The Human Rights Council established the Independent International Commission of Inquiry in 2022 to investigate alleged human rights violations following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
UN report Russia crimes against humanity: A report from the United Nations-appointed Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine has found Russian authorities committing “systematic crimes against humanity”, stating that since the invasion, over 15,000 civilians were killed and 41,000 injured.
The commission was established by the United Nations Human Rights Council through a resolution adopted on March 4, 2022, and has been tasked with investigating alleged human rights violations, breaches of international humanitarian law, and related crimes arising from the Russian Federation’s aggression against Ukraine.
The commission further documented a “pattern of deportations, sexual violence against women and girls when breaking into civilian houses by Russian authorities”.
The report underscored the “evacuation” of Ukrainian youth, in which the commission verified at least 1,205 cases of child transfers, noting that 80 per cent of these children have not yet been returned to their families.
“In the present report, the commission concluded that Russian authorities have committed the crimes against humanity of deportation and forcible transfer, as well as of enforced disappearance, both targeting children.
It has also found evidence of war crimes and other violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law,” the report released in March this year highlighted.
‘Deportation, transfer of children’
‘Violations of fair trial guarantees’
‘Sexual, gender-based violence’
With inputs from Sumit Kumar Singh, who is an intern with The Indian Express
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