Reports

SECTION I: ODIHR ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN UKRAINE I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND KEY FINDINGS 1 . This report was prepared following a request by the Government of Ukraine on 3 March 2014. The information it contains…

KYIV 10 May 2014 This update is provided for the media and the public. The situation in Ukraine was calm with the exception of the Donetsk region. The overall security situation in the Donetsk region has further deteriorated,…

Geneva/Kiev (ICRC) – In Donetsk last night, an ICRC staff member and eight volunteers from the Ukrainian Red Cross Society were taken away by a group of armed men and interrogated. All of them were released…

Impartial Inquiry Critical to Credibility (Berlin, May 8, 2014) – The Ukrainian government investigation into the violence in Odessa on May 2, 2014, should be thorough, impartial, and capable of ensuring that those responsible are held accountable,…

Anti-Kiev Forces Should Halt Abductions, Release Dozens Held (Donetsk) – Self-proclaimed authorities in eastern Ukraine should immediately release people held in captivity and put an end to abductions by armed men acting on their behalf. The fate…

3 May 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the release earlier today of European military monitors and accompanying Ukrainian staff abducted a week ago in the country's crisis-torn eastern region, even as he expressed sadness…

By Anna Neistat May 3, 2014 European military observers, held captive for over a week in Sloviansk, have been released, but dozens of others remain in captivity, their fate unknown and their lives at risk. Russia’s envoy, Vladimir Lukin,…

Highlights The crisis in Eastern Ukraine escalates with increasingly violent clashes and casualties reported. The situation is particularly tense in Donetsk Oblast, especially in Slavyansk city. UNICEF launches a rapid assessment of the impact of the crisis on children…

2 May 2014 – As the United Nations Security Council convened its second urgent session this week on the situation in Ukraine, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon reiterated his grave concern over the rising tensions in the country’s…

There are increasing fears for the safety of the local population in Slovyansk as the Ukrainian forces are trying to re-assert control over the eastern Ukrainian town, Amnesty International said today. “As the operation intensifies there is…