The side-event under the name “Truth finding and Prosecution War Crimes and Human Rights Violations in Eastern Ukraine” presents the work of the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union (UHHRU/ Kyiv) in documenting and promoting the international prosecution of war crimes as well as the restauration of historical truth.
Two reports on the situation in front-line cities cover the developments since 2014 and are part of the series “Story of a City”, conducted by the UHHRU.

Speakers:
Oleksii Bida (UHHRU, Kyiv)
Vitalia Lebid (UHHRU, Kyiv)
Yuliya Erner (DRA, Berlin)
Aleksandr Cherkasov (Memorial, Moscow)
Valerij Novikov (Alternativa, Kyiv)

Members of the working group on transitional justice for Ukraine in the framework of the international NGO-platform CivilM+ will present their current work on the development of a concept for transitional justice.

The international and multilaterial NGO-platform CivilM+ for conflict resolution in Eastern Ukraine unites NGOs and experts from Ukraine, Russia and other European countries. The secretariat of the platform is currently run by DRA (Berlin).