29/03/2022 12:30

Commissioner: Russia violates children's fundamental right to life and thus proves to be a terrorist state

As of 10 a.m. on March 29, 2022, according to the Unified Register of Pre-Trial Investigations, as well as other sources that need confirmation, 144 children (+1 per day) have died and 220 children (+4 per day) have been injured since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began.

It is impossible to establish the actual number of dead and wounded children due to the fact that the occupying forces are actively fighting in Ukrainian cities.

A 3-year-old child died in the Luhansk region from mine injuries.

As a result of the shelling of a village in the Zaporizhia region, the occupiers wounded three civilians, including a child.

In the Luhansk region, an obstetrician covered a mother and a newborn child with his body while receiving a childbirth under enemy fire, which saved their lives.  The doctor received multiple injuries.

In the Donetsk region, the occupiers continue the blockade of Mariupol.  In the city, the invaders are active in hostilities and do not provide emergency medical care to children.  Data on dead and injured children in the city of Mariupol are currently being established.

The bombing and shelling damaged 773 educational institutions, 75 of which were completely destroyed.

The actions of the Russian Federation violate the right to life of children, guaranteed by Article 6 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, and prove that Russia is a terrorist state and its political and military leadership criminals.

I call on international human rights organizations to take all possible measures to increase pressure on the Russian Federation to end military aggression against Ukraine.

I insist, NATO countries - close the sky !!

@NATO #closethesky #закрийтенебонадукраіною