Journalists and the public of Donetsk region continue to issue their own newsletter "Govorit Donbass" (Donbass speaks). In its latest 16th issue, readers can learn about alternative ways of creating the tribunal in the case of Malaysian Boeing, upcoming local elections, and many other topics. 

Kyiv, 10 July 2015 – Donetsk branch of the Committee of Voters of Ukraine and Kherson Community Fund "Zakhyst" scored second and third respectively in the 4th Best Annual Report Awards, organized by CCC Creative Centre with support of the Democratization and Human Rights Programme in Ukraine (DHRP), implemented by UNDP and funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark.

On 27-28 November, UNDP project "Democratization and Human Rights in Ukraine" presented a training to build dialogue facilitation skills for restoration of life and protection of human rights in post-conflict areas in Luhansk and Donetsk regions.

On 5 November, diplomats, representatives of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and international experts on human rights gathered in Geneva to hear the assessment of Ukrainian human rights defenders of the human rights situation in Crimea and eastern Ukraine.

On October 30-31 in Kyiv a training for lawyers and managers of Centers of Legal Information and Consultation that provide free legal aid with the support of UNDP and International Fund "Renaissance", as well as for the representatives of municipal authorities, where the participants told about their success, shared their experiences and received new knowledge and skills.

An initiative group comprising of residents from various parts of Ukraine and in Kyiv shortly formed of artists, actors, writers, cameramen, critics, educators and other representatives of creative professions, decided to devote part of their time and by means of culture, art, and good will start restoring trust and reinstating social cohesion that got broken in times of military conflict.

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.