Representative of the Coordination Center for the Treatment of Prisoners of War: Russia systematically violates human rights, organizes torture and sexual violence in the occupied territories

Throughout this time, the Russian invaders have been systematically violating human rights in the occupied territories, including torture, sexual violence, organizing the abduction of thousands of children from Ukraine and deporting entire families.

This was stated by the representative of the Coordination Headquarters Victoria Tsymbalyuk during the discussion of the report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation in Ukraine.

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In her speech, Victoria Tsymbalyuk, a representative of the Coordination Headquarters, reminded the international community of Russia's ongoing armed aggression against Ukraine, which has been going on for more than a decade.

During this time, the aggressor country has been systematically violating human rights, committing torture and sexual violence in the occupied territories. the Russian authorities have been organizing the abduction of thousands of children from Ukraine and deporting entire families. Russia is holding Ukrainian prisoners of war and civilians in inhumane conditions.

All human rights monitoring mechanisms have come to a common conclusion: the terror perpetrated by the Russian authorities against Ukrainians is widespread and systemic. This was also confirmed in the latest report of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), which stated that "Russia has created a stifling climate of fear in the occupied territories, committing widespread violations of international humanitarian law in an attempt to consolidate its control over the civilian population.

The representative of the Coordination Headquarters noted the intensification of the next phase of the OSCE Moscow Mechanism, which has been mandated to verify arbitrary detentions of Ukrainian citizens by Russia. She used the Chinese proverb "Heaven's vengeance is slow but sure," which was referenced by the President of the International Criminal Court, to emphasize that justice can be slow but inexorable.

Recall

Russian special services are trying to find out personal data from the families of prisoners of war and missing persons, promising to "help" find their loved ones.

Hundreds of Ukrainian children abducted from the Donetsk regionhave been placed in children's institutions in 15 regions of Russia, and at least 285 of them have been included in the federal database of orphans.