Facebook Twitter Print Email. Members of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine told the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva that they have documented attacks with explosive weapons on residential buildings, civilian infrastructure and medical institutions, as well as torture and sexual and gender-based violence.
It felt like an eternity. The Commissioners also indicated that they have continued to investigate individual situations of alleged transfers of unaccompanied children by Russian authorities to the Russian Federation.
Replying to questions from reporters in Geneva on Monday, the UN-appointed independent rights investigators strongly refuted any suggestions of an equivalence in the violations committed by both sides. The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine was established by the Human Rights Council on 4 March to investigate all alleged violations and abuses of human rights, violations of international humanitarian law and related crimes in the context of the aggression against Ukraine by Russia.
They are not UN staff and do not receive a salary for their work. The mandate of the Commission of Inquiry was extended by the Council last April for a further period of one year. Its next report to the General Assembly is due in October. UN News. English Search. Audio and Subscription Audio Hub Subscribe. Ukraine: Rape and torture by Russian forces continuing, rights experts report.
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