Draft bill #11123 of March 25, 2024
Sponsor: the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
Status: sent for review to the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada on Social Policy and Veterans’ Rights Protection
Who is affected: war veterans, their family members (as of August 1, 2023, over 900 thousand people), and war veterans public associations
Summary:
- the bill introduces a legal definition of “war veterans public associations” as non-profit public organizations and unions that are registered in accordance with the law and established to protect the rights and freedoms, satisfying the public, economic, social, cultural, and other interests of war veterans, family members of deceased veterans, and defenders of Ukraine
- it will be allowed to use the adjective “veteran” in the title of a public association to emphasize its status.
What is right: the bill provides a clear definition of a war veterans public association
What is wrong: the bill does not offer mechanisms for improving policy on veterans’ affairs
Alternative solution: the state has to develop and implement a comprehensive and effective policy on veterans’ affairs
Additional information:
- article by Yuliia Pietsko: No place for veterans? How the state policy on veterans in Ukraine should look like.
- Points Considered podcast: (Un)protected defenders: how does the state care for the military, and what is wrong with the Ministry of Veterans Affairs?