UN Human Rights will release its new report, prepared by the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU), on the\u00a0situation of human rights in Ukraine, covering the period from 1 February 2022 to 31 July 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The report is based on 78 field visits, 20 visits to places of detention, monitoring of 14 trial hearings, 14 visits to care institutions and shelters, and 1,024 interviews with victims and witnesses of human rights violations, as well as relatives of victims and their lawyers, Government representatives, members of civil society and other interlocutors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The report details violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law, including war crimes, documented by HRMMU. It highlights civilian casualties, damage to civilian infrastructure and housing, killings, arbitrary detention and enforced disappearance, treatment of prisoners of war, torture and ill-treatment, including conflict-related sexual violence, and other human rights and humanitarian law violations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It looks into the impact of hostilities on people and groups in situations of vulnerability, including persons with disabilities and older persons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The report also provides specific recommendations to the governments of the Russian Federation and Ukraine, as well as to the international community, and calls for their swift implementation to improve the human rights situation in the country, better protect civilians and strengthen accountability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n