Chapter 4. Observing the rights of military personnel, police officers, retired military service personnel, veterans and their family members RECOMMENDATIONS 99 99 To the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine – develop and submit to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine a draft law amending the Law of Ukraine 2505-VIII “On Legal Status of Missing Persons” of 12 July 2018 on the functioning of the Commission on Persons Missing in Special Circumstances, and creation and maintenance of the Unified Register of Persons Missing in Special Circumstances. To the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine – strengthen implementation of the measures provided by law for social protection of military personnel released from illegal detention/captivity, their psychological rehabilitation, and provision of appropriate healthcare. 4.3. Gender issues in the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations and law enforcement agencies During monitoring visits and interviews with personnel of military units, units of the National Police of Ukraine, the State Border Guard Service and other agencies, the Commissioner learned of systematic violations of gender equality, which are ignored by the commanders of military units. Of particular importance are reports of sexual harassment and gender-based violence, which indicate conditions inducive to the violation of a person’s right to sexual freedom and sexual integrity. Example In December 2018, Lieutenant S. submitted a written complaint to the territorial division of the Military Law Enforcement Service in the Armed Forces of Ukraine stating that that Colonel I., the commander of the military unit where she served, was coercing her to have sex with him. An inspection conducted by the Military Law Enforcement Service of the Armed Forces of Ukraine failed to establish that the conduct of the commander of the military unit was illegal. To protect Lieutenant S. against possible negative consequences, she was transferred to another military unit in January 2019. However, she later resigned from military service in the Armed Forces. According to the results of an in-house inspection for compliance with the position and the recommendation of the attestation commission, Colonel I. was transferred to another military unit. CHAPTER 4 To the Ministry of Veterans, Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons of Ukraine as the inter-agency coordinator of interaction of relevant public authorities – implement Cabinet of Ministers Resolution 1122 “Certain Issues of Social and Legal Protection of Persons Deprived of Liberty Due to Armed Aggression against Ukraine, after Their Release” of 11 December 2019 on providing free legal aid, psychological rehabilitation to released persons, and social and/or professional adaptation support to persons deprived of liberty as a result of armed aggression against Ukraine, after their release.