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This update focuses on key human rights developments in Ukraine, including in territory controlled by self- proclaimed ‘Donetsk people’s republic’ (‘Donetsk people’s republic’) and self-proclaimed ‘Luhansk people’s republic’ (‘Luhansk people’s republic’) and in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, occupied by the Russian Federation (Crimea). It covers the period of 1 August to 31 October 2021. OHCHR’s regular biannual report, covering the period of 1 August 2021 to 31 January 2022, will be issued in March 2022.

This thirty-second report by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on the human rights situation in Ukraine covers the period from 1 February to 31 July 2021. It is based on the work of the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine.

The present report is submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 75/192, in which the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to report to it at its seventy-sixth session on the progress made in the implementation of that resolution, including options and recommendations to improve its implementation.

General Comment No. 37 of the Human Rights Committee clarifies States parties’ general obligations under Article 21 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), focusing on the freedom of peaceful assembly. The General Comment provides a detailed overview of standards on a range of important issues relating to protests and gatherings, including online assemblies, the policing of peaceful assemblies, notification and authorization requirements, as well as the surveillance and monitoring of assemblies. The Ukrainian translation of the document was prepared by the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, in line with the terminology used in the English version of the ICCPR.

This thematic report by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) examines the scale of detention in the context of the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine by Government actors and armed groups and other actors in territory controlled by the self-proclaimed ‘Donetsk people’s republic’ and the self-proclaimed ‘Luhansk people’s republic’ from 14 April 2014 to 30 April 2021.