29/04/2022 18:28

Commissioner: the occupiers deprive newborn Mariupol residents of any citizenship

The occupiers issue birth certificates to the newborn Mariupol residents of the unrecognized pseudo-state formation "DPR".

On April 23, in Mariupol, the occupiers issued such a certificate to a newborn boy whose mother was unable to evacuate to the safe territory of Ukraine.

In fact, the issuance of this "paper" deprived the child of any citizenship.

Such actions of the Russian Federation violate the rights of children enshrined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, in particular Article 8, which provides for the right of the child to preserve his or her identity, including citizenship, name and family ties.

I urge the citizens of Ukraine in the temporarily occupied Mariupol not to succumb to the shameful influence of Russian propaganda and to protect the right of their children to preserve their individuality and Ukrainian citizenship.

I appeal to the UN Commission for Investigation Human Rights Violations during the Russian Military Invasion of Ukraine to take into account these facts of Russia's violations of children's rights in Ukraine.