this world.” On 31 May 2022, the Verkhovna Rada voted to dismiss her, using the provisions of Ukraine's Martial law, for failing to facilitate humanitarian corridors in warzones, to prevent Ukrainians under Russian occupation from being deported to Russia, and to facilitate the protection and exchange of prisoners of war. The deputy chairman of the Rada regulatory committee said that Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk had had to take on most of the wartime human rights issues. An open letter from 140 activists, media professionals and lawyers criticized the rhetoric of her reports about sexual crimes by Russian forces just before her dismissal. Some NGOs and human rights activists, including Opora, questioned the legality of her removal. The Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) and the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) both criticised the procedure followed for dismissing Denisova, with HRMMU describing the dismissal as "violat[ing] international standards". , a replacement had not been appointed. In June, Ukrainska Pravda published a report alleging that journalists and the Ukrainian Prosecutor’s Office had only been able to verify some of the rapes Denisova had spoken about publicly. Additionally, the deputy chairman of Ukraine's parliament regulatory committee Pavlo Frolov, said that Denisova's focus on reporting some unverified crimes had harmed Ukraine's reputation and distracted media attention from proven crimes and problems. Notes References External links Ministry of Social Policy 1960 births Living people Politicians from Arkhangelsk Saint Petersburg State University alumni Ukrainian women lawyers Women government ministers of Ukraine Ukrainian people of Russian descent All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" politicians People's Front (Ukraine) politicians Social policy ministers of Ukraine Labor and social policy ministers of Ukraine People of the Euromaidan Eighth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada 21st-century Ukrainian women politicians Ombudsmen in Ukraine Women members of the Verkhovna Rada