The submission includes eight key issues related to the observance of human rights in Ukraine in connection with the armed conflict in Donbas. The analysis is conducted by the public organizations "East-Ukrainian Center for Civic Initiatives", Vostok-SOS Charitable Foundation, Luhansk Regional Human Rights Center "Alternative" and NGO "Mirny Bereg" within the framework of cooperation in the Coalition of NGOs and "Justice for Peace in Donbass" initiatives.

This study was developed to cover the situation involving gender-based violence associated with the conflict in eastern Ukraine. The report provides an overview of national legislation and international legal norms and highlights gaps in the legal framework, shortcomings in the collection and compilation of statistics, different forms of violence in the armed conflict, as well as the impact of the conflict on the prevalence of gender-based violence in territorial communities located away from the conflict area.