INTRODUCTION DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS REFORM IN UKRAINE: CHANGE FOR THE BETTER OR AN IMITATION ­OF PROGRESS? Svitlana Balyuk, Nataliya Klauning, Lyudmyla Chetvertukhina, Maria Koval-Honchar April 2020 Ò There is demand for systemic reform in Ukrainian society. The majority of citizens believe that these changes must be initiated by the country’s leadership, primarily by the president. Ò Healthcare reform, police reform and decentralisation are the most widely known reforms launched since the Revolution of Dignity. Some 82.9%, 72.2% and 61.8% of the population have heard about them. However, only 15.3%, 20.6% and 32.6%, respective­ly have had a positive experience with the results of these reforms Ò Most citizens consider compromise for the sake of peace and the settlement of the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine unacceptable. Citizens are of the opinion that the most undesirable de­velopments for Ukraine would include the recognition of Crimea as Russian territory, the transfer of control of Ukraine’s gas transportation to Russia and a full amnesty for militants in the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics(DPR and LPR). 1