A/HRC/43/CRP.7 injured in Government-controlled territory in Donetsk region, both attributable to armed groups of ‘Donetsk people’s republic’. 23. For example, on 18 December 2019, a man was killed by sniper fire while sitting on a bench next to his house in Government-controlled Marinka (Donetsk region). On 30 January 2020, a woman was injured by mortar shelling while at home in armed groupcontrolled Donetskyi (Luhansk region). On the same day, a man in armed group-controlled Holubivske (Luhansk region) was in the yard of his house when he was injured by shrapnel from a mortar round. 24. Mine-related incidents13 and the handling of explosive remnants of war (ERW)14 resulted in ten civilian casualties: one killed (a man) and nine injured (seven men, one woman and one boy). This is a 50 per cent decrease compared with the previous reporting period (when six were killed and 14 injured). Of those affected during the reporting period, five injured were recorded in territory controlled by ‘Luhansk people’s republic’; and one death and four injuries in Government-controlled territory in Donetsk region. 25. For example, on 6, 17 and 18 January 2020, three men were injured in mine-related incidents while walking near or fishing in Siverskyi Donets River (all in territory controlled by ‘Luhansk people’s republic’). This area is heavily contaminated by mines, booby traps and unexploded ordnance, and OHCHR has recorded dozens of such casualties there in previous years, especially in 2015 and 2016. On 11 January 2020, a man was killed by the detonation of an RPG-7 grenade which he had brought to his home from elsewhere in Government-controlled Shevchenko (Donetsk region). 2. Civilian casualties in 2019 26. From 1 January to 31 December 2019, OHCHR recorded 167 conflict-related civilian casualties: 27 killed (16 men, 10 women and a boy) and 140 injured (80 men, 40 women, 11 boys and nine girls). This is a 40.6 per cent decrease compared with 2018 (281 casualties: 55 killed and 226 injured) and the lowest annual civilian casualty figures for the entire conflict period. 27. In 2019, 105 of the civilian casualties recorded were caused by shelling and SALW fire (eight killed and 97 injured), a 33.1 per cent decrease compared with 2018 (157 casualties: 21 killed and 136 injured). Of them: 85 (five killed and 80 injured; 81 per cent) were recorded in territory controlled by the self-proclaimed ‘republics’, 18 (three killed and 15 injured; 17.1 per cent) in Government-controlled territory, and two (both injuries) in ‘no man’s land’.15 13 14 15 8 Incidents in which civilians were killed or injured by mines (antipersonnel or anti-vehicle) or explosive devices triggered in the same way, such as booby traps, or by ERW inadvertently detonated by unsuspecting civilians. Victims of ERW handling manipulate an ERW for a certain period of time and make additional efforts to detonate it (for instance, by trying to dismantle it), or were close to someone who was manipulating an ERW. In 2018, civilian casualties caused by shelling and SALW fire were distributed as follows: 123 (78.3 per cent) were recorded in territory controlled by the self-proclaimed ‘republics’, 27 (17.2 per cent) in Government-controlled territory, and seven in ‘no man’s land’.