Yesterday, the Mission hosted a presentation of the pilot project “Community Prosecutor: The Concept of Cooperation Between Prosecutor’s Offices and Communities.” This initiative, spearheaded by the Prosecutor General’s Office and implemented through the Prosecutor’s Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, focuses on fostering partnerships between prosecutors, police, local authorities, public and non-governmental organizations, and other stakeholders. The goal is to enhance community interaction to ensure prompt and appropriate responses to requests for justice, protection of interests, and security.

The event was attended by Permanent Representative Tamila Tasheva and Deputy Permanent Representative Olha Kuryshko, alongside representatives from the Office of the Prosecutor General, the Office of the Prosecutor of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol, the European Union Advisory Mission, the National Police of Ukraine, the Security Service of Ukraine, and civil society organizations.

In her opening remarks, the Permanent Representative expressed gratitude to the Prosecutor General’s Office for selecting Crimea as one of the first regions in Ukraine to implement this project. She highlighted the project’s significance in Crimea as a crucial step for the Ukrainian state following the de-occupation of the peninsula.

“We are confident that this project can become one of the tools to ensure stability in the region after de-occupation and establish communication between law enforcement agencies, local authorities, and the population of the de-occupied territories. One of the conditions for the successful implementation of the policy of reintegration of the temporarily occupied territories is to ensure security, restore the activities of state, local, and law enforcement bodies, as well as to ensure justice in the liberated territories,” emphasized the Permanent Representative.