The number of reported violations of the right to access public information in Chernivtsi oblast spiked in 2024 — to 148 reports, compared to 37 in 2023 — and dropped slightly (to 128) in 2025. 30 reports have been received in 2026, according to the response by the Parliamentary Human Rights Commissioner’s Secretariat to a query from Alyona Chorna, the Institute of Mass Information representative in Chernivtsi oblast.
The Secretariat also reported that 4 cases were opened under Article 212-3 of the Administrative Offenses Code in 2024, and 1 in 2025. No such cases were registered in 2023 and none yet in 2026.
However, the Secretariat did not provide other requested information, such as what bodies most reports were about, response steps, and reports of possible human rights violations in the course of the draft. The Secretariat explained that they did not possess this information and were not legally obligated to possess it.
At the same time, the Secretariat provided more detailed information in their previous responses to similar queries from IMI. In particular, in 2024, the response listed specific institutions and officials most often featured in administrative protocols for violation of the right to access public information.