Arbitrary detention, torture and ill-treatment in the context of the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine, 2014-2021
Source: OHCHR
This thematic report by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) examines: 1) the scale of detention in the context of the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine by State actors, as well as by armed groups and other actors in the territory controlled by the self-proclaimed “Donetsk People’s Republic” and the self-proclaimed “Luhansk People’s Republic” between 14 April 2014 and 30 April 2021; 2) the prevalence and forms of conflict-related arbitrary detention, including incommunicado detention and detention without access to the outside world; 3) the prevalence and forms of conflict-related torture and ill-treatment, including conflict-related sexual violence; and 4) accountability for these violations, including remedies and compensation for victims. The report also details two illustrative examples of arbitrary detention, torture, and ill-treatment related to the conflict: one at the Office of the Security Service of Ukraine in Kharkiv Oblast (Annex I), the second at the “Izolyatsia” detention facility in Donetsk, which is controlled by armed groups (Annex II). Cases of arbitrary detention, torture, and ill-treatment in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine, occupied by the Russian Federation, which occurred after the occupation and are still ongoing, fall outside the scope of this report. These cases have been covered in OHCHR’s periodic reports on the human rights situation in Ukraine and OHCHR’s thematic reports on the human rights situation in Crimea, as well as in the reports of the UN Secretary-General on the human rights situation in Crimea.
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This thematic report by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) examines: 1) the scale of detention in the context of the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine by State actors, as well as by armed groups and other actors in the territory controlled by the self-proclaimed “Donetsk People’s Republic” and the self-proclaimed “Luhansk People’s Republic” between 14 April 2014 and 30 April 2021; 2) the prevalence and forms of conflict-related arbitrary detention, including incommunicado detention and detention without access to the outside world; 3) the prevalence and forms of conflict-related torture and ill-treatment, including conflict-related sexual violence; and 4) accountability for these violations, including remedies and compensation for victims. The report also details two illustrative examples of arbitrary detention, torture, and ill-treatment related to the conflict: one at the Office of the Security Service of Ukraine in Kharkiv Oblast (Annex I), the second at the “Izolyatsia” detention facility in Donetsk, which is controlled by armed groups (Annex II). Cases of arbitrary detention, torture, and ill-treatment in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine, occupied by the Russian Federation, which occurred after the occupation and are still ongoing, fall outside the scope of this report. These cases have been covered in OHCHR’s periodic reports on the human rights situation in Ukraine and OHCHR’s thematic reports on the human rights situation in Crimea, as well as in the reports of the UN Secretary-General on the human rights situation in Crimea.
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