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NGOs participate in training on documenting human rights violations and facilitating dialogue among populations in Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts

The first seminar on "Documenting human rights violations, providing legal aid and fostering restoration of trust and dialogue in Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts" took place on 25-26 September 2014 in Kyiv. The seminar was organized by the UNDP "Democratization and Human Rights in Ukraine" project.

The City Council of Semenivka was forced to publish the general plan of city development

Pursuant to the judgment of the Desnianskyi district court of Chernihiv in the case initiated by the civil activists, the City Council of Semenivka published the General plan of city development on its official web-site.

Six months have passed. Civil society and international organizations have discussed the human rights situation in Crimea

Civic activists, government and international community have to join their efforts in improving the situation with human rights in Crimea. This became one of the prominent themes voiced at the time of the information session for Ukrainian government representatives and foreign diplomatic corps.

Financial sustainability for the civic sector: crash course in establishing and managing an endowment

A full-day workshop held in Kyiv on 11 September teaches CSOs how to establish and maintain organization's endowment in Ukraine.

Ukraine reports, Ombudsman is making preparations

On 5-6 November Ukraine shall report in Geneva on the implementation of the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. This report shall be the sixth Ukraine's National Report since ratifying the Convention in 1987.

Special body for fighting corruption amongst top-level public officials to be launched in Ukraine

Today representatives of the Presidential Administration, Verkhovna Rada and Ministry of Justice presented a concept for a new state body to fight high-level corruption – the National Anti-corruption Bureau.