This report was developed to cover the situation involving official investigations of criminal offences committed against civilians and Ukrainian military personnel in the context of the armed conflict in Eastern Ukraine. Based on case studies, the report provides an account of certain systemic problems during the investigation and suggests viable solutions. Any person interested can draw conclusions whether the investigations are effective or not, based on the actual circumstances of individual criminal offences described in the report.

Analytical report concerns one of the many illegal detention facilities established in Luhansk oblast during the armed conflict in Donbas. The facility was located in the former Luhansk Oblast Administration at 3, Heroiv Velykoi Vitchyznianoi Viiny Square. The report is based on 19 interviews with former detainees held at the “LPR government building” by the representatives of the self-proclaimed republic.

The updated version of the report on gender-based violence in the conflict zone of eastern Ukraine carried out by the Eastern-Ukrainian Center for Civil Initiatives.

Places of illegal detention in Eastern Ukraine during the military conflict. This brief paper is carried out the by Eastern-Ukrainian centre for civic initiatives

This publication is a result of a monitoring study conducted by the Coalition of public organizations and initiatives “Justice for Peace in Donbas” in close cooperation with the Ukrainian Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights. The goal of the study was to document gross violations of human rights in relation to illegal detention in the armed conflict area in Eastern Ukraine.

This publication is a result of a monitoring study conducted by the Coalition of public organizations and initiatives “Justice for Peace in Donbas” in close cooperation with the Ukrainian Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights. The goal of the study was to document gross violations of human rights in relation to illegal detention in the armed conflict area in Eastern Ukraine.