ANNUAL REPORTOF UKRAINIAN PARLIAMENT COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS 110 110 RECOMMENDATIONS To the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine – expedite consideration and adoption of draft Law of Ukraine 2083-d “On Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine Concerning the Exercise of the Right to Pension” of 26 November 2019. To the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine: 1. Develop and submit for consideration to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine a draft law on social protection of civilians affected by armed conflict. 2. Develop and submit for consideration to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine a draft law on the regulation of legal status and social protection of persons illegally detained as a result of the armed aggression against Ukraine, as well as members of their families. 3. Develop and submit to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine a draft law on regulations for obtaining legal status of persons who have gone missing in special circumstances and persons who have disappeared in the temporarily occupied territories. 4. Develop and submit to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine a draft law on amendments to the State Budget of Ukraine for 2020, providing for expenditures to ensure observance of the rights and interests of persons missing in special circumstances and social protection for their families, and include the respective expenses in the budgets for the following years. 5. Develop and approve lists of social services to be provided to persons deprived of their liberty as a result of the armed aggression against Ukraine, as well as to members of their families. 6. Develop and approve Regulations on the Commission on Persons Mission in Special Circumstances and ensure its operation. CHAPTER 5 7. Develop and approve a procedure for making social payments to internally displaced persons for earlier periods, providing a mechanism for making such payments in accordance with court decisions. 8. Develop and approve a procedure for payment of pensions and other social benefits to citizens of Ukraine living in the temporarily occupied territories or in settlements on the ‘contact line’. 9. Take measures to shape appropriate conditions for the provision of necessary health care and psychological rehabilitation to civilians affected by armed conflict. To the Ministry of Veterans, Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons of Ukraine – ensure the establishment of a State Register of civilians affected by armed conflict. To the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine – develop and provide explanations to state oblast administrations on the procedure for establishing reasonable facts of absence of a person for a certain period of time at the place of residence, in accordance with Law of Ukraine 1706-VII “On Ensuring the Rights and Freedoms of Internally Displaced Persons” of 10 October 2014.