ANNUAL REPORTOF UKRAINIAN PARLIAMENT COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
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In addition, the Commissioner recommended that the draft Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of
Ukraine “Certain Issues of the Organization of Social Service Provision” to include children in difficult life
circumstances in the list of recipients of social services free of charge, regardless of family income, as
such children may be deprived of the opportunity to receive necessary social services due to financial
situation of their parents.
Also, during the work on the draft Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine “Certain Issues of
Providing a Child at Birth with Baby Package One-time Financial Aid”, the Commissioner recommended
to include foster parents in the list of persons eligible for receiving monetary compensation.
The Commissioner supported the proposal of the Ministry of Social Policy to approve the State Standard of
Social Services for Temporary Recreation of Parents or other Persons Caring for Children with Disabilities.
To take into account the interests of families with such children, simplify the procedure for obtaining such
services, determine individual needs of the child, appropriate comments were sent to the draft order of the
Ministry of Social Policy, and a working meeting with developers of regulations was conducted.
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These proposals of the Commissioner were taken into account by the developers of regulations.
RECOMME NDATIONS
To the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine – to accelerate the adoption of regulations to shape appropriate
conditions for the implementation of the Law of Ukraine “On Social Services” #2671-VIII of 17 January 2019.
To the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine – to take measures to ensure the right to
education for children with special education needs, namely: strengthening awareness-raising on the
benefits of inclusion, ensuring equal, unimpeded (including architectural accessibility) access, training
of teachers to work in inclusive environment.
To the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine:
1. To make changes to the documents required for enrollment of a child in general secondary and preschool
education, and provide that information on vaccination is included in the certificate of health of a child.
2. To strengthen outreach on the need to vaccinate children.
To the Ministry of Health of Ukraine:
1. To develop regulations aimed at providing adequate nutrition in education institutions for children
with various types of food intolerances and/or allergies.
2. To control the provision of children suffering from rare/orphan diseases with medicines and foods at
their place of residence or treatment.
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