Volunteers and lawyers provided the OSCE with information on Russian war crimes in Ukraine

The information gathered will help bring the perpetrators to justice.

Euromaidan SOS and the Ukrainian Bar Association broadcast to the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights an informational report on Russia's war crimes in Ukraine , said Oleksandra Matviychuk, chairwoman of the Civil Liberties Center.

This is information on gross violations of the Geneva Conventions: premeditated murder, torture, inhuman treatment; destruction of cities, villages, houses; strikes on schools, hospitals, religious buildings and historical monuments; forcing Ukrainians in the occupied territories to take part in the war against their country; the use of artificial famine as a means of waging war.

As well as the creation of barriers to aid in Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhia, Kyiv, Luhansk, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson and Chernihiv regions.

“The data collected indicate the systemic and large-scale nature of war crimes. Among them are unique testimonies collected by Euromaidan SOS volunteer documentaries, ”commented Maria Tsypyashchuk, a lawyer and teacher.

occupiers: killing civilians, shooting cars with people and children trying to evacuate, holding hundreds of hostages who had been forced to live in inhumane conditions for more than a month, non-selective shelling, and more.

“The whole world is convinced that the war that Russia is aggressively waging against Ukraine is not limited to purely military goals. Russia's military command and top political leadership are openly demonstrating that the military action is aimed at destroying Ukraine, its culture and population, “said Oleksiy Koltok, a case law adviser. there is no doubt that these war crimes will be investigated and responsibility will surely come.

The Euromaidan SOS volunteer initiative has resumed work in full after the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. One of the areas of work was the mobilization of volunteers to gather evidence of war crimes of the Russian army.

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«Московський механизм» – it is a procedure established within the OSCE that allows for the deployment of a short-term international fact-finding mission to address a specific human rights issue in the region.

On March 3, 45 OSCE participating States, including Ukraine, activated this mechanism to study the impact of the Russian-backed war on human rights and its humanitarian consequences with the support of Belarus. The mission began its work on March 15 and has a mandate, in particular, in the occupied Crimea and Donbas.

and crimes against humanity.

The information gathered will be presented through appropriate redress mechanisms in national, regional and international courts or tribunals that have or will have jurisdiction over these matters in the future.

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Based on materials: ZN.ua

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