ANNUAL REPORTOF UKRAINIAN PARLIAMENT COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS 98 other mechanisms for the protection of their rights. At the same time, despite the Russian Federation’s efforts to uphold the principles of democracy and the rule of law, personnel held by illegal armed groups are generally deprived of such assistance during detention, sentencing by courts outside Ukraine, and further serving of illegal sentences. Deprivation of the right of 24 Ukrainian Navy personnel to receive one-off financial assistance To provide additional measures to protect military personnel who were captured and released on 7 September 2019, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine adopted Resolution 845 “Certain Issues of Social Support for Persons Who Have Been Illegally Deprived of Personal Liberty” of 11 September 2019. However, during implementation of its provisions, these persons were denied the one-off financial assistance provided for in this Resolution. Namely, 24 Navy personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were deprived of the right to receive such one-time financial assistance. The Commissioner drew the attention of the Prime Minister of Ukraine to the need for strict observance of socio-economic rights. As a result, the one-off cash benefit was paid to all groups of persons provided for in the above-mentioned Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Resolution. Failure of public authorities to take appropriate and sufficient measures to search for missing persons CHAPTER 4 This is a violation of the right of family members to obtain information about the whereabouts of a missing person, the circumstances of his/her death and the place of burial (if known), as well as the right to receive his/her remains. Monitoring of implementation of measures to identify, register, search for and socially protect missing persons and members of their families, provided by the Law of Ukraine 2505-VIII “On the Legal Status of Missing Persons” of 12 July 2018 revealed that after the Law was adopted, the only actions taken were the approval of the composition of the Commission on Persons Missing in Special Circumstances and the adoption of Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Resolution 726 of 14 August 2019 on the “Procedure for Maintaining the Unified Register of Persons Missing in Special Circumstances”. However, the Commission has not started its work as the Government has failed to adopt the relevant regulation; therefore, the Commission cannot perform its functions. The above-mentioned Register has also not been created, as the procedure for its formation, the status of an administrator and so on have not been determined by law. This means that the legally guaranteed rights of missing persons and members of their families can be violated. To settle this legal conflict, the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Social Policy are working on appropriate amendments to the regulations, with input from the Commissioner.