A/HRC/43/CRP.7 III. Impact of hostilities “What can we do to improve the situation? Stop the conflict.” – A 70-year-old pensioner living in the conflict-affected area. 20. On 29 December 2019, parties to the Trilateral Contact Group reiterated their commitment to an ‘unlimited’ ceasefire that commenced on 21 July 2019. Although the parties did not fully comply with the ceasefire, the reporting period was marked by an overall decrease in the number of ceasefire violations if compared with the previous reporting period, as observed by the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (OSCE SMM).11 On 20 November 2019, Ukraine joined the Safe Schools Declaration, becoming the 100th country in the world to endorse this document.12 A Conduct of hostilities and civilian casualties 1. Civilian casualties during the current reporting period 21. From 16 November 2019 to 15 February 2020, OHCHR recorded 19 conflict-related civilian casualties: two killed (both men) and 17 injured (13 men, three women, and one boy). This is a 54.8 per cent decrease compared with the previous reporting period of 16 August to 15 November 2019, when 42 civilian casualties (six killed and 36 injured) were recorded. 22. Shelling and small arms and light weapons (SALW) fire caused nine civilian casualties: one killed (a man) and eight injured (six men and two women). This is a 35.7 per cent decrease compared with the previous reporting period (when 14 were injured). Of those affected during the reporting period, three injured were recorded in territory controlled by ‘Donetsk people’s republic’, and four injured in territory controlled by ‘Luhansk people’s republic’, all attributable to the Government of Ukraine. One civilian was killed and one was 11 12 56,5 21 ceasefire violations from 16 November 2019 to 15 February 2020 versus 73,756 ceasefire violations from 16 August to 15 November 2019. By doing so, Ukraine engages itself to, inter alia, collect data on attacks on educational facilities and related victims and on military use of schools and universities, to provide assistance to victims in a non-discriminatory manner, to seek to ensure the continuation of education during armed conflict, to support the re-establishment of educational facilities and to facilitate international cooperation and assistance to programmes working to prevent or respond to attacks on education. See https://ssd.protectingeducation.org. 7