS 33 33