The UN Secretariat circulated the Justice for Peace in Donbas Coalition's report, titled "Surviving Hell: Testimonies of Victims on Places of Illegal Detention in Donbas," among members of the UN Security Council and the UN General Assembly.

Kyiv, 19 February 2016 – The Justice for Peace in Donbas Coalition held a 2-day strategic planning session to develop a visionary document outlining detailed plans of action for the current year.

Warsaw, 24 September 2015 – UNDP-nurtured Justice for Peace in Donbas coalition*, comprising 17 Ukrainian human rights organizations, held a side event dedicated to the fight against impunity in eastern Ukraine over the course of the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting.

Kyiv, 21 September 2015 – The Ministry of Justice hosted a roundtable discussion on implementation of the National Human Rights Strategy and its Action Plan.

Putrajaya, Malaysia, 2-4 September – Representatives of Ukrainian government, civil society, UNDP Ukraine, Transparency International Ukraine, and Business Ombudsperson for Ukraine visited the 16th International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC) to get hands-on experience in tackling corruption.

Kyiv, 28 August 2015 – The meeting on the re-election of CSO candidates for members of the selection panel of the National Agency for Prevention of Corruption (NAPC) was held by the Ministry of Justice.

21 May 2015, Kyiv – The Minister of Justice met with key international counterparts supporting corruption prevention in Ukraine to discuss steps for establishing the National Agency for Prevention of Corruption, possible timelines, CSO engagement in the process, as well as Ukraine's plans to transition to electronic income and property declarations for public servants.

11-16 May, Serbia, Croatia - Representatives of the Justice for Peace in Donbas CSO coalition visited Serbia and Croatia within a weeklong study tour supported by UNDP in Ukraine to enhance their professional capacity in documenting human rights violations and implementing international humanitarian law.

On 4 March 2015, the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Human Rights, National Minorities and International Relations held a hearing on the National Human Rights Strategy. The project was developed by a working group set up by the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, comprising representatives of civil society and international organizations.

On 3 March 2015, Kyiv saw the fifth in a series of cluster seminars "Applying Ukraine's anticorruption legislation" organized by the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine and the Institute for Applied Humanitarian Research CSO with support from the UNDP "Democratization and Human Rights in Ukraine" Programme and the International Renaissance Foundation.

On 26 February, VII International Conference of Ukrainian Philanthropists Forum "Philanthropy and Volunteerism in Action: saving, reconciling and building the future" was held in Kyiv with the support of UNDP "Democratization and Human Rights in Ukraine" Project and other partners.

The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine has announced the launch of the National Human Rights Strategy web page designed to engage a wide range of individuals and public institutions to discuss and shape the Strategy. This portal was created with the support of the Democratization and Human Rights Programme in Ukraine, implemented by UNDP and funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark.

On 13 February 2015, the Coalition "Justice for Peace in Donbas," comprising 14 Ukrainian human rights organizations, hosted the information session on "Human Rights in the East of Ukraine: Hostages, Tortures, Extra-judicial Executions" with support of UNDP "Democratization, Human Rights and Civil Society Development" programme funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark.

Over 200 people registered, over 100 present in-person and many more watching the webcast. So are the results of this Saturday's National Expert Discussion on Anticorruption organized by the Reanimation Package of Reforms and Transparency International Ukraine with support from the EU Delegation and the United Nations Development Programme in partnership with the Ministry of Justice.

On 29 December, a meeting of human rights organizations working in the field of documenting human rights violations in eastern Ukraine during the armed conflict was held in Kyiv.

On 14 November, the Office of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights hosted a discussion on the preparation of the National Strategy on Human Rights. The conversation was facilitated by the Ombudsperson of Ukraine, representatives of the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, UN agencies in Ukraine, and human rights organizations.

On 13 November, the national news agency UKRINFORM hosted a presentation of the "Novyi Donbas" project for the public, press, and possible partners. It aims to help residents of ruined towns in eastern Ukraine to return to civilian life after combat and initiate the emergence of civil society.

There's no time to be dancing around anti-corruption reforms. High time to choose: either Ukraine has the law and money, or cold radiators and frustrated constituents.

Oleksii Khmara — Thursday, 28 August 2014

31 March 2014, Kyiv – Today the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine hosted a wide and participatory discussion regarding a concept of corruption prevention architecture of Ukraine. The round table gathered over 60 civic experts, officials of special departments of government bodies and representatives of the international community.