The UN International Commission of Inquiry into Crimes Committed During the War in Ukraine said on Thursday it had enough evidence to indicate Russian authorities committed the crimes. war crimes in various regions not only of the country, but also of Russia itself, including sexual violence and the deportation of children.
In addition, Russian combat units have committed crimes against humanity in a wave of attacks on energy infrastructure that began in October 2022, as have politicians alleging torture.
“The Commission concluded that the armed forces Russia carried out attacks with explosive weapons in populated areas with clear disregard for the suffering and harm of civilians,” he claims in a report he will present next week to the Human Rights Council UN and what he presented to the press today.
As Russian troops advanced into Ukrainian territory, the killings of civilians who had nothing to do with the hostilities, as well as their detention and detention in facilities specially built for this purpose, both in occupied Ukraine and in RussiaAccording to the document.
In these places, ill-treatment quickly escalated into torture for such trifling reasons as “speaking Ukrainian” or “I can’t remember the words of the Russian anthem”, and outside of them, raids by Russian soldiers on private homes led to sexual violence or the threat of using it against women and men.
Of the children deported to Russia, witnesses interviewed by the commission indicated that the younger ones may have lost contact with their families forever.
act of aggression
On the other hand, the commission’s investigations also established that the intrusion and attacks Russia against Ukraine may constitute an act of aggression which may be investigated and which may be prosecuted by the International Criminal Court.
During the course of the investigation, members of the group UN (Erik Möse from Norway; Jasminka Dzumhur from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Pablo de Greiff from Colombia) traveled eight times to Ukrainethey visited 56 cities and interviewed about 600 people, and also visited destroyed sites, places of detention and torture, and examined all the scattered remains of weapons and explosives.
The commission also investigated human rights violations and excesses committed by the Ukrainian security forces, although in this case they found “a small number of violations”, in particular two incidents in which Russian soldiers were injured, tortured or shot at. war crimes.”
From their interviews, the commissioners concluded that the greatest desire of the population of Ukraine, and in particular the victims of atrocities, is to do justice and bring to justice the perpetrators, including representatives of the intelligentsia, whether national or international.
“An approach to accountability is required that includes both criminal responsibility and the right of victims to the truth, reparation and non-repetition,” the report says.
(As reported by EFE)
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