Report on Violations and Abuses of International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law, War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity, Related to the Arbitrary Deprivation of Liberty of Ukrainian Civilians by the Russian Federation

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Report on Violations and Abuses of International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law, War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity, Related to the Arbitrary Deprivation of Liberty of Ukrainian Civilians by the Russian Federation

Original language description

On 29 February 2024, the delegations of 45 OSCE participating States, after consultation with Ukraine, invoked the Moscow Mechanism under paragraph 8 of the Moscow Document. They requested that the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) enquire with Ukraine whether it would invite a mission of experts to address the arbitrary deprivation of liberty of Ukrainian civilians by the Russian Federation. Following on this inquiry, Ukraine established, on 14 March 2024, a mission composed of three experts – Prof. Veronika Bílková (Czech Republic), Dr. Cecilie Hellestveit (Norway) and Dr. Elīna Šteinerte (Latvia). The mandate of the Mission was to: “build upon previous findings and establish the facts and circumstances surrounding possible contraventions of relevant OSCE commitments, violations and abuses of human rights, and violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law, as well as possible cases of war crimes and crimes against humanity, associated with or resulting from the arbitrary deprivation of liberty of Ukrainian civilians by the Russian Federation; and to collect, consolidate, and analyze this information with a view to offer recommendations, as well as provide the information to relevant accountability mechanisms, as well as national, regional, or international courts or tribunals that have, or may in future have, jurisdiction”. The Mission built on the reports produced by the three earlier Missions of Experts established under the Moscow Mechanism in March and May 2022 and March 2023. When drafting its report, the Mission used several methods of fact-finding and it relied on various sources, mainly written materials, interviews and testimonies, as well as submissions that came via a special email channel established for these purposed by ODIHR. On 18-24 March 2024, the three experts undertook a visit to Ukraine, where they met representatives of various Ukrainian State organs, representatives of civil society and victims and witnesses, and visited places where Ukrainian civilians had been detained during the period of Russian temporary occupation in spring 2022 in the Kyiv region (mainly Bucha and Irpyn)

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Type

O - Miscellaneous

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50501 - Law

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů