More than three years after the start of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, which began on 24 February 2022, the fourth edition of a report on the work of the nine European agencies of the Justice and Home Affairs Agencies Network (JHAAN) in support of Ukraine was published on Friday 2 May.
Coordinated by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), the document sets out the European Union’s commitment to cooperation, security and solidarity.
For the JHAAN network, the aim is to present an assessment of the actions undertaken between February 2024 and February 2025 in response to the humanitarian, security and legal consequences of the war in Ukraine.
This is evidenced by the implementation of joint projects, such as the TOPCOP programme run by CEPOL and Europol to strengthen Ukrainian law enforcement agencies and respond to organised crime.
Continued support for investigations into war crimes by Eurojust and Europol, through the development of the CICED database, appears to be a major lever for action. Similarly, eu-LISA is preparing, for the end of the year, the entry into operation of the JITs CP platform to support the secure exchange of evidence.
On the ground, the European agencies have made it possible to implement the Temporary Protection Directive and to identify border difficulties, on which Frontex and the FRA have acted together.
Similarly, the harmonisation of gender and governance standards with the Ukrainian authorities is the result of the work of the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE). The FRA, for its part, led an investigation into the violence suffered by refugee women.
The document shows that the EU’s response to the war is not limited to diplomatic and economic instruments, but also involves cooperation, both technical and human, from its specialised agencies.
Read the report: https://aeur.eu/f/gop (Original version in French by Nithya Paquiry)