Human rights and freedoms in the Donetsk People’s Republic are protected by DPR Human Rights Ombudsman and her Office. Citizens can apply to the Ombudsman in any suitable way.
In the period of work between 24 and 30 March 2018, 12 citizens visited the Ombudsman in person, 75 persons received counselling by the Appeals department, 22 citizens received counselling by the Working Group on Issues of Temporary Displaced Persons, and 12 persons received legal counselling. 25 calls were received via hotlines, 16 applications were received via e-mail, 10 written appeals were taken into consideration, 8 – have been reviewed among those received earlier.
It is to be recalled that since the beginning of 2018 the Ombudsman received 1603 appeals.