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Russia officially withdraws from European Convention for the Prevention of Torture

Russia officially withdrew from the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment on Nov. 1, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported on Nov. 2.

2 November, 05:58 PM

Ukraine elected to UN Human Rights Council for 2027-29 term

Ukraine was elected to sit on the United Nations Human Rights Council for the 2027-29 term, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha announced on Oct. 13.

14 October, 03:25 AM

Poltava IDPs forced to live in moldy kindergartens since 2022, commissioner says

176 internally displaced persons in Poltava have been forced to live for years in unsanitary kindergarten buildings plagued by mold, inaccessible facilities and inadequate conditions since 2022, Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets reported on July 13.

13 July, 06:48 PM

Russian strikes killed at least 265 civilians in Ukraine in June

Russian strikes on Ukraine killed at least 265 civilians and injured 1,816 more in June, the highest combined civilian casualty count since the first months after Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022, Reuters reported.

11 July, 10:47 AM

Ukraine proposes allowing POWs make phone calls

Ukraine’s Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets proposed during talks with his Russian counterpart, Yana Lantratova, that Ukraine and Russia allow prisoners of war to make phone calls to their families, Lubinets said on July 1.

2 July, 01:39 AM

Victims’ families file complaint with UN Human Rights Committee

The families of nine people killed after Russian forces destroyed the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant on June 6, 2023, have filed a complaint with the UN Human Rights Committee, Babel reported on June 5.

5 June, 05:25 PM

Iran carries out record 2,159 executions in 2025, highest in 45 years – Amnesty International

Iran executed 2,159 people in 2025, the highest annual total in the country in 45 years, driving the global number of executions to its highest level since 1981, Amnesty International reported on May 18.

18 May, 07:35 PM

Mobilization officers alone lack authority to detain citizens —Ombudsman

Officers of Territorial Recruitment Centers (TRCs) lack authority to detain citizens without corresponding court orders, Ukraine’s Human Rights Commissioner Dmytro Lubinets said on Feb. 9.

9 February, 08:30 PM

Emergency medical system effectively destroyed in occupied Lysychansk

Emergency medical care in the Russian-occupied city of Lysychansk has effectively collapsed, with just one emergency paramedic left to serve the entire city, Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD) wrote on Feb. 8.

9 February, 09:00 AM

Chernihiv court caught on sloppy AI use

The Novozavodskyi District Court in Chernihiv almost certainly used an artificial intelligence product to edit one of its rulings, Ukrainian NGO Human Rights Platform (HRP) reported on Dec. 4.

5 December 2025, 12:17 AM

Russia sends kidnapped Ukrainian kids to North Korea 're-education' camps

Russia is deporting abducted Ukrainian children to “re-education” camps — not only in Russia and Belarus, but even in North Korea, human rights lawyer Kateryna Rashevska said at U.S. Senate hearings on Dec. 3.

4 December 2025, 10:25 AM

EU sanctions 10 Russians over torture and death of Ukrainian journalist Roshchyna

The Council of the European Union imposed sanctions on 10 Russian citizens accused of torturing and causing the deaths of Ukrainian prisoners, including journalist Viktoria Roshchyna, the council said in astatement on Nov. 20.

21 November 2025, 02:43 AM

Ukraine's ombudsman seeks access to jail holding Nord Stream suspect

Ukraine’s human-rights commissioner asks Italian authorities for access to the jail where Serhii Kuznetsov — a Ukrainian held on suspicion in the Nord Stream case — is detained, ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets wrote on Nov. 4.

5 November 2025, 10:14 AM

Accused in Nord Stream blasts begins hunger strike in Italy

Serhii Kuznetsov, accused of the Nord Stream sabotage, has begun a hunger strike in an Italian maximum-security prison, demanding respect for his basic rights as he awaits extradition, his lawyer Nicola Canestrini told Suspilne on Nov. 4.

4 November 2025, 02:03 PM

Russia jails locals on occupied territories, including teens

People in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine are being kidnapped and tried as “spies” and “traitors,” with women and children among those convicted, the investigative outlet Vazhniye Istorii (Important Stories) wrote on Oct. 13.

13 October 2025, 02:41 PM

Zelenskyy establishes military ombudsman’s office

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a decree creating the Office of the Military Ombudsman and appointed Olha Reshetylova as its head on Sept. 19.

19 September 2025, 11:50 PM

Examining transplant Russian judges doling out ‘justice’ in occupied Ukraine

After three and a half years of full-scale war, 20% of Ukrainian territory remains under Russian occupation. As part of its efforts to consolidate the imperial occupation of Ukraine’s Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhya, and Kherson oblasts, Moscow dispatched scores of judges to weaponize law itself. NV presents an investigation into this corps of transplant judges.

11 August 2025, 07:26 PM

Kyiv court sets precedent by recognizing marriage rights for queer couple, challenges Foreign Ministry stance

A Kyiv court has officially recognized the same-sex partnership of a Ukrainian diplomat and his longtime partner as a family, the news outlet Bukvy posted on Instagram on July 3.

4 July 2025, 04:33 PM

UN flags concerns over publicized POW videos in Ukraine

The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has voiced concern over the publication of videos featuring Russian prisoners of war held in Ukraine, the organization wrote in its report, published on June 30.

1 July 2025, 11:22 AM

European Commission President welcomes agreement on Special Tribunal for Russian aggression

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen welcomed the agreement signed between Ukraine and the Council of Europe to establish a Special Tribunal to investigate Russian war crimes in her post on X, published on June 25.

26 June 2025, 12:41 PM

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