The Cabinet of Ministers has approved two more bill as part of the implementation of the national action plan on the liberalization by the European Union of the visa regime for Ukrainian citizens, the media liaisons department of the Ukrainian government's secretariat reported on Monday.
A draft law introducing amendments to some legislative acts of
Ukraine concerning the improvements to the institutional system on the
protection of personal data was approved at a government meeting on
February 11.
The adoption of this bill is aimed at bringing the institutional
system in the sphere of the protection of personal data into line with
the Council of Europe’s Convention for the Protection of Individuals
with regard to the Automatic Processing of Personal Data and its
Additional Protocol.
In particular, these changes are designed to ensure the independence
of the body that will monitor the observance of legislation in the field
of personal data protection.
According to the government’s initiative, which will be submitted for
consideration by parliament, it is proposed that such powers be given
to the Ukrainian parliament’s human rights commissioner.
“In particular, it is proposed to empower the ombudsperson to conduct
scheduled and unscheduled inspections of the owners and managers of
personal data, submit motions ensuring they take steps to removed
identified violations of the law, and provide recommendations in the
sphere of the protection of personal data. According to the bill, the
commissioner will annually prepare and publish a report on the state of
compliance with the law on personal data protection in the country,” the
government’s press service reported.
Under the same bill, the government will propose transferring the
functions of the state registration of personal databases to the State
Registration Service, and the Justice Ministry will continue to serve as
the main body in the system of central executive government agencies,
which ensures the formation and implementation of state policy in the
sphere of personal data protection.
In addition, the Cabinet of Ministers approved a draft law
introducing amendments to some legislative acts of Ukraine on preventing
and combating discrimination in Ukraine.
The document proposes expanding the list of signs discrimination
under which is prohibited in Ukraine, specifying the forms of liability
for discrimination, as well as expanding the powers of the ombudsperson
in this field.
The document proposes amending the Labor Code of Ukraine and ensuring
in the national legislation the equality of labor rights: to work,
remuneration, free choice of profession, occupation and work, training
and further training, retraining, work conditions, unification into
trade unions, etc.
