children's rights

“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.