Apr 9, 2019 | Comments and statements of the Ombudsman, Media, News
Ukrainian plenipotentiaries do not participate at all in Minsk negotiations. The Ukrainian side has two negotiators – Mrs. Gerashchenko and Mr. Medvedchuk. Mr. Medvedchuk has not attended Minsk negotiations for about a year already. Mrs. Gerashchenko was there two or three times. Some authorized persons are delegated to attend the meetings....
Apr 9, 2019 | Comments and statements of the Ombudsman, Media, News
We basically raise three main issues at the meetings of the Humanitarian Subgroup – the first one is the exchange of “all confirmed for all confirmed”. I reiterate that the Donetsk People’s Republic has long been ready to conduct this exchange, whereas the Ukrainian side neither in writing nor orally provided a response. So, this is the first...
Mar 28, 2019 | Comments and statements of the Ombudsman, News
On 27 March, a new round of negotiations of the Humanitarian Subgroup of the Trilateral Contact group on peaceful settlement in Donbass took place in Minsk. Despite the highlight declarations of the Ukrainian side in media ahead of the Minsk talks, the authorized representatives of Ukraine were absent. Instead, Kiev delegated...
Mar 13, 2019 | Comments and statements of the Ombudsman, News
Today’s negotiations in the Humanitarian Group have been blocked due to the absence of Ukrainian plenipotentiaries. Moreover, the authority of delegates who represented Ukraine has not been duly confirmed as the Ukrainian side failed to provide the corresponding note prior to the meeting. The coordinator of the Subgroup Tony Frisch had to suspend...
Mar 1, 2019 | Comments and statements of the Ombudsman, Detention, News
The lack of professionalism of the official representative of Ukraine in the Humanitarian Subgroup has gone beyond limits. This person systematically ignores the meetings. She provides distorted information, which misleads Ukrainian people about the situation with the negotiation process. Her behaviour once again confirms that the Ukrainian side...
Feb 27, 2019 | Comments and statements of the Ombudsman, Detention, News
A new round of negotiations of the Humanitarian Subgroup of the Trilateral Contact Group on peaceful settlement in Donbass took place in Minsk. At the first half of the meeting, Ukrainian representatives almost immediately blocked discussion of all issues on the agenda. The Ukrainian side again refused to provide their official position on three...
Feb 26, 2019 | Comments and statements of the Ombudsman, Events, News
The Donetsk People’s Republic started to search for missing persons unilaterally, said DPR Ombudsman Daria Morozova to journalists. Earlier, DPR Ombudsman had repeatedly stated that the search for missing persons is necessary. It is a standing item on the agenda of the Humanitarian Subgroup in Minsk. A mechanism for this procedure has been...
Feb 20, 2019 | Comments and statements of the Ombudsman, Media, News
Human Rights Ombudsman Daria Morozova, in an interview with a correspondent of the DPR official website, spoke on the progress of the negotiation process regarding the signing of the declaration prohibiting torture and violence against persons detained in Ukraine and in the Republic. “There are UN reports on the human rights situation in the...
The Humanitarian Subgroup of the Trilateral Contact Group began a new round of negotiations in Minsk. At the today’s meeting, the issues of the second stage of the prisoner exchange under formula “all confirmed for all confirmed” and returning identity documents to citizens who returned to the Donetsk People’s Republic as a result of the exchange...
Members of the Humanitarian Working Group started a new round of negotiations in Minsk. At the meeting, they are going to discuss the exchange of “POWs” under the formula “all confirmed for all confirmed.” Another important issue under discussion is the search for missing persons.
The overview of the current social and humanitarian situation, within the territory of the Donetsk People`s Republic as a result of hostilities