What happened? The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has appointed Dmytro Lubinets to the position of the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights.
Source. This was reported by the Ukrainian MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak.
Details. It is noted that the vote was preceded by an hour-long discussion on this issue.
Lubinets got 250 votes in favor of his candidature.
Until recently, Dmytro Lubinets headed the parliamentary committee on human rights, deoccupation and reintegration of temporarily occupied territories.
Previously. The parliament dismissed Lyudmyla Denisova from the post of human rights ombudsman. The Verkhovna Rada explained that the MPs wanted her dismissal for a number of reasons.