PACE has adopted two resolution on the situation in Ukraine.

The delegates said that Russia must guarantee the human rights of all inhabitants of Crimea and of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk, territories where it exercises de facto control.

In a resolution on legal remedies for human rights violations on Ukrainian territories outside Ukraine’s control, based on a report by Marieluise Beck (Germany, ALDE), PACE urged Russia to restore, in particular, the historical rights of the Crimean Tatar people and “enable the re-establishment of the rule of law in the whole of eastern Ukraine”.

The Assembly also called on the Ukrainian authorities to make easier the daily life of the inhabitants of territories outside their control and displaced persons, by reducing administrative burdens and adequately equipping courts.

PACE also welcomed the activities of the Joint Investigation Team into the downing of flight MH17 in Donbas, and took note of its preliminary findings.

The resolution based on a report by Kristýna Zelienková (Czech Republic, ALDE), called on Russia to “reverse the illegal annexation of Crimea and allow Ukraine to regain control of the peninsula”, to withdraw its troops from the territory of Ukraine and stop military supplies to separatists.

The Assembly warned of the development of a “frozen” or “semi-frozen” conflict, prolonging instability and insecurity in Ukraine and the whole of Europe. Russia’s actions had also undermined progress towards “a strategic partnership with the Russian Federation over the last decades”, it said.

At the same time, the parliamentarians called on Ukraine to speed up implementation of promised reforms. “Only a democratic Ukraine with stable, efficient and accountable institutions, a pluralistic political environment and free media, following through at last on the promises of the Euromaidan to reform a corrupt and oligarchic system, will be a strong and prosperous Ukraine, capable of stopping external aggression and restoring peace,” they said.