Since 2022, we have interviewed 422 witnesses of enforced disappearances, arbitrary detentions and crimes against civilians, including shelling of civilian infrastructure, appropriation of private property by the occupiers, and illegal deprivation of liberty. As of the end of December 2024, information on 274 civilians who were arbitrarily detained by representatives of the Russian Federation or groups controlled by the aggressor country was found, of which 17 were identified during the processing of testimonies in December 2024.

In accordance with Article 117 of the Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, released prisoners of war may not be employed on active military service. We have written the letter to Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets and he promised to review this situation towards released prisoners of War. Our letter and the answer are in attachment