OPORA analyst Olha Snopok presented a study on the impact of Russian cultural policy on Ukraine's temporarily occupied territories and attempts to influence Ukrainian identity on September 26, during the 79th session of the UN General Assembly.

On August 19, 2024, Volodymyr Zelenskyi suggested establishing the Ministry of Unity. According to the President's plan, this institution should "bring back 7.5 million Ukrainians" who left abroad due to Russia's full-scale invasion and still stay there. If the ministry comes to life its team will face a difficult task: in addition to creating the necessary security conditions, they need to take care of housing, jobs, education and medical services for the returnees. If fighting continues, the process could drag on for years. 

Civil Network OPORA (Ukraine), in close cooperation with the Institut für Europäische Politik (Berlin), launch the project “Pathways to Progress: Germany-Ukraine Dialogues on Rule of Law for EU Accession.” The project promotes political dialogue between Kyiv, Berlin, and Brussels on the rule of law and fundamental values in the EU integration process.

According to various estimates, up to 20% of Ukraine's population may now be abroad. However, the Ukrainian state and international institutions that calculate migration publish different data. To systematically receive updates on this information, compare it chronologically, and monitor migration trends, Civil Network OPORA created a dashboard.

we publish our code you can use to check how similar the posts in different Telegram channels or Twitter accounts are. For example, if you feel like a post on a Telegram channel is suspiciously similar to a post on another channel, the code can help you verify how often other posts from those channels overlap. The code could be useful for researchers looking for efficient ways to process big data sets. 

Political rights are designed to enable the participation of citizens in the socio-political life of the country and the management of public affairs. They can be implemented in various forms, such as the engagement in the activities of political parties, participation in elections and referendums, peaceful assemblies, etc. Under special legal regimes, these rights can quite naturally be limited — that is why elections do not take place during martial law. Because of the need to effectively resist the aggressor, it is impossible to ensure compliance with international standards and principles of suffrage instrumental to the democratic elections, and indispensable for the elected government to be considered legitimate.

A number of civil society organizations, including the Civil Network OPORA, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding and Cooperation regarding the prosecution of individuals responsible for committing war crimes.

This is not the first year the OPORA Civil Network has been advocating changes in political finance, as well as engaging in surveys and awareness raising effort in this domain.