Both in Europe and around the world, 2017 has been another difficult year for the protection of human rights. Examples of the increased pressure on the European human rights system are apparent: the attack on the independence of the judiciary in Poland, which was responded to by the first time initiation of the rule of law procedure by the European Commission, the increasing human rights issues arising from European migration policy, Russia’s suspension of its financial contribution to the Council of Europe and Turkey’s lowering, its contribution, and the difficulties in appointing key human rights positions in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
Split into its customary four parts and complemented by book reviews of recent publications on human rights in Europe, the tenth volume of the European Yearbook on Human Rights brings together renowned scholars to analyse some of the most pressing and topical human rights issues being faced in Europe today.

Amongst these is Monika Mayrhofer’s contribution on “The Role of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights in the Field of Equality and Non-Discrimination”, based on her participation in the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Fundamental and Human Rights (LBI-GMR)’s Twinning project “Strengthening the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights“. This article contains a general introduction of the institution and its mandate, an outline the national equality legislation in Ukraine and an analysis of the role of the Commissioner as an equality body.

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Editors: Nowak, Manfred; Lukas, Karin; Benedek, Wolfgang; Czech, Philip; Heschl, Lisa