The “Eastern Ukrainian Center for Civic Initiative” in cooperation with the Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics presented the book ‘The City Where the War Began’ in Gdańsk, Poland. The events took place at the University of Gdańsk and the Ukrainian Library of the city.

On 5 April, in Kaniv Community Centre, Cherkasy oblast, NGO “Eastern Ukrainian Center for Civic Initiative” presented the travelling exhibition “On the Rift”. The exhibition has been travelling around Ukraine since June 2019, and Kaniv became the 50th city it visited.

On 8–10 December, NGO “Eastern Ukrainian Center for Civic Initiative” held an annual meeting with partners as part of the project “Strengthening Civil Society to Transform the Culture of Remembrance: Nonviolent Efforts to Counter Russia’s War Against Ukraine”.

On 21–22 November, human rights activists of the “Eastern Ukrainian Center for Civic Initiative” presented the book ‘The City Where the War Began’ and discussed the Russian-Ukrainian war in Slovakia.  The events were held at the Educational Centre of the Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica and for high school students at the Bilingual Secondary School Evangelical United School in Martin.

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the concealment of master plans of various urban settlements from Ukrainian citizens is a violation of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. The Court recognized that Article 10 of the Convention on freedom of expression, which includes the right to freely receive and impart information, was violated.  The judgement was made following a complaint filed by the NGO “Eastern Ukrainian Center for Civic Initiative” that has been working for many years to get access to the master plans of various urban settlements for the public.