The analysis provides an overview of the issue of the respect for electoral rights on liberated territories of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. Violations that occurred during Extraordinary Presidential Elections, in 2014, and local elections, in 2015, are described.

The publication spotlights problematic issues related to the possibility of internally displaced persons to exercise their electoral right inside the communities where they reside, and also provides proposals for improving the situation.

Report was prepared by Serhii Movchan, Oleksii Bida, Olha Aivazovska, Oleksandr Kliuzhev / Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union, Civic Network OPORA.

Full report is available by this link

The publication was prepared and published as part of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) “Human Rights in Action” project, implemented by the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union.

The views and interpretations presented in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the Government of the United States of America. Content of the publication is solely the responsibility of the authors and the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union.