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The present report is submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 74/168, in which the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to report at its seventy-fifth session on the progress made in the implementation of that resolution, including options and recommendations to improve its implementation.

This report by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) examines human rights violations committed in the course of criminal proceedings and processes related to the armed conflicts in eastern Ukraine and in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, and the city of Sevastopol, temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation (hereinafter Crimea) from 14 April 2014 to 13 April 2020.

The United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) has followed the parliamentary processes, which led to the adoption of the law, since the beginning. This briefing note outlines the key features of the final text, indicating the main changes made to the text following the advocacy pursued by HRMMU and the international community. It also provides comments and recommendations.

The present interim report is submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 74/168, in which the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to report to it at its seventy-fifth session on the progress made in the implementation of the resolution, including options and recommendations to improve its implementation, and to submit an interim report to the Human Rights Council at its forty-fourth session.

OHCHR/the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) has been monitoring the human rights situation in Ukraine since its deployment in 2014,1 in line with the realization of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and UN commitment to leave no one behind. Amidst the global COVID-19 crisis, HRMMU has been assessing the human rights impact of the pandemic as well as the authorities’ response, specifically on the rights of individuals and groups in marginalized and vulnerable situations.