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In its report covering the initial period of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, from 24 February to 26 March 2022, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) listed four types of risks of sexual violence: increased military presence and activities in civilian areas, the destruction of homes and infrastructure, internal displacement, and high numbers of women and ...
Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the Russian military and authorities have committed war crimes, such as deliberate attacks against civilian targets, including on hospitals, medical facilities and on the energy grid; [1] [2] [3] indiscriminate attacks on densely-populated areas; the abduction, torture and murder of civilians; forced deportations; sexual violence ...
The Military Cabinet at the Council for National Security and Defence of Ukraine (Воєнний кабінет при Раді національної безпеки i оборони України) acts as a section of the CNSDU and while the wider body is tasked with the national security in the broader sense, including financial security ...
Atrocity crimes have been committed during the Russo-Ukrainian War, chiefly by the Russian Federation and its proxy forces in Ukraine's Donbas region. [1]Atrocity crimes is a legally defined group of offences against international law, that includes war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide, and is often considered to include the non-legally defined ethnic cleansing. [2]
“That’s a crime against the laws of war," said Stephen Rapp, a former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes. “Once somebody’s injured, they’re entitled to medical care. You can’t ...
Women in the Ukrainian military [a] have played active roles in the Revolution of Dignity, the war in Donbas, and the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. [ 2 ] Since 2014, women have also been struggling against discrimination and for gender equality within the Armed Forces of Ukraine (ZSU), with projects such as Invisible Battalion .
Testimony published Thursday by the human rights group Amnesty International details various accounts of Russian forces “extrajudicially” executing Ukrainian civilians and repeatedly engaging ...
The Russian invasion of Ukraine, that began on 24 February 2022, has had a significant impact on women across Ukraine and Russia, both as combatants and as civilians. In Ukraine, the invasion has seen a significant increase in women serving in the military as well as a significant number of women leaving the country as refugees.