https://civicmonitoring.org Monitoring of human rights violations in eastern Ukraine Tue, 21 Mar 2023 05:42:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://civicmonitoring.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/cropped-DRA-Icon-1-32x32.jpg https://civicmonitoring.org 32 32 https://civicmonitoring.org/war-and-annexation-the-peoples-republics-of-eastern-ukraine-in-2022/ Fri, 17 Mar 2023 05:36:55 +0000 https://civicmonitoring.org/?p=2291 The history of the “People’s Republics” before 24 February 2022 is both an important prequel to Russia’s ongoing war of aggression and a showcase of what awaits those Ukrainian regions who came under Russian occupation thereafter. The eight-year reign of...

The post War and Annexation. The “People’s Republics” of eastern Ukraine in 2022 first appeared on Civicmonitoring.]]> https://civicmonitoring.org/war-and-winter-monitoring-of-problems-and-needs-in-east-and-south-east-ukraine/ Sun, 15 Jan 2023 05:27:00 +0000 https://civicmonitoring.org/?p=2286 The general situation in the war-affected territories of the Kherson, Mykolaiv, Donetsk, and Kharkiv regions is neither homogenous nor steady. On the contrary, it shows various characteristics that differ in intensity from area to area. Whereas the Russian occupation lasted...

The post War and Winter. Monitoring of problems and needs in East and South-East Ukraine first appeared on Civicmonitoring.]]> https://civicmonitoring.org/report052022/ Thu, 16 Jun 2022 09:19:14 +0000 https://civicmonitoring.org/?p=2220 Report based on the findings of the international VOSTOK SOS/ DRAhuman rights mission to Ukraine Since the beginning of the full-scale military invasion of Ukraine on February 24, the Russian Federation has continuously and systemically violated international law and human...

The post A Trail of Death and Destruction. Russian War Crimes, Human Rights Violations and the Evolving Needs in Ukraine first appeared on Civicmonitoring.]]> https://civicmonitoring.org/annualreport2021-2022/ Sun, 27 Feb 2022 08:08:55 +0000 https://civicmonitoring.org/?p=2181 This new report on the “People’s Republics” of eastern Ukraine might help to understand the current developments in the Donetsk and Luhansk region and in Kyiv better. Please follow the newsletter on civicmonitoring.org with update on the current situation: www.civicmonitoring.org...

The post Russian protectorates entrenched. Developments in the “People’s Republics” of eastern Ukraine. Annual Report 2021/2022  first appeared on Civicmonitoring.]]> https://civicmonitoring.org/towards-de-facto-annexation-current-developments-in-the-peoples-republicsof-eastern-ukraine-2020-2021/ Fri, 30 Apr 2021 12:50:59 +0000 https://civicmonitoring.org/?p=2050 The year 2020 in the Donbas was overshadowed by the COVID-19 pandemic, which by all accounts hit the “People’s Republics” hard but whose exact impact is hard to gauge, given the notorious secrecy of the separatist de facto authorities. More...

The post Towards de-facto annexation? Current developments in the “People’s Republics”of eastern Ukraine 2020/2021 first appeared on Civicmonitoring.]]> https://civicmonitoring.org/the-conflict-is-not-frozen/ Sun, 20 Dec 2020 20:38:00 +0000 https://civicmonitoring.org/?p=2078 From July 24 to 29, 2020, the German NGO DRA and the Charitable Foundation Vostok SOS, with the support of the Federal Foreign Office of Germany, have conducted another international monitoring mission in eastern Ukraine. Please find the report of...

The post “The conflict is not frozen” first appeared on Civicmonitoring.]]> https://civicmonitoring.org/disengagement-of-armed-forces-in-the-conflict-zone-in-donbas/ Sun, 23 Feb 2020 20:40:49 +0000 https://civicmonitoring.org/?p=1891 Based on findings of an international field monitoring mission of DRA/VOSTOK SOS, this report informs on how the disengagement of armed forces in eastern Ukraine effects civilians and influences public services delivery and legal protection in the disengagement areas. The...

The post Disengagement of armed forces in the conflict zone in Donbas first appeared on Civicmonitoring.]]> https://civicmonitoring.org/report2019/ Fri, 14 Feb 2020 16:26:34 +0000 https://civicmonitoring.org/?p=1872 The year 2019 brought big political change to Ukraine with the election of Volodymyr Zelenskiy as President, but the “People’s Republics” largely remained as they were in late 2018. While there was unprecedented progress in negotiations to implement the Minsk...

The post Nikolaus von Twickel: Events in the “People’s Republics” of eastern Ukraine. Annual Report 2019 first appeared on Civicmonitoring.]]> https://civicmonitoring.org/the-temptation-of-autocracy-military-civil-administrations-in-the-government-controlled-territories-in-the-vicinity-of-the-contact-line/ Tue, 12 Nov 2019 11:34:19 +0000 https://civicmonitoring.org/?p=1816 Since its beginning in the spring of 2014, the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine has revealed the inability of local governments and civilian administrations to operate effectively during intense hostilities. The local self-government bodies did not resume operation even after...

The post The temptation of autocracy: military-civil administrations in the government-controlled territories in the vicinity of the contact line first appeared on Civicmonitoring.]]> https://civicmonitoring.org/report-military-and-civilian-detainees-in-donbas-searching-for-the-efficient-mechanism-of-release/ Sun, 22 Sep 2019 19:54:00 +0000 https://civicmonitoring.org/?p=1798 Russia’s seizure of Crimea began on February 20, 2014. It became the first precedent of the annexation of the territory in Europe since the Second World war. However, the Russian-Ukrainian armed conflict is not the first such conflict that Russia...

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