Fifth Interim Report on reported violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law in Ukraine
Source: OSCE
It is with a deep sense of sorrow that we release today this Fifth Interim Report as part of ODIHR’s Ukraine Monitoring Initiative, aiming to monitor and document the most serious violations of international humanitarian law (IHL) and international human rights law (IHRL) affecting the lives of civilians and prisoners of war, occurring as a result of the war in Ukraine. Alongside the four previous interim reports published since the military attack launched by the Russian Federation in Ukraine on 24 February 2022, these documents are a stark and unique insight into the devastation this ongoing war continues to wreak on civilians, their human rights and their future, documented by ODIHR through over 400 in-depth interviews with survivors and witnesses of violations collected during 19 missions in and outside Ukraine.
After almost two and a half years, the impact of the conflict on the human rights of civilians continues to be grim. Presenting new accounts and direct testimonies, this Fifth Interim Report further confirms the credible evidence that the conduct of the Russian Federation forces is marked by a general disregard for the basic principles set out in IHL. The result is a multiplication of rights violations, some of which may amount to war crimes or crimes against humanity. This has inflicted tremendous and widespread suffering over the course of the conflict, with episodes of discrimination, humiliation, torture, arbitrary detention, violence and loss of innocent life, including against children and other vulnerable groups. During the reporting period, there have also been indications, although far more limited in scope but still of concern, of IHL violations by the Ukrainian armed forces.
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It is with a deep sense of sorrow that we release today this Fifth Interim Report as part of ODIHR’s Ukraine Monitoring Initiative, aiming to monitor and document the most serious violations of international humanitarian law (IHL) and international human rights law (IHRL) affecting the lives of civilians and prisoners of war, occurring as a result of the war in Ukraine. Alongside the four previous interim reports published since the military attack launched by the Russian Federation in Ukraine on 24 February 2022, these documents are a stark and unique insight into the devastation this ongoing war continues to wreak on civilians, their human rights and their future, documented by ODIHR through over 400 in-depth interviews with survivors and witnesses of violations collected during 19 missions in and outside Ukraine.
After almost two and a half years, the impact of the conflict on the human rights of civilians continues to be grim. Presenting new accounts and direct testimonies, this Fifth Interim Report further confirms the credible evidence that the conduct of the Russian Federation forces is marked by a general disregard for the basic principles set out in IHL. The result is a multiplication of rights violations, some of which may amount to war crimes or crimes against humanity. This has inflicted tremendous and widespread suffering over the course of the conflict, with episodes of discrimination, humiliation, torture, arbitrary detention, violence and loss of innocent life, including against children and other vulnerable groups. During the reporting period, there have also been indications, although far more limited in scope but still of concern, of IHL violations by the Ukrainian armed forces.
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