Restoring Openness of Parliamentary Committees

A number of civil society organizations and media outlets supported this initiative aimed at increasing transparency in the work of the committees of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. The project was also endorsed by international organizations engaged in the protection of journalists’ rights, including Reporters Without Borders, the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom, and the European Federation of Journalists.

Under conditions of full-scale invasion, some parliamentary committees have been operating in a closed format. Without sources within the law enforcement committee, it would not have become public knowledge that MP-turned-fugitive Artem Dmytruk participated in and voted during an online committee meeting—information that was later reported to the civic initiative Holka.

After the Parliament adopted the law in early 2025, 20 civil society organizations and media outlets called on President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to sign the adopted draft law. Among them were investigative media outlet Slidstvo.Info and the NGO ANTS.