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Parliamentary question - E-001800/2017Parliamentary question
E-001800/2017

Follow-up question on rights of children in Ukraine

Question for written answer E-001800-17
to the Commission
Rule 130
Dennis de Jong (GUE/NGL)

In its answer of 1 August 2016 to Written Question E-006188/2016 on rights of children in Ukraine, the Commission stated that Ukraine aims to join the Hague Adoption Convention at the end of 2016 or in the course of 2017, and that the EU continues to monitor the implementation of the Ukrainian Government’s human rights strategy and related action plan.

1. Is the Commission prepared to exert pressure on Ukraine so that its aim to join the Hague Adoption Convention before the end of 2017 can be made a reality, thus counteracting the semi-legal and illegal activities of adoption agencies in Ukraine?

2. What concrete form is the EU’s monitoring of the implementation of the Ukrainian Government’s human rights strategy and related action plan taking, and what measures will be taken by the EU if it appears that the strategy or the action plan are not being correctly implemented and the rights of children are being disregarded?