14/04/2022 13:23

The occupying country deprives Ukrainian citizens of their livelihood

On April 13, in temporarily occupied Melitopol, the russian military stole money from the post office of the Ukrposhta for elderly citizens and vulnerable people in need of state support to pay pensions, benefits and subsidies.

The aggressor's troops, encroaching on the pension and social funds due to citizens, violate their right to peaceful possession of their property and leave the citizens of Ukraine without means of subsistence, provoking a humanitarian crisis in the occupied territories.

Possession of any property without the consent of its owner for personal use is looting, which according to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court is a war crime.  Any person who commits such an act is responsible and should be punished.

I call on the UN Crisis Coordinator in Ukraine and the International Committee of the Red Cross to provide humanitarian assistance to the inhabitants of the occupied territories, including the city of Melitopol, which is on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe.

I appeal to the UN Commission for Investigation Human Rights Violations during the Russian Military Invasion of Ukraine and the expert mission set up by the OSCE participating States in accordance with the Moscow Mechanism to take into account these facts of human rights violations in Ukraine.