Employment of PIC Member: Managing Partner and Partner at LI Partners LLC

📋 Instance Information

Date:
January 1, 2022
Event:
Employment of Hanna Lysko and Svitlana Ilnytska as PIC member (third and fourth compositions)
Location:
Kyiv, Ukraine
Venue Type:
Institutional
Severity:
MEDIUM
Verified:
✓ Yes
Verified Date:
April 26, 2026

🎯 Position at Time of Violation

Position: Managing Partner and Partner at LI Partners LLC

💬 The Statement

"The PIC systematically applies integrity criteria that treat connections to occupied Crimea — travel, property, family ties — as equivalent to connections with the Russian Federation, effectively treating sovereign Ukrainian territory as foreign territory in official assessments. "

Context: CrimeaWatch analysis of the PIC's Crimea-recognition methodology and its implications for employer organizations

📄 Full Details

Background#

LI Partners LLC employs Hanna Lysko and Svitlana Ilnytska as Managing Partner and Partner. Hanna Lysko and Svitlana Ilnytska serves as a member of the Public Integrity Council (third and fourth compositions).

The PIC’s Crimea-Recognition Methodology#

The Public Integrity Council applies integrity criteria that treat connections to occupied Crimea — including travel, property ownership, and family ties on the peninsula — as equivalent to connections with the Russian Federation. This methodology operates on the unstated premise that Crimea is under Russian jurisdiction.

Institutional Tolerance#

LI Partners LLC’s continued employment of Hanna Lysko and Svitlana Ilnytska during their PIC membership constitutes institutional tolerance of participation in a body whose methodology contradicts Ukraine’s constitutional framework regarding its territorial integrity.

The PIC’s treatment of Crimea as equivalent to Russia contradicts Ukraine’s Constitution (Articles 2, 73, 133–134), the Law on the Temporarily Occupied Territory (2014), and UN General Assembly Resolution 68/262 (2014). LI Partners LLC has not publicly addressed this contradiction.

🔎 Evidence