ROUNDTABLE “VIOLATION OF THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION IN THE STATE LANGUAGE IN THE OCCUPIED CRIMEA”

On January 14, 2025, Ukrinform hosted a roundtable discussion “Violation of the right to education in the state language in the occupied Crimea”. The public discussion was attended by representatives of the authorities, academia and the Ukrainian public. Among the speakers were Andriy Shchekun (representative of the Crimean Ukrainian Council, coordinator of the Humanitarian Policy group of the Crimean Platform expert network), Taras Kremin (Commissioner for the Protection of the State Language), Margarita Sokorenko (Commissioner for the European Court of Human Rights), Denys Chystikov (Deputy Permanent Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea), Klyment (Kushch) (Metropolitan of Simferopol and Crimea of the OCU, Head of the Orthodox Mission to Assist Victims of Human Rights Violations and Persons Deprived of their Liberty) and others.
During the event, representatives of the public and law enforcement agencies informed about the facts of criminal actions of the aggressor country, the Russian Federation, in the field of education in the temporarily occupied territory of Ukrainian Crimea. Information was presented on criminal proceedings for unlawful actions that violate the right to education, as well as materials on monitoring the criminal activities of “officials” of the so-called “Ministry of Education, Science and Youth of the Republic of Crimea”.

During the round table

Information was made public about criminal proceedings on unlawful actions that violate the right to education, as well as materials on monitoring the criminal activities of “officials” of the so-called “Ministry of Education, Science and Youth of the Republic of Crimea”. The participants of the event discussed possible further steps of Ukraine in the context of the implementation of the judgments of the International Court of Justice of January 31, 2024 and the European Court of Human Rights of June 25, 2024.

Pavlo Gai-Nyzhnyk

Pavlo Gai-Nyzhnyk, Leading Research Fellow at the Department of Political Culture and Ideology of the Institute, Doctor of Historical Sciences, took part in the roundtable. In his speech, he emphasized the need to create a humanitarian and educational front in the temporarily occupied Crimea, which would include the use of the latest technologies to influence cyberspace and the Internet.
The event also included a presentation of the book “Formation of the Modern National Consciousness of Ukrainians in Crimea: Tendencies, Prospects and Assimilation Threats (Late XIX – Early XXI Centuries), compiled, edited and co-authored by Pavlo Hai-Nyzhnyk, a leading researcher at the Institute, Doctor of Historical Sciences.