CrimeaSOS
⚠️ Violation Context
CrimeaSOS delegated Denys Savchenko to the Public Integrity Council’s second composition. His powers as a member ended on 27 January 2019 — sixteen days after the Council adopted the original Indicators of Integrity on 11 January 2019, and twenty-three months before the revised text containing paragraph 1.5 was adopted on 16 December 2020.
This is the shortest recorded involvement of any organization in this registry, and it is stated at that width. CrimeaSOS took part in neither the 2023 nor the 2025 cycle.
This profile does not allege that CrimeaSOS has made any statement recognizing Crimea as Russian territory. It has not — the organization’s entire body of work asserts the opposite. Nor does it allege that its delegate voted for the revised text of paragraph 1.5, which was adopted long after his departure.
Ukrainian Law Violations (applicable through institutional sponsorship):#
- Constitution of Ukraine, Article 2 — Territory of Ukraine is indivisible and inviolable.
- Constitution of Ukraine, Articles 73, 133–134 — Crimea is defined as an integral part of Ukraine.
- Law of Ukraine No. 1207-VII (2014) — Crimea is Ukrainian territory under temporary occupation, not foreign territory.
🏛️ About
CrimeaSOS#
The shortest record in this registry — and the one that most needs stating precisely
CrimeaSOS is a Ukrainian human rights organization that grew out of the volunteer initiative formed in 2014 to help Crimeans displaced by the Russian occupation. It documents human rights violations on the peninsula, supports internally displaced persons, and is among the principal Ukrainian sources on the legal status of occupied Crimea.
It is documented on CrimeaWatch for one act: the delegation of Denys Savchenko to the Public Integrity Council’s second composition, a membership that ended on 27 January 2019.
Why This Profile Exists#
This site publishes the complete registry of organizations that formed the Public Integrity Council. Publishing it in full means recording every organization that appears in the Council’s rosters and in the High Qualification Commission’s decisions — including the entries that are brief, and including the ones whose presence in such a registry is the least expected.
CrimeaSOS is the least expected. An organization founded to defend the rights of people displaced from Crimea, and to insist in law and in public argument that the peninsula remains Ukrainian, delegated a member to the body whose Indicators of Integrity would come to treat a journey to Crimea in the same terms as a journey to the Russian Federation.
The Limits of What Is Recorded#
The record is short and the limits are stated, not implied:
Sixteen days. The PIC adopted its original Indicators of Integrity on 11 January 2019. Denys Savchenko’s powers ended on 27 January 2019. That is the entire overlap between the organization’s delegate and any adopted version of the Indicators.
He was not present for the revision. The text containing paragraph 1.5 in its current form was adopted unanimously on 16 December 2020, twenty-three months after his departure. Neither he nor CrimeaSOS is associated with that vote on this site.
No involvement in either recent cycle. CrimeaSOS appears in neither HQCJ decision No. 40/zp-23 of 27 July 2023 nor No. 138/zp-25 of 21 July 2025.
What is documented, and all that is documented, is that CrimeaSOS was among the organizations that constituted the Council’s second composition, and that its delegate sat on the Council at the moment it first adopted integrity indicators.
What This Profile Does Not Claim#
CrimeaSOS’s published work is unambiguous that Crimea is occupied Ukrainian territory, and nothing on this page suggests otherwise. No statement by the organization recognizing Crimea as Russian territory is documented, and none is alleged.
This profile does not claim that CrimeaSOS shaped, endorsed or defended paragraph 1.5. It records a delegation and its dates.
Readers weighing this entry against the others in the registry should weigh the dates: an organization that delegated in every cycle for a decade and an organization whose delegate served sixteen days into the first adopted text are not making the same record, and this site does not present them as though they were.
Response and Corrections#
CrimeaSOS may submit a response or a correction request to [email protected]. Submissions are assessed against the underlying sources. Where a statement on this page is shown to be inaccurate, incomplete or out of date, the profile is amended and the correction is recorded.
CrimeaWatch does not publish responses verbatim and gives no undertaking to reproduce them. What a verified response changes is the content of this profile.
Summary#
CrimeaSOS is documented on this site as the delegating organization of Denys Savchenko to the Public Integrity Council’s second composition, a membership that ended on 27 January 2019 — sixteen days after the Council adopted its original Indicators of Integrity, and long before the revised text containing paragraph 1.5.
It appears in this registry because the registry of organizations that formed the Council is published in full. Its record is the shortest here, and this page states that plainly rather than leaving the reader to assume more.
ℹ️ What Else We Know
The Participation Record#
| PIC composition | Date | Involvement |
|---|---|---|
| First | 2016 | none |
| Second | 2018 – 27 January 2019 | Denys Savchenko, delegate |
| Third | 2023 | none — the organization did not participate |
| Fourth | 2025 | none — the organization did not participate |
Key Personnel Documented on This Site#
- Denys Savchenko — PIC member (second composition), delegated by CrimeaSOS, until 27 January 2019
👥 Leadership
Head of the organization (per the state register)
📅 Activity Timeline
Public organization 'CrimeaSOS' entered in the state register, EDRPOU 39884344, Kyiv; formed out of the volunteer initiative that supported Crimeans displaced after the 2014 occupation
Denys Savchenko serves as the organization's delegate; his powers end on 27 January 2019
The PIC adopts its Indicators of Integrity while the CrimeaSOS delegate is a member — sixteen days before his departure
The PIC unanimously adopts the revised Indicators containing paragraph 1.5, twenty-three months after the delegate's departure
CrimeaSOS appears in neither HQCJ decision No. 40/zp-23 nor No. 138/zp-25
