On 26 December, the Office of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights held a roundtable to discuss the results of submitting shadow reports on Ukraine's implementation of the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment to the UN Committee against Torture.

On 25 December, the Best Annual Report award ceremony was organized by CCC Creative Center in cooperation with UNDP within the Democratization, Human rights and Civil Society Development Programme funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark.

On 15-16 December, a meeting of Regional coordinators for public relations of Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights was carried out in Kyiv. The participants summarized the experience of their activities throughout 2014, identified goals and objectives and developed an action plan for Regional coordinators and representatives of the Human Rights Commissioner for 2015.

Call for proposals "Supporting human rights actors to promote and defend human rights in Ukraine"

The United Nations Development Programme in Ukraine rendered support to the Lviv municipality and local CSO to develop and launch a portal of civic initiatives "My Lviv – my initiative" www.mycity.lviv.ua. The citizens can start using the resource starting 11 December.

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