Well - following on from this post a few days ago, we have this announcement from Ukraine. How transparent and auditable this will be remains to be seen - I suspect it is will incredibly opaque unfortunately. One is also reminded that “prevention is better than cure” as the saying goes - the problem with [...]

Before I begin, I should make a declaration of (previous) interest. No - I am not and never have been a sex worker in Ukraine! I did, however, spend 8 years dealing with the issue of prostitution and all the surrounding issues in the 1990′s in the UK.  Over such a period of time, and [...]

Smart readers will recall I wrote this at the beginning of November relating to “Who’s in and who’s out?” - It was aimed specifically at Valery Khoroshkhovsky and Poroshenko. By 16th December, Khoroshkhovsky resigned from the Ukrainian government as I had predicted, citing the returning of Mykola Azarov to the position of Prime Minister as the reason. [...]

Sometimes what a nation signs up to has unintended consequences.  Particularly so when it comes to the ever expanding arena of human rights.  Human rights seems to be on a mission creep, or necessary expansion depending upon your point of view, unlike almost any other area of national and international law. An example being the [...]