Analytical review of the Russian Federation's war crimes documentation activities (June 2025)

This monthly report by the NGO “Association of the Relatives of Kremlin’s Political Prisoners” presents newly documented cases of unlawful detention of civilians in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. These include abductions, torture, incommunicado detention, and imprisonment in Russian penal colonies. In June 2025 alone, 17 new cases were identified. The report also outlines the geographical scope of the crimes, types of violations, and systemic practices employed by the Russian Federation against the civilian population.

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Assistance in protecting the mobilization rights of Ukrainian civilian citizens who were in captivity

August 1, 2024

Assistance in protecting the mobilization rights of Ukrainian civilian citizens who were in captivity

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

September 2, 2025

Analytical note "Without a roof over your head": the right to housing for released civilians still remains a declaration

The purpose of this analytical material is to assess the level of normative and actual provision of the right to temporary housing for persons who simultaneously: acquired the status of internally displaced persons; were released from illegal imprisonment as a result of the Russian Federation's armed aggression against Ukraine.