Sievierodonetsk, 15 September 2015 – UNDP's Democracy University (DemoVersity) attracted over 50 students and civic activists from eastern Ukraine to celebrate the United Nations International Day of Democracy.

During the occupation, the scale of the abduction and torture of people in the north of Luhansk region was similar to the situation in Slovyansk. This conclusion was made by the mobile monitoring group of the Center for Civil Liberties that visited Severodonetsk, Lysychansk, and Rubizhne in December last year.

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 1 November, Chasopys Creative Space hosted the final meeting of grantee organizations in the thematic area "Support of civil society as the engine of democracy and good governance," organized by CCC Creative Center in the framework of UNDP project "Democratization and human rights in Ukraine," funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark.

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.