Mar 22, 2019 | News, Overview of the social and humanitarian situation
According to the decision of the United Nations General Assembly, March 21 is the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, dedicated to a negative phenomenon that is still a concern in many countries around the world. The relevant Resolution adopted in 1966 provides for that racial discrimination should be considered a...
Mar 15, 2019 | News, Overview of the social and humanitarian situation
On March 14, on the eve of the Day of workers of housing and communal services, government representatives and residents of the Donetsk People’s Republic observed a minute of silence and laid flowers at the Memorial in the centre of Donetsk to pay tribute to the memory of utility workers who died performing their professional duties.Since...
Feb 26, 2019 | Detention, News
Daughters of a DPR serviceman, who live in Kiev-held territory, were subject to pressure and harassment by staff of Ukrainian special services. They tried to find out some information about their father. The serviceman of the DPR People’s Militia Vitaly Mishchenko told about this in DAN press centre. Mishchenko said that in the evening of...
Feb 21, 2019 | Comments and statements of the Ombudsman, Media, News
In an interview to a correspondent of the DPR official website, Human Rights Ombudsman Daria Morozova spoke on the statistics of human rights violations in Ukraine, the response of the world community and the prospects for further development of the situation. “There are problems such as violation of the rights of detainees, the right to a fair...
Feb 19, 2019 | Detention, News
Last week, an appeal on arrest of a man born in 1983 was filed with the Human Rights Ombudsman in the Donetsk People’s Republic. At the moment, the man is reportedly in custody of Artemovsk remand prison (SIZO). According to the latest data, the Ukrainian side is holding 253 persons, including 101 persons whose presence in the territory of...
Feb 15, 2019 | News, Overview of the social and humanitarian situation
4 years ago, in response to the aggravation of the armed conflict in Donbass the leaders of the “Normandy Four” agreed on the Package of Measures for the Implementation of the Minsk Agreements at the summit in Minsk on February 11-12, 2015 to de-escalate the confrontation. The document, signed by representatives of Ukraine, Russia, the OSCE, and...
Feb 8, 2019 | News, Overview of the social and humanitarian situation
International humanitarian law regulates relations between states in armed conflict in order to limit the use of means and methods of warfare and to avoid civilian casualties or to minimize them. International humanitarian law prohibits attacks on civilian objects during military operations. Armed units of Ukraine violate the basic provisions of...
Feb 8, 2019 | Briefings and press conferences, Comments and statements of the Ombudsman, Events, Media, News
Psychological pressure, blackmail and death threats – to name but a few methods the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) is using against Donetsk People’s Republic militiamen’s families living in Kiev-held territory. People’s Militia serviceman Eduard Klypa spoke at a press conference in Donetsk about new facts of intimidation and the consequences....
Between 15 and 21 March 2019, two DPR servicemen died in the Donetsk People’s Republic. Also, six DPR servicemen sustained injuries of varying severities. In total, 4762 persons have lost their lives since the beginning of the armed conflict in the Donetsk People’s Republic.
The overview of the current social and humanitarian situation, within the territory of the Donetsk People`s Republic as a result of hostilities