PART 2 INTERNATIONAL LEGAL ASPECT OF THE OCCUPATION OF ARC AND THE CITY OF SEVASTOPOL 2.5. International and national structures Regarding the Status of Human Rights in the Crimea 2.5.1. OP ce of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human 48 Rights. ‘Report on the Human Rights Situation in Ukraine’ Date of the report: 15 April 2014. Key + ndings and recommendations regarding the human rights situation in Crimea: The Crimean authorities must denounce the attacks on human rights activists, jour- nalists or representatives of the political opposition and their prosecution; ensure full responsibility for such actions including the arbitrary arrests and detentions, murders, tortures, and abusive treatment through quick, impartial, and e7 cient in- vestigation and legal prosecution. The rights of all minorities and indigenous peo- ples in the Crimea, including the Crimean Tatars, must be ensured. There are seri- ous problems related to activities performed by members of paramilitary groups in Crimea. The report emphasizes that the police must be in charge of the law en- forcement activities. In turn, the Crimean authorities must disarm and disband all illegal armed groups (including self-defense groups). There are deep concerns with respect to violation of civil and political rights of the Crimean inhabitants, including the ones who oppose the recent events, and with respect to the problems of loss of rights by those willing to be considered the citizens of Ukraine. As of April 2014, publication of monthly reports on the human rights situation in 49 Ukraine and Crimea, as of 2015 – quarterly reports . 2.5.2. T he Report of the Human Rights Assessment Mission in Ukraine, Human Rights and Minority Rights Situation (ODIHR HRAM: 6.03 – 01.04.2014; HCNM HRAM: 50 08.03 – 17.04.2014) Publication date: 12 May 2014. Content and recommendations pertaining to the Crimea: The report provides an evaluation of the human rights and ethnic minority rights situation in the period when the missions were active and according to their mandate. The key recom- mendations are addressed to the bodies which eT ectively control Crimea. The rec- ommendations include prioritizing the protection of people and the rights of the 48 http://www.refworld.org/publisher,OHCHR,,,548T 27e4,0.html 49 http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Countries/ENACARegion/Pages/UAReports.aspx 50 http://www.osce.org/odihr/118476?download=true 32