Public Organization "Public Advocacy"
Budget
€2,000
EP Access
1
accredited persons
Staff
3
0.7 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
NGO «Public Advocacy» is a non-governmental organization in special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council. Our commitment to human rights promotion and advocacy is facilitated by the possession of special consultative status with the UN ECOSOC that entitles us to actively participate in the operations of the UN Human Rights Council using the whole range of available bodies and mechanisms. We also operate at other strategic international venues that have assumed the responsibility to ensure human rights protection and the rule of law worldwide. By engaging with such organizations as the Organization of Security and Cooperation, the European Parliament, the Council of Europe, we strive to ensure that the rights and interests of religious communities are not ignored but rather shape the decision-making policy around the world. By virtue of our legal expertise, we monitor the observance of the rights of Orthodox Christian communities and also refug (...)
EU Legislative Interests
Association Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part Council Directive 2001/55/EC of 20 July 2001 on minimum standards for giving temporary protection in the event of a mass influx of displaced persons and on measures promoting a balance of efforts between Member States in receiving such persons and bearing the consequences thereof Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/382 of 4 March 2022 establishing the existence of a mass influx of displaced persons from Ukraine within the meaning of Article 5 of Directive 2001/55/EC, and having the effect of introducing temporary protection Regulation (EU) 2021/241 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 February 2021 establishing the Recovery and Resilience Facility Regulation (EU) 2021/692 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 April 2021 establishing the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme Regulation (EU) 2019/818 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2019 on establishing a framework for interoperability between EU information systems in the field of police and judicial cooperation, asylum and migration, Regulations (EU) 2018/1726, (EU) 2018/1862 and (EU) 2019/816 Regulation (EC) No 1931/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 laying down rules on local border traffic at the external land borders of the Member States and amending the provisions of the Schengen Convention Regulation (EU) 2022/2463 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2022 establishing an instrument for providing support to Ukraine for 2023 (macro-financial assistance +) Regulation (EU) 2024/2773 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 2024 establishing the Ukraine Loan Cooperation Mechanism and providing exceptional macro-financial assistance to Ukraine Regulation (EU) 2024/792 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 February 2024 establishing the Ukraine Facility PE/10/2024/REV/1
Communication Activities
Contribution to the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights ‘ Fundamental Rights Report, published in 2024 Contribution to the FRA Survey on Anti-Semitism, communication with Sirpa Rautio, Director of FRA. Event regarding EU regulations on Ukraine during 57 UNHRC session in Geneva. Meetings with MEP's regarding issues with religious freedoms in Ukraine. Campaigns for protecting religious freedom in EU.
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
Public Organization "Public Advocacy" has consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council https://esango.un.org/civilsociety/withOutLogin.do?method=getOrgsByTypesCode&orgTypeCode=6&orgTypName=Non-governmental%20organization&ngoFlag=
Organisation Members
The organisation is a member of network "Human rights alliance “Church Against Xenophobia and Discrimination”: https://www.churchagainsthate.org Our organisation has partnerships with organisations such as UN Economic and Social Council (consultative status since 2017) Kyiv Metropolitan Church of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church https://news.church.ua/?lang=en Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East https://www.antiochpatriarchate.org/ Jerusalem Patriarchate https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/patriarchs-office/ Metropolitan Church of Montenegro and Primorje of the Serbian Orthodox Church: https://mitropolija.com/ Holy Dormition Kievo-Pechersk Lavra https://lavra.ua/ Svyato-Uspenska Pochayiv Lavra http://pochaevlavra.org/ Members of Public Organization "Public Advocacy": Oleh Denysov, Natalia Denysova
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.