INTERNATIONAL LEGAL ASPECT OF THE OCCUPATION OF ARC AND THE CITY OF SEVASTOPOL PART 2 minorities; taking of prompt measures to ensure safety and security of all ethnic and vulnerable groups of the Crimea; guaranteeing the right to reside in the Crime- an territory to all the citizens, including foreign nationals and persons without citi- zenship who have the respective permits issued in accord with the laws of Ukraine; ensuring that all Crimean residents have access to their rights based on valid iden- tiR cation documents (including Ukrainian passports); secure unimpeded access of the international and internal observers to control observance of the human rights and the rights of minorities on the peninsula. 2.5.3. The Report by Nils Muižnieks, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe. Following his mission in 51 Kyiv, Moscow and the Crimea Publication date: 27 October 2014. Content: The report contains key facts following the visit of the Commissioner and his delegation to Kyiv, Moscow, and Crimea, as well as the collection of facts on the human rights situation in Crimea, including but not limited to the information on serious violations of human rights (kidnappings, death under suspicious circum- stances), on minority rights, on the freedom of speech and mass media, on the sta- tus of ‘self-defense’ groups, situation of human rights activists and organizations, citizenship issues etc. 2.5.4. Report of the Human Rights Ombudsman in the Republic of 52 Crimea in 2014 . Preparation date: 19 January 2015. Key + ndings: The analysis of the situation with human rights and freedoms in the Republic of Crimea from August to December 2014 allowed the ombudsman to make a conclusion that ‘in general, the human rights and freedoms are observed in the republic’. It is noted in the report that the Republic of Crimea is going through a ‘transitional period’ of the integration of the region with an established legal and government system in the system of public institutions of the Russian Federation. This process is characterized by internal contradiction, inequality, is fraught with collisions in terms of the use of laws. This leads to ordinary people getting confused in the variety of the new rules of life which are diT erent from the ones they got used to. Tensions grow in the society, caused, among other things, by impossibility to 51 http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2014_2019/documents/droi/dv/102_muiznieksreport_/ 102_muiznieksreport_en.pdf 52 http://ombudsman.rk.gov.ru/R le/File/UPCHvRK/%D0%95%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0% BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4_%E2%84%961.pdf 33