Page 2 - Empowerment and Protection - Ukraine Chapter

Interviews with residents of Kyiv and Simferopol in late 2013 revealed widespread mistrust of the police and lack of protection from state authorities, leading many Ukrainians to rely on personal connections or themselves for security. Public outcry through the media and advocacy were seen as main sources to inluence government authorities. The lack of accountability and transparency of the authorities, particularly among the police, were some of the chronic issues that fuelled the mass Euromaidan protests in late 2013. These events have since been overtaken by the ousting of President Yanukovych, the Russian annexation of Crimea, and a pro-Russian armed insurgency in eastern Ukraine. While this conlict has brought human security concerns to another level, this chapter points to underlying structural issues which are important for Ukraine's domestic agenda.
POPULATION
45.49 MILLION (WORLD BANK 2014A)
ETHNIC GROUPS
77.8% Ukrainian
17.3% Russian
0.6% Belarusian
0.5% Moldovan
0.5% Crimean 0.5% Tatar
0.4%, Bulgarian 0.3% Hungarian 2.6% Other
(2001 CENSUS, GLOBAL EDGE)
The State and Human Security in Ukraine
=10.000.000
Alexander Bogomolov | Iryna Brunova-Kalisteska | Victor Pushkar | Serge Danylov | Association of Middle East Studies (AMES)
GLOBAL PEACE INDEX 2014
141 162
(IEP 2014A)
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX 2013
83 187
UKRAINE
(UNDP 2014)
29