The UN published a report on crimes of the Russian Federation in Ukraine: we disassemble it with an expert
The coordinator of the media initiative for human rights Olga Reshetilova told in a comment on the focus, which in the work of investigators should pay attention. "This is a very high -quality report, where different types of crimes committed by the Russians are laid out, given the movement and deportation of the population, hostage hostages, murder of civilians, rapes, non -binding attacks and destruction of our infrastructure," the human rights activist says.
The commission recorded numerous facts that the Russians illegally held [and continue to keep] civilians in Ukraine. People can be imprisoned by the occupiers for months, and their relatives have no information about the missing. "Yes, there is another group of people who were fascinated by Russia in the war to actually break the resistance of Ukrainians," Reshetilov said.
Within the framework of its investigation of crimes committed in the territory of Ukraine, members of the International Commission of the United Nations: the commission could not visit the settlements occupied by the Russians. However, members of the expert group were talked to 30 civilians from Mariupol, who were in the city during the siege and strikes of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
At the same time, the report states that the commission cannot determine whether Mariupol bombardment is against humanity, as she could not get into the enthusiastic city and study the situation in place. Further investigation will be required to establish such facts, specified in the document. The report contains separate sections dedicated to torture that used Russian military against Ukrainians, as well as sexual abuse.
In particular, the commission cites an example of torture, which is called "Lenin's call" or "Putin call": the detainees were tortured by electric current by means of a military phone. The document also describes "outside the parrot" - Ukrainians were tied to the ceiling with tied hands. Members of the group who worked in Ukraine also recorded facts of rape from the invaders. In particular, experts have documented cases of sexual abuse in 9 regions of Ukraine and in the Russian Federation.
According to the United Nations, the victims of such crimes were 43 people aged 4 to 82. Following the publication of the report of the Commission, the attention of the media and the public focused on the fact that experts did not record the signs of genocide within the Russian War against Ukraine.
Reshetilova had already told focus about how the Ukrainian authorities initially made the wrong statements about the crimes of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, which eventually increased the expectation of society. At the same time, she said, it is likely that in the future the fact of genocide in Ukraine is still recognized at the international level. And the last role in this can play the deportation of children into the territory of Russia.
It is important to understand that the international humanitarian law is allowed to move civilians, given children, if the situation is a threat to their lives and health. But even if it is not about evacuation, but in fact the deportation of minors into the territory of Russia, gathering evidence of this is an incredibly complicated and long process, the expert says.
"There is even a problem on the Ukrainian side, because, as it turned out, there were no registers of boarding schools, family -type orphanages in Ukraine, etc. Therefore, we cannot establish either the number of children or their place of stay now," the human rights activist explains. Currently, various Ukrainian institutions and organizations are being engaged in gathering such information that can continue to be used internationally.