1. Status and Purpose of Materials

All materials published on this resource represent analytical studies and monitoring reports of the Center for Legal Norms of Ukraine, dedicated to issues of discrimination, legal conflicts, and the consequences of Ukrainian legislation for the realization of the collective rights of peoples.

The publications are exclusively informational, human rights–oriented, and educational in nature and do not contain any calls for unlawful actions.

The purpose of the project is to document and analyze discriminatory practices in legislative, media, and public spheres, as well as to identify legal contradictions that affect the realization of the rights of peoples and their international legal protection, in the context of the absence of broad professional discussion of these issues (“legal silence”).

2. Principle of Non-Discrimination

The editorial board of the site categorically rejects and strongly condemns any manifestations of racism, antisemitism, xenophobia, ethnic or religious hatred, chauvinism, as well as any forms of discrimination and propaganda of superiority.

The project is based on the fundamental principle of equal and inalienable dignity and rights of all peoples and ethnocultural groups without exception.

We consistently uphold the rule of law and demand equal legal protection for all communities, as well as the inadmissibility of any forms of collective punishment or the deprivation of a people of its legal subjectivity.

3. Response to Potential Accusations of Extremism

Any attempts to characterize the published materials as nationalist, Nazi, extremist, or inciting hatred are legally and factually unfounded and are regarded as actions in bad faith aimed at discrediting human rights activities.

Nationalism, in its discredited sense, implies a demand for exclusive privileges for one group.

Nazism is the ideology of racial or ethnic superiority and exclusivity.

The demand for respect and protection of fundamental rights for all groups, including the titular nation, within democratic procedures and the rule of law cannot be classified as nationalism or Nazism.

This constitutes the implementation of universal human rights principles.

4. Methodological and Legal Basis

All analyses are prepared on the basis of open sources, official texts of Ukrainian legislative acts, and international law.

The publications are prepared by independent authors — representatives of ethno-cultural groups who are not professional lawyers — and represent a form of lawful legal self-defense and public oversight.

This activity is justified by the following international legal norms:

Articles 1, 2, 19, and 20 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966).

Article 1 guarantees the right of peoples to self-determination and to freely dispose of their resources.

Article 19 guarantees the freedom to seek, receive, and impart information and freedom of expression.

Article 20 prohibits war propaganda and incitement to national or racial hatred.

These norms directly confirm the legality of analyzing legislation and its consequences, as well as the right to publish criticism, provided it does not constitute incitement to hatred.

Articles 1 and 2 of the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948).

They impose on states the obligation to prevent and punish acts committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group.

Reference to these articles justifies the need to document signs of discrimination and to prevent their escalation.

Article 7 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (1998).

It defines crimes against humanity, including persecution on ethnic, cultural, or religious grounds, deportations, and other acts of systematic violence.

This norm is used to analyze how legal constructions can create conditions for mass violations.

Article 51 of the UN Charter.

It recognizes the inherent right to individual and collective self-defense in the event of armed attack.

Here it refers to the right of communities to defend their subjectivity and identity through non-violent means, including legal self-defense.

Article 17 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948).

It guarantees the right to own property individually and collectively and protection against arbitrary deprivation.

This article is relevant when analyzing restrictions on cultural, linguistic, and religious rights and related issues of property and heritage.

The Preamble and Articles 1, 2, and 55 of the UN Charter.

They enshrine the principles of equality and self-determination of peoples, respect for human rights, and fundamental freedoms for all.

These norms provide the basis for affirming the legitimacy of a human rights initiative as part of the collective right of a people.

The European Convention on Human Rights (1950), Articles 10, 14, and 17.

Article 10 guarantees freedom of expression.

Article 14 enshrines the principle of non-discrimination.

Article 17 prohibits the abuse of rights to the detriment of other rights and freedoms.

These provisions set the framework for permissible criticism and legal analysis in a democratic context.

5. Position Regarding Russian Aggression

The editorial team of the site, in categorical and unequivocal terms, condemns the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, the illegal occupation of Ukrainian territories, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and acts of state terrorism committed by Russian forces.

The Russian Federation and its representatives have no moral or legal grounds to use the materials of this site for their propaganda, military, or justificatory purposes.

Any such attempts are cynical manipulation and deliberate distortion of the meaning of the publications.

6. Principles of Working with Content

Dynamism and openness: all materials are of a dynamic nature.

Texts are clarified, edited, and updated as new documents, facts, testimonies, and reasoned criticism become available.

All significant changes are recorded and published openly in the interests of maximum transparency and objectivity.

Professional critique: the editorial team welcomes and invites constructive dialogue with lawyers, attorneys, human rights defenders, researchers, and all interested experts.

All well-founded comments pointing out factual or interpretive errors will be carefully examined, and, if confirmed, the materials will be promptly corrected.

In the case of serious errors, official retractions and apologies may be published.

Use of AI: some materials and translations are processed through artificial intelligence systems and API interfaces that automatically introduce corrections or interpretations based on the analysis of texts, open sources, and discussions.

This means that even original texts in Russian or Ukrainian may contain machine-generated interpretations that do not always accurately reflect the authors’ intent.

The editorial team does not exclude the possibility of such errors and undertakes to correct them promptly when identified.

In the event of any discrepancies or disputes, the original Russian-language version of the material, after human review, takes precedence.

7. Final Provision

Until the receipt of substantial, reasoned, and public professional legal criticism that refutes the conclusions on the merits, all publications on this resource are considered a good-faith contribution to the development of an open civil society and public legal discussion.

They are aimed exclusively at overcoming legal conflicts, institutionalized inequality, and at protecting the universal principles of human rights, the rule of law, and international legal protection.