As he had announced, Michael O’Flaherty, the Council of Europe’s new Commissioner for Human Rights, devoted his first visit to Ukraine, which is facing an “existential threat” that represents “at the same time the supreme challenge for the entire values-based human rights system on our continent”.
He visited Ukraine from 23 to 25 April and published his report on 26 April.
The Commissioner paid particular attention to the situation of children, those who have been displaced to...