children's rights

Russians have intensified filtration measures among teenagers in the occupied territories
News - 21 October 2024

Russians have intensified filtration measures among teenagers in the occupied territories

According to the centre, this year alone, 263 minors have been registered by the Russians in the occupied Donetsk region, 16 of whom are considered "extremists".

In occupied Berdiansk, children studying in Ukrainian schools online are threatened to be removed from their families
News - 19 October 2024

In occupied Berdiansk, children studying in Ukrainian schools online are threatened to be removed from their families

In Berdiansk, Zaporizhzhia region, the occupiers threaten to deprive local residents whose children study in Ukrainian schools online of their parental rights. This was reported by Viktor Dudukalov, Deputy Chairman of the Berdiansk District Council, on the Espresso TV channel. He said that threats and cases of fines against parents of such children have recently […]

In the occupied Donetsk region, the number of members of the Young Guard – Yunarmiya military movement has exceeded 4 thousand
News - 12 September 2024

In the occupied Donetsk region, the number of members of the Young Guard – Yunarmiya military movement has exceeded 4 thousand

The occupation official added that 330 more people joined the movement this autumn. In particular, 29 young boys joined the ranks of Yunarmiya in Mariupol. 

Russians kill entire family with an aerial bomb in Donetsk Oblast
News - 28 August 2024

Russians kill entire family with an aerial bomb in Donetsk Oblast

The bomb struck a residential area, destroying a house

Teachers under occupation: who should be punished for collaboration and what are the problems in the legislation
Columns - 22 July 2024

Teachers under occupation: who should be punished for collaboration and what are the problems in the legislation

In Ukraine, since about November 2022, after the liberation of the temporarily occupied city of Kherson, there has been a professional, legal, and emotional discussion about how to approach the issue of educators’ work under occupation

Russians killed at least 44 and injured 150 Ukrainians in their attack on Ukraine cities
News - 08 July 2024

Russians killed at least 44 and injured 150 Ukrainians in their attack on Ukraine cities

Plumes of smoke could be seen across the capital of Ukraine, while video posted on social media showed the destruction inside and outside of the Okhmadyt children's hospital

“We were kept in a pit near a petrol station”: a teenager from Kherson region told how he was taken to a torture chamber
News - 06 June 2024

“We were kept in a pit near a petrol station”: a teenager from Kherson region told how he was taken to a torture chamber

The guy was taken to a cell where about 15 people were already there. It looked like some kind of shower room: everything was tiled and there was a drain in the corner. Vitalii was the youngest there. 

Russia militarizes education and erases cultural identity of children in temporarily occupied Crimea – UN and Amnesty International
News - 13 May 2024

Russia militarizes education and erases cultural identity of children in temporarily occupied Crimea – UN and Amnesty International

The International Court of Justice found that the way in which Russia had implemented its educational system in Crimea after 2014 with regard to school education in the Ukrainian language had violated its obligations under Articles 2(1)(a) and 5(v) of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

More than 180 educational institutions in Kyiv region, destroyed by Russians, restored
News - 23 August 2023

More than 180 educational institutions in Kyiv region, destroyed by Russians, restored

136 schools and 175 kindergartens were located in the combat zone or on the temporarily occupied territory. Before the full-scale invasion of the Russian army, more than 52,000 students and almost 15,000 kindergarteners were studying there

95 executions in Donbas
Articles - 06 June 2017

95 executions in Donbas

Human rights defenders recorded 11 cases of executions by Ukrainian military

Human rights defenders former a coalition “Against torture” with intention to visit all the prisons of Ukraine
News - 16 January 2017

Human rights defenders former a coalition “Against torture” with intention to visit all the prisons of Ukraine

In recent times human rights violations became more serious and require more joint efforts to improve the situation...

PACE rapporteur criticizes Ukraine for ignoring former captives
News - 26 November 2015

PACE rapporteur criticizes Ukraine for ignoring former captives

Kleinberga now collects information in Ukraine about the released captives for the report, which PACE will consider next June.